How do I re-open the Visual Studio Immediate Window?

Question

I accidentally closed the Immediate Window in Visual Studio 2013 Update 3, and can't for the life of me figure out how/where to get it back.

Can someone please point out how I get the Immediate Window open again?

I just want the window, where while in the debugger, I can print and adjust variables... I haven't spent much time in VS for the past year. — Tracker1, Sep 12 '14 at 22:51
I believe that is the immediate window you are looking for, you can go to Debug -->Windows --> Immediate or just use I to get it back. — Mark Hall, Sep 13 '14 at 02:29

score 276 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 22 '14 at 17:55

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To get the immediate window back you can go to Debug --> Windows --> Immediate or you can use CtrlAltI either will work to get it back.

edited Sep 22 '14 at 17:55

Tracker1

answered Sep 13 '14 at 20:56

Mark Hall

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There's no Heart emoticon on stackoverflow, I would've given you one <3 – Cătălin Rădoi Mar 16 '17 at 10:27
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@CătălinRădoi do you mean ♡ ? – Thomas Ayoub Aug 03 '18 at 09:05
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That's just cheap ASCII :) – Cătălin Rădoi Aug 03 '18 at 09:45

score 21 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 26 '18 at 05:36

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If you can not see Immediate Window In Debug -> Windows menu:

edited Aug 26 '18 at 05:36

S.Serpooshan

answered Jun 11 '15 at 14:24

sansalk

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 30 '22 at 12:18

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In addition to what previously was mentioned by @sansa and @Mark Hall, you can also use Quick Launch:

Press Ctrl + Q to focus on Quick Launch text box.
Type Immediate then choose the item that appears: Debug -> Windows -> Immediate(Ctrl+Alt+I)

Update: For more information on Quick Launch you can check it here

edited Mar 30 '22 at 12:18

Dominique

answered Jul 29 '17 at 22:20

Wael Alshabani

Ctrl-Q doesn't seem to do anything at all. Does it have to be directed at any particular pane? – wallyk Mar 08 '18 at 19:39
@wallyk you can find Quick Launch in the upper right corner of the IDE. For more information on Quick Launch you can see this: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/zainnab/2013/07/17/visual-studio-2013-quick-launch/ – Wael Alshabani Mar 09 '18 at 21:27

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 28 '19 at 20:15

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I was missing my immediate window and none of the above tricks worked. It turned out it was hiding on the bottom and I had to stretch it up.

answered Jan 28 '19 at 20:15

Becca

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