Igor’s tip of the week #30: Quick views

IDA has three shortcuts as an alternative to some menus which could be cumbersome to navigate.

Quick view

Probably the most commonly used, it is triggered by the shortcut Ctrl+1 and shows the items under the View > Open subviews menu.

It can be especially useful for opening views which have no dedicated shortcut such as Notepad (although you can always assign a custom one via the Shortcut editor).

Quick debug view

Most useful during a debugging session, this one allows you to bypass navigating to the Debugger > Debugger windows menu by simply pressing Ctrl+2.

 

Quick plugins view

Last but not least,  Ctrl+3 opens the list of plugin menu items listed under the Edit > Plugins menu, allowing you to quickly invoke a specific plugin. Please note that this list does not necessarily include all installed plugins; some plugins add menu items elsewhere or may not have a menu item at all and work in an automatic fashion.