Visual Studio Command Palette does not exist

Question

I want to use Angular in Visual Studio. I have currently Visual Studio 2017.

I need to install something by using the command palette, but there is not command palette in Visual Studio. I used ctrl+shift+p or ctrl+p combinations, and then nothing happened. I also checked the View section, and there is no integrated command line section or anything else.

Answer 1

Command pallete only available for Visual Studio Code, https://code.visualstudio.com/. You have installed the wrong one. For Angular development I highly recommend Visual Studio Code, not the full fledged heavy Studio 2017. Please use the link I posted above.

Answer 2

Command palette is not available for Full-Featured Visual Studio.

It is available for Visual Studio Code which is an open-source and very lightweight version of Full-Featured Visual Studio.

There is GoTo All option in visual studio which has similar features like file search and other interesting features for code navigation. But command execution features are missing.

There is a ticket raised for Visual Studio to implement this feature. You can upvote to increase the chances of getting it from Visual Studio Officially.

https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/idea/460947/command-palette.html

If not someone has to develop an extension package for this feature.

Answer 3

Visual Studio 2022 has a feature similar to a command palette, called QuickLauncher. You can open it by pressing Ctrl+Q by default or change the keyboard settings to use Ctrl+P, which is what I did for my setup. (Default Shortcuts in Visual Studio)