How to hide windows in visual studio?

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My Visual Studio version is 16.7.6.
The question is - how to hide windows like "Output" or "Solution explorer" when the cursor is inside of it and without using mouse?
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What I have tried:

i tried to change settings of a window (Auto-hide, Docked, etc.).
A user can just click outside the window, but this requires mouse input.
Shortcut "Window.Close" removes the window from the toolbar, and i need just to hide the window.

Right now i am using the shortcut "View.ViewCode", which will hide the window, but only if it does not contain the cursor.

Posted 26-Oct-20 4:22am

Avtem

Updated 26-Oct-20 4:32am

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[no name] 26-Oct-20 13:07pm

"Hide" is not in their vocabulary; you can pin / auto-hide, dock, close, etc, ... no "hide". And if not with a "mouse", then how? A key board combo? If so, say so.

Avtem 26-Oct-20 13:16pm

All my windows are set to "Auto-hide". So when i press ESC, it focuses the text editor and hides all windows (if it does not contain a mouse cursor).
Basically what i want - press the ESC key and it focuses text editor and hides other windows

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