Waiting for second key of chord
visual-studio, visual-studio-2012
Solution
Key chords are a keyboard shortcut feature of Visual Studio. They consist of a sequence of key presses like (Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C) for comment code or (Ctrl+K, Ctrl+U) for uncomment code.
They are activated by the user pressing one Ctrl+key combination, then another Ctrl+key combo. For example Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C on my install of Visual Studio is used for commenting selected text.
In your case, Ctrl+E is a common chord starter and is used by many chords. For example Ctrl+E, Ctrl+W = Toggle Word Wrap and Ctrl+E, Ctrl+X = Workspace Designer.ExpandAll.
Depending on which developer setting you've chosen for the IDE, Visual Studio might have Ctrl+E mapped to other chords. In that situation, you cannot use Ctrl+E by itself for a keyboard shortcut
If this is the case, you can create your own chord, Ctrl+E, Ctrl+D is not in use on my install of Visual Studio 2012.
Edit: Also if you remove all key chords that start with (Ctrl+E) then it can work as a non-chord shortcut.
And your question is not the same as the other question. In that question, the OP has started the chord process (Ctrl+E) and wants to cancel Visual Studio from waiting for the 2nd chord key.
Problem
I have assigned the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+E to a command. But when I click Ctrl+E, the status bar says Ctrl+E was pressed. Waiting for the second key of the chord...". If I hit the Esc key, I get "The key combination (Ctrl+E, Esc) is not a command." How do I activate the command that has been assigned to Ctrl+E? I know that this is the same as the question How do you stop Visual Studio from waiting for the second part of a shortcut-combination? . But the answer given there (hit Esc) does not work for me.