If you are like me, when you are using Stata's command window you do not like to switch to using the mouse to bring up the variable manager window whenever, e.g., you want to check the name of a variable.
One solution is assigning the following commands to a certain function key (e.g., F2) and running it every time you load Stata by adding it to your profile.do file.
global F2 : display "varm" _char(13) "sleep 1000" _char(13) "window manage forward command;"
Everytime you press F2, the variable manager window will be displayed for 1 second.