Useful Visual Studio shortcut keys
Shortcut Keys |
Association |
F8/Shift-F8 |
Navigate compilation errors |
Ctrl-D |
Move to mini-buffer |
Ctrl-Shift-G in mini-buffer orCtrl-O in mini-buffer |
Open file name in mini-buffer (Ctrl-O seems to open stuff Ctrl-Shift-G does not) |
"> command" in mini-buffer |
Execute command |
Ctrl+/ |
Move to mini-buffer, typing the leading > for you |
Ctrl-Alt-A |
Open the command window |
Ctrl-PageUp in HTML Design View |
Open source view |
Ctrl-PageDown in HTML Source View |
Open design view |
F7 in Form Design View |
Open source view |
Shift-F7 in Form Source View |
Open design view |
Ctrl-Alt-L |
Solution Explorer |
F4 or Alt-Enter |
Properties of selected item |
Ctrl-Shift-B |
Build |
F5 |
Debug |
Ctrl-F5 |
Run, but not debug |
Ctrl-Alt-J |
Object Browser |
Ctrl-Shift-C |
Class View |
Ctrl-Space when typing a symbol |
Complete the symbol you're currently typing or give you a choice of possibilities |
Ctrl-Space when entering arguments |
Show the function prototype |
"-" (no quotes) as the name of a menu item |
Menu item becomes a separator |
Ctrl-K Ctrl-F |
Reformat selection |
} |
Reformat scope being closed |
Ctrl-K Ctrl-C |
Comment out selected lines |
Ctrl-K Ctrl-U |
Uncomment selected lines |
Ctrl-} |
Match braces, brackets or compiler directives |
Shift-Ctrl-} |
Select match between braces, brackets or compiler directives |
Ctrl-L or Shift-Del orCtrl-X w/ no selection |
Delete entire line |
Ctrl-Del |
Delete next "word" |
Alt-F6 |
Next visible pane (not for use with all windows unpinned) |
Ctrl-Shift-F12 |
Jumps to next *whatever*, depending on what's active, e.g. next find result, next task, next error, etc. |
Ctrl-"-"/Ctrl-Shift-"-" (no quotes) |
Jumps to last/next place you worked |
Ctrl-C in the Class View |
Copies fully qualified name to the Clipboard |
Ctrl-M Ctrl-M |
Collapse or expand a region or outlined block (as marked by the [+] and [-] on the left hand side of the editor). |
Ctrl-M Ctrl-O |
Collapse everything in the current file |
Ctrl-M Ctrl-L |
Expand everything in the current file |
F12 |
Jump to the current symbol's declaration |
Ctrl-G, line #, Enter orCtrl-D, line #, Ctrl-G |
Jump to line |
Ctrl-I/Ctrl-Shift-I + string |
Incremental search for string |
Ctrl-R+Ctrl-R |
Turn on/off word wrap |
Ctrl+Up/Down Arrow |
Scroll window up/down without moving the cursor away from the current line |
Shift+Alt+Arrows(Alt+Mouse works, too) |
Column selection (include of line selection) |