Jump to: Manage Visual Studio, Bookmarks, Code Editor, Coding, Build and Debug, Tool Windows, For HTML Pages, Code Snippets (Visual C# Scheme)
Ctrl+S | Save current file |
Ctrl+Shift+S | Save all files |
Ctrl+Shift+N | Create new project |
Ctrl+O | Open file |
Ctrl+Shift+O | Open project |
Ctrl+Shift+A | Add item to project |
Esc | Close menu or dialog |
Ctrl+P | |
Shift+Alt+Enter | Toggle full screen mode |
Ctrl+F4 | Close current tab |
Ctrl+F6/Ctrl+Shift+F6 | Go to next / go to previous window |
Ctrl+Tab, then Arrow keys | Press and hold Ctrl+Tab, then using arrow keys gives a small task manager with all open files and views |
Ctrl-[/ Ctrl+S | Find current document in Solution Explorer |
Ctrl+1 | Diagram |
Ctrl+2 | Criteria |
Ctrl+3 | SQL |
Ctrl+4 | Results |
F2/Ctrl+R/R | Rename |
For keystrokes with two keys such as Ctrl+k+k, keep holding the Ctrl key until releasing the last key.
Ctrl+K+K | Toogle bookmark |
Ctrl+K+N | Goto next bookmark |
Ctrl+K+P | Goto previous bookmark |
Ctrl+Shift+K+N | Goto next bookmark in folder |
Ctrl+Shift+K+P | Goto previous bookmark in folder |
Ctrl+K+W | Put focus on bookmark window |
Esc | Leave bookmark window and focus on editor |
Ctrl+K+H | Toggle code shortcut at current line* |
Ctrl+K+L | Clear all bookmarks |
Ctrl+\+T | Show Task List (including code shortcuts) |
*if somebody figures out additional shortut keys on how to use code shortcuts, please edit this page and add.
3.1 Find, Replace, and Goto>
Ctrl+F | Find and replace dialog box |
F3/Shift+F3 | Find next / find previous |
Ctrl+H | Display Replace options on the quick tab |
Shift+F12 | Find all references for selected symbol |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Find in files |
Alt+F3, s | Stop current find in files operation |
Ctrl+F3/Ctrl+Shift+F3 | Find next / find previous in selected text |
Alt+F12 | Find symbol |
Ctrl+D | Put cursor in find/command box of the toolbar. Use ctrl+/ in Visual C# |
Ctrl+I/Ctrl+Shift+I | Incremental search / reverse incremental search |
Shift+Alt+F12 | Quick find symbol |
Ctrl+, | Display Navigate-To dialog box |
Ctrl+G | Goto line number |
Ctrl+] | Go to matching brace in source file |
Shift+Ctrl+Arrow down | Jump to next occurrence of highlighted symbol |
Shift+Ctrl+Arrow up | Jump to previous occurrence of highlighted symbol |
3.2 Undo, Redo, Copy, Paste>
Ctrl+x, Ctrl+c, Ctrl+V | Cut, copy, paste |
Ctrl+Shift+V | Pastes an item from the Clipboard ring |
Ctrl+Z | Undo |
Ctrl+Y | Redo (or Shift+Alt+Backspace, or Ctrl+Shift+Z) |
3.3 Select Text>
Shift+Arrow Keys | Extend selection one character/one line |
Ctrl+Shift+End/Ctrl+Shift+Home | Extend selection to end / to beginning of document |
Ctrl+Shift+] | Extend selection to nexst brace |
Shift+End/Shift+Home | Extend selection to end / to beginning of line |
Shift+Page Down/Shift+Page Up | Extends selection down one page / up one page |
Ctrl+W | Select current word |
Esc | Cancel Selection |
Ctrl+Shift+Page Down/Page Up | Moves cursor and extend selection to the last line / first line in view. |
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Extend selection one word to the right / one word to the left |
Ctrl+A | Select All |
4.1 Collapse Items>
Ctrl+M+M | Collapse / un-collapse current preset area (e.g. method) |
Ctrl+M+H | Collpase / hide current selection |
Ctrl+M+O | Collapse declaration bodies |
Ctrl+M+A | Collapse all |
Ctrl+M+X | Uncollapse all |
Ctrl+m, ctrl+T | Collapse Html tag |
4.2 Edit Code>
Ctrl+L | Delete current line or selection of lines to and add to clipboard |
Ctrl+Shift+L | Delete current line or selection of lines |
Ctrl+Delete | Delete word to right of cursor |
Ctrl+Backspace | Delete word to left of cursor |
Ctrl+Enter | Enter blank line above cursor |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Enter blank line below cursor |
Ctrl+Shift+U | Make uppercase |
Ctrl+U | Make lowercase (reverse upercase) |
Ctrl+K+C | Comment selected text |
Ctrl+K+U | Uncomment selected text |
Ctrl+K+\ | Remove white space and tabs in selection or around current cursor position |
Ctrl+K+D | Format document to code formatting settings |
Ctrl+K+F | Format selection to code formatting settings |
Ctrl+Shift+Space | Display parameter required for selected method |
Ctrl+Shift+8 | Visualize whitespace (or press Ctrl+r, then Ctrl+w) |
Ctrl+K+D | Format document to code formatting settings |
Ctrl+K+F | Format selection to code formatting settings |
Ctrl+Shift+T | Transpose word to right of cursor; makes b=a out of a=b if cursor was in front of a |
Ctrl+T | Transpose character left and right of cursor; cursor between ab would make ba |
Shift+Alt+T | Transpose line: Move line below cursor up and current line down. |
4.3 IntelliSense and Code Helper>
Ctrl+Space | Autocomplete word from completion list (or alt+right arrow) |
Ctrl+Shift+Space | Show parameter info |
Ctrl+F12 | Display symbol declaration |
F12 | Display symbol definition |
Ctrl+J | Open IntelliSense completion list |
F6 | Build solution (or Ctrl+shift+b) |
Ctrl+Alt+F7 | Rebuild solution |
Ctrl+Break | Cancel build process |
Ctrl+\+E | Show error list |
F9 | Toggle breakpoint |
Ctrl+B | Insert new function breakpoint |
F5 | Start debugging |
F11 | Debug / step into |
F10 | Debug / step over |
Shift+F11 | Debug / step out |
Ctrl+F10 | Debug / run to cursor |
Ctrl+Alt+Q | Show Quickwatch window |
Ctrl+Shift+F10 | Set current statement to be the next executed |
Alt+* (on numeric keyboard) | Show nexst statement |
Ctrl+Alt+E | Show Exception dialog box |
Ctrl+F11 | Toggle between disassembly and user code view |
Shift+F5 | Stop Debugging |
Ctrl+F5 | Bypass debugger |
Ctrl+Alt+P | Show attach to process window |
Ctrl+Alt+break | Break all executing threads |
Ctrl+/ | Put cursor in the find/command box in toolbar |
Ctrl+K+B | Open code snippet manager window |
Alt+F11 | Open macro IDE window |
Ctrl+K+W | Open bookmark window |
Ctrl+Alt+K | Open call hierarchy window |
Ctrl+Shift+C | Open class view window |
Ctrl+Alt+A | Open Command window |
Ctrl+Shift+O | Open Output window |
Ctrl+Shift+E | Open Resource view window |
Ctrl+Alt+S | Open Server explorer window |
Ctrl+Shift+L | Open Solution explorer window |
Shift+Esc | Close Find & Replace Window |
F7 | Toggle between Design and Code behind pages |
Shift+F7 | Toggle between Design and HTML Source |
Ctrl+Page Down / Page Up | Cycle between design, split and source |
Ctrl+Shift+F9 | Delete all breakpoints |
8.1 Blocks>
I | If block |
E+L | Else block |
D+O | Do While Loop block |
F+O+R | For Loop block |
W+H | While loop block |
L | Lock block |
B+R | Break |
8.2 Data Types>
S+H | Short |
T+R | True |
F | False |
F+L | Float |
B+Y | Byte |
B+O | Bool |
E | Enum myEnum |
8.3 Others>
T | A new public class block |
C+W | Console.WriteLine |
M+B | MessageBox.show |
C+R | CrossAppDomainDelegate |
A+B | AccessViolationException |
E+X | Exception class |
S+V+M | Static Void Main block |
P+U | Parallel |
P+R | Public Int Property |
S | Stackalloc |
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