Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Useful Visual Studio shortcut keys
| Shortcuts | Association |
| F8/Shift-F8 | Navigate compilation errors |
| Ctrl-D | Move to mini-buffer |
| Ctrl-Shift-G in mini-buffer or | Open file name in mini-buffer (Ctrl-O seems to open stuff Ctrl-Shift-G does not) |
| Ctrl-O in mini-buffer | |
| "> 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 or | Delete entire line |
| Ctrl-X w/ no selection | |
| 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 or | Jump to line |
| Ctrl-D, line #, Ctrl-G | |
| 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 | Column selection (include of line selection) |
| (Alt+Mouse works, too) |
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