Visual Studio shortcuts
Contents
Navigation
| CTRL+F6 | navigate between various panes that appear in the base code editing window. |
| SHIFT+ALT+Enter | full-screen mode at any time. In full-screen mode, only the active window is visible in full screen. |
| ALT+F6/ALT +SHIFT+F6 | move cursor away from the main editing section into docked windows like Properties, Help, Dynamic help, Server Explorer (if these windows are open). |
| F7 | Jump to Code Behind/Base Code editing window |
Editing
| CTRL+SHIFT+V | cycle through the clipboard ring. |
| CTRL+- | similar with Internet Explorer, very easy to navigate from page to page. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+- | cycles in the opposite direction. |
| CTRL+] | matching brace/comment/region/quote |
| F4 | Property Window |
| CTRL+ALT+L | Solution Explorer |
| CTRL+ALT+O | Output Window |
| CTRL+ALT+K | Task List |
| CTRL+SHIFT+Space | Intellisense window. |
| CTRL+R | Word Wrap |
| Block Selection | press ALT and then select the area you want with your mouse. |
| Line No in Code | Tools>Options>Text Editor>All Languages>General>Line numbers. |
BookMark
| CTRL+K, CTRL+K | Create/Remove Bookmark |
| CTRL+K, CTRL+N | Move to next bookmark |
| CTRL+K, CTRL+P | Move to previous bookmark |
| CTRL+K, CTRL+L | Clear all bookmarks |
Code Format
| CTRL+K, CTRL+F | Auto-format selection |
| CTRL+U | Convert to lower case |
| CTRL+SHIFT+U | Convert to upper case |
| CTRL+K, CTRL+C | Comment selection |
| CTRL+K, CTRL+U | Uncomment selection |
Code Outline
| CTRL+M, CTRL+M | Fold/Unfold the current code block |
| CTRL+M, CTRL+L | Unfold all |
| CTRL+M, CTRL+P | Stop outlining |
| CTRL+M, CTRL+O | Fold all |
Running/Debugging
| F5 | Start Application in debug Mode |
| CTRL+F5 | Start Without debugging |
| F11 | Step into |
| F10 | Step over. |
| SHIFT + F11 | Step Out. |
| SHIFT + F5 | Stop debugging. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+F5 | Restart Debugging. |