Thursday, December 31, 2009

Visual Studio List of Some ShortCut Keys

Use these shortcut keys to save your time while working with Visual Studio.



Shortcut
Description
F3
Finds the next occurrence of the previous search text.
F5
Start debugging
F7
Jump to code behind file from .aspx files
F8
Moves the cursor to the next item, such as a task in the Task List window or a search match in the Find Results window. Each time you press F8, you move to the next item in the list.
F9
Toggle breakpoint
F12
Go to definition of identifier under cursor
Ctrl+F5
Start without debugging
Ctrl+F2
Jump to the Navigation Bar (hit TAB to get to the right side)
Ctrl+F3
Find word under cursor
Ctrl+TAB
Toggle between windows in Visual Studio
Ctrl+I
Incremental search (this is way better than Ctrl+F)
Ctrl+J
Force IntelliSense for field members
Ctrl+C (with nothing selected)
Copy whole line
Ctrl+Enter
Open line above line cursor is on
Ctrl-X or Ctrl-L (with nothing selected)
Cut whole line
Ctrl+]
Bounce cursor between matching parentheses/brackets/braces
Ctrl+PageDown
Toggle between Design and Source views in .aspx files
Alt+W, L
Close all windows
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C
Comment out selection
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+U
Uncomment selection
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D
Format document
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X
Insert snippet (or just type in the snippet name and hit TAB, TAB)
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+S
Surround selected lines with snippet
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+K
Toggle bookmark on/off
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+P
Jump to previous bookmark
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+N
Jump to next bookmark
Ctrl+M, Ctrl+M
Open/close current fold
Ctrl+M, Ctrl+O
Fold all methods
Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R
Enables or disables word wrap in an editor.
Ctrl+Shift+B
Build solution
Ctrl+Shift+C
Displays the Class View window
Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Open line below line cursor is on
Ctrl+Shift+F
Global Search
Ctrl+Shift+F9
Delete all breakpoints
Ctrl+Alt+A
Displays the Command window, which allows you to type commands that manipulate the IDE.
Ctrl+Alt+I
Displays the Immediate window, where you can evaluate expressions and execute individual commands.
Ctrl+Alt+K
Displays the Task List window where you customize, categorize and manage tasks, comments, shortcuts, warnings and error messages.
Ctrl+Alt+L
Open the Solution Explorer (to find your file after you just closed them all)
Ctrl+Alt+T
View Document Outline
Ctrl+Alt+0
Displays the Output window to view status messages at run time
Ctrl+Alt+R
Open browser within VS.NET
Ctrl+Alt+U
Displays the Modules window, which allows you to view the .dll or .exe files used by the program. In multiprocess debugging, you can right-click and select Show Modules for all Programs.
Ctrl+Alt+X
Open Toolbox
Shift+Alt+Enter
View editor in full screen mode
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