Visual Studio 2010 Shortcuts

Platform: Windows/English
Manage Visual Studio
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 Print
Shift+Alt+Enter Toggle full screen mode
Ctrl+f4 Close current tab
Ctrl+f6/Ctrl+Shift+f
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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
Bookmarks
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.
Code Editor
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+f
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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
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)
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+H
ome
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
Coding
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
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.
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Visual Studio 2010 Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English
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 definition
f12 Display symbol declaration
Ctrl+j Open IntelliSense completion list
Build and Debug
f7 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
Tool Windows
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
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