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Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts |
Visual Studio is all about developer productivity. To help developers be more efficient
and productive, Visual Studio has built-in keyboard shortcuts into the product for most of the functions normally found through the user interface – just like CTRL+C
for copy. To help you take advantage of these shortcuts, learn some sweet keyboard
shortcuts. With something new for everyone, these keyboard shortcuts will give you
valuable to start using right away, increase your productivity, and make you wonder
how you servived all this time without them.
Using keyboard shortcuts is the best way to get things done faster in Visual Studio.
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Key Combination |
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CTRL+ALT+L |
View Solution Explorer |
Use Auto Hide for all tool windows to maximize screen real estate. Whenever you
need to open the Solution Explorer, it’s just a shortcut away.
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CTRL+ALT+X |
View ToolBox |
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CTRL+ALT+O |
View Output |
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CTRL+\, then press E |
View Error List |
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CTRL+\, then press T |
View Task List |
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F4 |
View Property Window |
Select the control, then press F4 to view property window. |
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CTRL+PgDn or CTRL+PgUp
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Design View to Source View and vice-versa |
Toggle between design and source view in HTML editor.
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SHIFT+F7 |
Design View to Source View and vice-versa |
Toggle between design and source view in HTML editor.
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F7 |
Design or Source View to Code View |
Toggle from designer view to code view.
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SHIFT+F7 |
Code View to Design View |
Toggle from code view to designer view. |
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F5 |
Start Debugging |
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CTRL+F5 |
Start Without Debugging |
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F10 |
Debug |
Step over |
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F11 |
Debug |
Step into |
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SHIFT+F11 |
Debug |
Step out |
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CTRL+F10 |
Debug |
Run to cursor |
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F9 |
Toggle Breakpoint |
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CTRL+M, then press O |
Collapse to Definitions.
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CTRL+K, then CTRL+C |
Comment selected Block |
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CTRL+K, then CTRL+U |
Uncomment selected block |
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CTRL+- |
Go back to the previous location in the navigation history |
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F6 |
Build Solution |
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SHIFT+F6 |
Build Website |
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ATL+B, then R |
Rebuild Solution |
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CTRL+L |
Deletes Entire Line |
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CTRL+G |
GO to the Line Number |
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SHIFT+ATL+Enter |
Toggle Full Screen Mode |
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CTRL+Space |
Invoke the Intellisense List
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Invokes the intellisence list where cursor pointed. |
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