Friday, December 4, 2015

Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts text

Text navigation
Shortcut Description
Left Arrow Moves the cursor one character to the left
Right Arrow Moves the cursor one character to the right
Down Arrow Moves the cursor down one line
Up Arrow Moves the cursor up one line
Page Down Scrolls down one screen in the editor window
Page Up Scrolls up one screen in the editor window
End Moves the cursor to the end of the current line
Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line. If you press Home when the cursor is already at the start of the line, it will toggle the cursor between the first non-whitespace character and the real start of the line
Ctrl-End Moves the cursor to the end of the document
Ctrl-Home Moves the cursor to the start of the document
Ctrl-G Displays the Go to Line dialog. If the debugger is running, the dialog also lets you specify addresses or function names to go to
Ctrl-] Moves the cursor to the matching brace in the document. If the cursor is on an opening brace, this will move to the corresponding closing brace and vice versa
Ctrl-K, Ctrl-N Moves to the next bookmark in the document
Ctrl-K, Ctrl-P Moves to the previous bookmark
Ctrl-K, Ctrl-I Displays Quick Info, based on the current language
Ctrl-Down Arrow Scrolls text down one line but does not move the cursor. This is useful for scrolling more text into view without losing your place. Available only in text editors
Ctrl-Up Arrow Scrolls text up one line but does not move the cursor. Available only in text editors
Ctrl-Right Arrow Moves the cursor one word to the right
Ctrl-Left Arrow Moves the cursor one word to the left
Ctrl-Shift-1 Navigates to the next definition, declaration, or reference of an item. Available in the object browser and Class View window. Also available in source editing windows if you have already used the Edit.GoToReference (Shift-F12) shortcut
Ctrl-Shift-2 Navigates to the previous definition, declaration, or reference of an item


Text manipulation
Shortcut Description
Enter Inserts a new line
Delete Deletes one character to the right of the cursor
Insert Toggles between insert and overtype insertion modes
Tab Indents the currently selected line or lines by one tab stop. If there is no selection, this inserts a tab stop
Shift-Tab Moves current line or selected lines one tab stop to the left
Backspace or Shift-Backspace Deletes one character to the left of the cursor
Ctrl-K, Ctrl-C Marks the current line or selected lines of code as a comment, using the correct comment syntax for the programming language
Ctrl-K, Ctrl-U Removes the comment syntax from the current line or currently selected lines of code
Ctrl-T or Shift-Enter Swaps the characters on either side of the cursor. (For example, AC|BD becomes AB|CD.) Available only in text editors
Ctrl-K, Ctrl-L Removes all unnamed bookmarks in the current document
Ctrl-M, Ctrl-O Automatically determines logical boundaries for creating regions in code, such as procedures, and then hides them. This collapses all such regions in the current document
Alt-Right Arrow or Ctrl-Spacebar Displays statement completion based on the current language or autocompletes word if existing text unambiguously identifies a single symbol
Ctrl-K, Ctrl-\ Removes horizontal whitespace in the selection or deletes whitespace adjacent to the cursor if there is no selection
Ctrl-K, Ctrl-F Applies the indenting and space formatting for the language as specified on the Formatting pane of the language in the Text Editor section of the Options dialog to the selected text.
Ctrl-L Cuts all selected lines or the current line if nothing has been selected to the clipboard
Ctrl-Shift-L Deletes all selected lines or the current line if no selection has been made
Ctrl-Enter Inserts a blank line above the cursor
Ctrl-Shift-Enter Inserts a blank line below the cursor
Shift-Alt-T Moves the line containing the cursor below the next line
Ctrl-J Lists members for statement completion when editing code
Ctrl-U Changes the selected text to lowercase characters
Ctrl-Shift-U Changes the selected text to uppercase characters
Ctrl-Shift-Spacebar Displays a tooltip that contains information for the current parameter, based on the current language
Ctrl-M, Ctrl-U Removes the outlining information for the currently selected region
Ctrl-M, Ctrl-P Removes all outlining information from the entire document
Ctrl-R, Ctrl-P Swaps the anchor and endpoint of the current selection
Ctrl-M, Ctrl-L Toggles all previously marked hidden text sections between hidden and display states
Ctrl-K, Ctrl-K Sets or removes a bookmark at the current line
Ctrl-M, Ctrl-M Toggles the currently selected hidden text section or the section containing the cursor if there is no selection between the hidden and display states
Ctrl-K, Ctrl-H Sets or removes a shortcut in the tasklist to the current line
Ctrl-R, Ctrl-R Enables or disables word wrap in an editor
Ctrl-R, Ctrl-W Shows or hides spaces and tab marks
Ctrl-Delete Deletes the word to the right of the cursor
Ctrl-Backspace Deletes the word to the left of the cursor
Ctrl-Shift-T Transposes the two words that follow the cursor. (For example, |End Sub would be changed to read Sub End|.)
Ctrl-.[dot] Display options on smarttag menu.Very useful for showing using/Imports options.


Text selection
Shortcut Description
Shift-Left Arrow Moves the cursor to the left one character, extending the selection
Shift-Alt-Left Arrow Moves the cursor to the left one character, extending the column selection
Shift-Right Arrow Moves the cursor to the right one character, extending the selection
Shift-Alt-Right Arrow Moves the cursor to the right one character, extending the column selection
Ctrl-Shift-End Moves the cursor to the end of the document, extending the selection
Ctrl-Shift-Home Moves the cursor to the start of the document, extending the selection
Ctrl-Shift-] Moves the cursor to the next brace, extending the selection
Shift-Down Arrow Moves the cursor down one line, extending the selection
Shift-Alt-Down Arrow Moves the cursor down one line, extending the column selection
Shift-End Moves the cursor to the end of the current line, extending the selection
Shift-Alt-End Moves the cursor to the end of the line, extending the column selection
Shift-Home Moves the cursor to the start of the line, extending the selection
Shift-Alt-Home Moves the cursor to the start of the line, extending the column selection
Shift-Up Arrow Moves the cursor up one line, extending the selection
Shift-Alt-Up Arrow Moves the cursor up one line, extending the column selection
Shift-Page Down Extends selection down one page
Shift-Page Up Extends selection up one page
Ctrl-A Selects everything in the current document
Ctrl-W Selects the word containing the cursor or the word to the right of the cursor
Ctrl-= Selects from the current location in the editor back to the previous location in the navigation history
Ctrl-Shift-Page Down Moves the cursor to the last line in view, extending the selection
Ctrl-Shift-Page Up Moves the cursor to the top of the current window, extending the selection
Ctrl-Shift-Alt-Right Arrow Moves the cursor to the right one word, extending the column selection
Ctrl-Shift-Left Arrow Moves the cursor one word to the left, extending the selection
Ctrl-Shift-Alt-Left Arrow Moves the cursor to the left one word, extending the column selection

Reference: http://www.dofactory.com/reference/visual-studio-shortcuts

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