SQL Server Management Studio Keyboard Shortcuts
This is a partial list of keyboard shortcuts for [[articles:SQL Server Management Studio|SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)]].
| Hot Key | Effect |
| ALT + N | New query window |
| CTRL + F4 | Close current query window |
| CTRL + W | Highlight the word where the cursor is currently located |
| CTRL + Shift + U | Convert selected text to UPPER CASE |
| CTRL + Shift + L | Convert selected text to lower case |
| F5 | Execute the selected query or if nothing is selected, then execute the entire content |
| CTRL + F5 | Parse the selected query or if nothing is selected, then parse the entire content |
| CTRL + T | Results to Text |
| CTRL + D | Results to Grid |
| CTRL + SHIFT + F | Results to File |
| CTRL + R | Toggle display of results pane |
| F7 | Display Object Explorer Details |
| CTRL + ALT + G | Display Registered Servers pane |
| CTRL + K, C | Comment Selection or line |
| CTRL + K, U | Uncomment Selection or line |
| CTRL + TAB | Cycle through open query windows and panes |
| F6 / SHIFT + F6 | Cycle through the query text, resultsets and messages pane inside a query window |
| CTRL + J | Display Intellisense menu (Only in SSMS in SQL Server 2008 and later) |
| CTRL + ALT + L | Display Solution Explorer |
| CTRL + SHIFT + R | Refresh Intellisense cache |
| ALT + F1 | Execute sp_help |
| CTRL + 1 | Execute sp_who |
| CTRL + 2 | Execute sp_lock |
| CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + L |
Display the Execution Plan |
For the full list, see the Books Online topic http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174205.aspx