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Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Frequently Used Commands in Visual Studio

You can access frequently used commands in Visual Studio by choosing these default keyboard shortcuts. For a complete list of commands that have default shortcuts, see Default Keyboard Shortcuts in Visual Studio.

Note

You can look up the shortcut for any command by opening the Options dialog box, expanding the Environment node, and then choosing Keyboard.

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Build

Edit

Project

Tools

Window

Debug

File

Refactor

View

Build

Commands

Keyboard Shortcuts [Contexts]

Build.BuildSolution

Ctrl+Shift+B [Global]

Build.Cancel

Ctrl+Break [Global]

Build.Compile

Ctrl+F7 [Global]

Build.RunCodeAnalysisonSolution

Alt+F11 [Global]

Debug

Commands

Keyboard Shortcuts [Contexts]

Debug.BreakatFunction

Ctrl+B [Global]

Debug.BreakAll

Ctrl+Alt+Break [Global]

Debug.DeleteAllBreakpoints

Ctrl+Shift+F9 [Global]

Debug.Exceptions

Ctrl+Alt+E [Global]

Debug.QuickWatch

Ctrl+Alt+Q [Global]

or Shift+F9 [Global]

Debug.Restart

Ctrl+Shift+F5 [Global]

Debug.RunToCursor

Ctrl+F10 [Global]

Debug.SetNextStatement

Ctrl+Shift+F10 [Global]

Debug.Start

F5 [Global]

Debug.StartWithoutDebugging

Ctrl+F5 [Global]

Debug.StepInto

F11 [Global]

Debug.StepOut

Shift+F11 [Global]

Debug.StepOver

F10 [Global]

Debug.StopDebugging

Shift+F5 [Global]

Debug.ToggleBreakpoint

F9 [Global]

Edit

Commands

Keyboard Shortcuts [Contexts]

Edit.BreakLine

Enter [Text Editor, Report Designer, Windows Forms Designer]

or Shift+Enter [Text Editor]

Edit.CollapsetoDefinitions

Ctrl+M, Ctrl+O [Text Editor]

Edit.CommentSelection

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C [Text Editor]

Edit.CompleteWord

Alt+Right Arrow [Text Editor, Workflow Designer]

or Ctrl+Spacebar [Text Editor, Workflow Designer]

or Ctrl+K, W [Workflow Designer]

or Ctrl+K, Ctrl+W [Workflow Designer]

Edit.Copy

Ctrl+C [Global]

or Ctrl+Insert [Global]

Edit.Cut

Ctrl+X [Global]

or Shift+Delete [Global]

Edit.Delete

Delete [Global, Team Explorer]

or Shift+Delete [Sequence Diagram, UML Activity Diagram, Layer Diagram]

or Ctrl+Delete [Class Diagram]

Edit.Find

Ctrl+F [Global]

Edit.FindAllReferences

Shift+F12 [Global]

Edit.FindinFiles

Ctrl+Shift+F [Global]

Edit.FindNext

F3 [Global]

Edit.FindNextSelected

Ctrl+F3 [Global]

Edit.FormatDocument

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D [Text Editor]

Edit.FormatSelection

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+F [Text Editor]

Edit.GoTo

Ctrl+G [Global]

Edit.GoToDeclaration

Ctrl+F12 [Global]

Edit.GoToDefinition

F12

Edit.GoToFindCombo

Ctrl+D [Global]

Edit.GoToNextLocation

F8 [Global]

Edit.InsertSnippet

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X [Global]

Edit.InsertTab

Tab [Report Designer, Windows Forms Designer, Text Editor]

Edit.LineCut

Ctrl+L [Text Editor]

Edit.LineDownExtendColumn

Shift+Alt+Down Arrow [Text Editor]

Edit.LineOpenAbove

Ctrl+Enter [Text Editor]

Edit.ListMembers

Ctrl+J [Text Editor, Workflow Designer]

or Ctrl+K, Ctrl+L [Workflow Designer]

or Ctrl+K, L [Workflow Designer]

Edit.NavigateTo

Ctrl+, [Global]

Edit.OpenFile

Ctrl+Shift+G [Global]

Edit.OvertypeMode

Insert [Text Editor]

Edit.ParameterInfo

Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar [Text Editor, Workflow Designer]

or Ctrl+K, Ctrl+P [Workflow Designer]

or Ctrl+K, P [Workflow Designer]

Edit.Paste

Ctrl+V [Global]

or Shift+Insert [Global]

Edit.PeekDefinition

Alt+F12 [Text Editor]

Edit.Redo

Ctrl+Y [Global]

or Shift+Alt+Backspace [Global]

or Ctrl+Shift+Z [Global]

Edit.Replace

Ctrl+H [Global]

Edit.SelectAll

Ctrl+A [Global]

Edit.SelectCurrentWord

Ctrl+W [Text Editor]

Edit.SelectionCancel

Esc [Text Editor, Report Designer, Settings Designer, Windows Forms Designer, Managed Resources Editor]

Edit.SurroundWith

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+S [Global]

Edit.TabLeft

Shift+Tab [Text Editor, Report Designer, Windows Forms Editor]

Edit.ToggleAllOutlining

Ctrl+M, Ctrl+L [Text Editor]

Edit.ToggleBookmark

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+K [Text Editor]

Edit.ToggleCompletionMode

Ctrl+Alt+Space [Text Editor]

Edit.ToggleOutliningExpansion

Ctrl+M, Ctrl+M [Text Editor]

Edit.UncommentSelection

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+U [Text Editor]

Edit.Undo

Ctrl+Z [Global]

or Alt+Backspace [Global]

Edit.WordDeleteToEnd

Ctrl+Delete [Text Editor]

Edit.WordDeleteToStart

Ctrl+Backspace [Text Editor]

File

Commands

Keyboard Shortcuts [Contexts]

File.Exit

Alt+F4 [Global]

File.NewFile

Ctrl+N [Global]

File.NewProject

Ctrl+Shift+N [Global]

File.NewWebSite

Shift+Alt+N [Global]

File.OpenFile

Ctrl+O [Global]

File.OpenProject

Ctrl+Shift+O [Global]

File.OpenWebSite

Shift+Alt+O [Global]

File.Rename

F2 [Team Explorer]

File.SaveAll

Ctrl+Shift+S [Global]

File.SaveSelectedItems

Ctrl+S [Global]

File.ViewinBrowser

Ctrl+Shift+W [Global]

Project

Commands

Keyboard Shortcuts [Contexts]

Project.AddExistingItem

Shift+Alt+A [Global]

Project.AddNewItem

Ctrl+Shift+A [Global]

Refactor

Command

Keyboard Shortcut [Context]

Refactor.ExtractMethod

Ctrl+R, Ctrl+M [Global]

Tools

Command

Keyboard Shortcut [Context]

Tools.AttachtoProcess

Ctrl+Alt+P [Global]

View

Commands

Keyboard Shortcuts [Contexts]

View.ClassView

Ctrl+Shift+C [Global]

View.EditLabel

F2 [Global]

View.ErrorList

Ctrl+\, Ctrl+E [Global]

or Ctrl+\, E [Global]

View.NavigateBackward

Ctrl+- [Global]

View.NavigateForward

Ctrl+Shift+- [Global]

View.ObjectBrowser

Ctrl+Alt+J [Global]

View.Output

Ctrl+Alt+O [Global]

View.PropertiesWindow

F4

View.Refresh

F5 [Team Explorer, Team Foundation Build Detail Editor]

View.ServerExplorer

Ctrl+Alt+S [Global]

View.ShowSmartTag

Ctrl+. [Global]

or Shift+Alt+F10 [Global, HTML Editor Design View]

View.SolutionExplorer

Ctrl+Alt+L [Global]

View.TfsTeamExplorer

Ctrl+\, Ctrl+M [Global]

View.Toolbox

Ctrl+Alt+X [Global]

View.ViewCode

Enter [Class Diagram]

or F7 [Settings Designer]

View.ViewDesigner

Shift+F7 [HTML Editor Source View]

Window

Commands

Keyboard Shortcuts [Contexts]

Window.ActivateDocumentWindow

Esc [Global]

Window.CloseDocumentWindow

Ctrl+F4 [Global]

Window.NextDocumentWindow

Ctrl+F6 [Global]

Window.NextDocumentWindowNav

Ctrl+Tab [Global]

Window.NextSplitPane

F6 [Global]