WinDbg keyboard shortcuts

This section summarizes the keyboard shortcuts for the WinDbg debugger.

All of the ribbon menu options are available using the Alt + the first letter of the option. For example Alt + H to go to the home menu, Alt + H + S to stop debugging.

Flow control

Keystroke	Description
F5	Continue
F10	Step over
F11	Step Into
Shift+F11	Step out
F7	Run to line
Ctrl+Shift+I	Set instruction pointer to highlighted line
Ctrl+Break or Alt+Del	Break
Ctrl+Shift+F5	Restart
Shift+F5	Stop debugging
Alt+H,D	Detach

Setup

Keystroke	Description
F6	Attach to process
Ctrl+R	Connect to remote
Ctrl+D	Open dump file
Ctrl+K	Attach to kernel debugger
Ctrl+E	Launch process
Ctrl+P	Launch app package

Breakpoints

Keystroke	Description
F9	Toggle breakpoint on highlighted line
Ctrl + F9	Toggle breakpoint enabled state on highlighted line
Shift + F9	Add breakpoint
Ctrl+Alt+K	Toggle initial break

Windowing

Keystroke	Description
Ctrl+Tab	Open window changer
Alt+1	Open/focus on command window
Alt+2	Open/focus on watch window
Alt+3	Open/focus on locals window
Alt+4	Open/focus on registers window
Alt+5	Open/focus on memory window
Alt+6	Open/focus on stack window
Alt+7	Open/focus on disassembly window
Alt+8	Open/focus on breakpoints window
Alt+9	Open/focus on thread window

Scripting

Keystroke	Description
Ctrl+Shift+O	Open script
Ctrl+Shift+Enter	Execute script
Ctrl+S	Save script
Alt+S,N	New script
Alt+S,U	Unlink script

Stack navigation

Keystroke	Description
Ctrl+↑ / ↓	Move up/down a stack frame

Help

Keystroke	Description
F1	Open help file
Shift+F1	Search selection online (source window)

Misc.

Keystroke	Description
Ctrl+Alt+V	Toggle Verbose Mode

See Also

WinDbg Features