Web Page Designer Keyboard Shortcuts
The Web page designer in Visual Web Developer provides keyboard shortcuts that help save time and effort, as well as provide an essential tool for people with limited dexterity and other disabilities.
Keyboard Shortcuts
The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that are available in the Web page designer.
Note
You can view all of the keyboard shortcuts for Visual Web Developer by doing the following: on the Tools menu, select Options; and in the Options dialog box, select Environment and then Keyboard.
Shortcut |
Description |
|---|---|
CTRL+B |
Switches the selected text between bold and normal. |
CTRL+I |
Switches the font style of the selected text between italic and roman. |
CTRL+U |
Switches the font style of the selected text between underline and roman. |
CTRL+SHIFT+L |
Displays the Bookmark dialog box. |
CTRL+L |
When text is selected, displays the Hyperlink dialog box. |
CTRL+SHIFT+W |
Displays your Web page in the default browser. |
CTRL+ALT+UP ARROW |
Inserts one row above the selected row in the table. |
CTRL+ALT+DOWN ARROW |
Inserts one row below the selected row in the table. |
CTRL+ALT+LEFT ARROW |
Inserts one column to the left of the selected column in the table. |
CTRL+ALT+RIGHT ARROW |
Inserts one column to the right of the selected column in the table. |
CTRL+SHIFT+Q |
Switches the display of marker icons for HTML elements that do not have a visual representation, such as comments, scripts, and anchors for absolutely positioned elements. |
CTRL+PAGE DOWN CTRL+PAGE UP |
Switches from Design view to Source view and vice versa. |
CTRL+Q |
Displays a 1-pixel border around HTML elements that support a border attribute and have it set to zero, such as tables, table cells, and divisions. |
See Also
Tasks
Walkthrough: Basic HTML Editing in Visual Web Developer