Visual Studio Shortcut Keys

General Shortcut Keys

ShortCut	Description
Ctrl-X or Shift-Delete or Ctrl-L	Cuts the currently selected item to the clipboard
Ctrl-Del	Delete next "word"
Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Insert	Copies the currently selected item to the clipboard
Ctrl-V or Shift-Insert	Pastes the item from the clipboard at the cursor location
Ctrl-Z or Alt-Backspace	Undo the previous editing action
Ctrl-Space	To see intelligence dialog
Ctrl-Y or Ctrl-Shift-Z	Redo the previous undo action
Ctrl-S	Saves the current selected file
Ctrl-Shift-S	Saves all files and projects
Ctrl-P	Displays the Print dialog
F7	Switches from the design view to the code view in the editor
Shift-F7	Switches from the code view to the design view in the editor
Shift-F8 or F8	Navigate to compile time errors
Alt-Shift-A	Add Existing Item(file) to selected project
Ctrl-Shift-A	Add New Item(file) to selected project
Shift-F9	Display the selected item quick output means contains value while debugging
F12	Moves the cursor to the selected method, variable, class definition.
Shift-F12	Finds the reference to the selected method, variable, class or the item under the cursor
Ctrl-}	Match curly braces, brackets or compiler directives
Ctrl-Shift-}	Select text between matched braces, brackets or compiler directives

Text Navigation Shortcut Keys

ShortCut	Description
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