Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts

Boost your productivity with these essential Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts. This guide covers shortcuts for search and navigation, editor commands, and solution explorer management.

Shortcuts

Search & Navigation

• Ctrl + , : Go to All

• Ctrl + T : Go to All

• Ctrl + Shift + T : Go to files

• Ctrl + 1 + T : Go to types

• Ctrl + 1 + M : Go to members

• Ctrl + Shift + F : Find in Files

• Ctrl + Shift + H : Replace in Files

• Ctrl + Shift + I : Find in file

• Ctrl + F : Find in file

• Ctrl + Q : Feature Search

Editor

• Ctrl + G : Go to Line

• Ctrl + L : Remove Line

• Ctrl + Enter : New line above the current line

• Ctrl + . : Quick Actions and Refactorings

• Shift + Alt + F10 : Quick Actions and Refactorings

• Alt + Up Arrow : Move line(s) up

• Alt + Down Arrow : Move line(s) down

• Ctrl + K, Ctrl + C : Comment Line

• Ctrl + K, Ctrl + U : Uncomment Line

• Shift + Alt + Arrow : Select / Edit multiple lines

• Ctrl + Alt + Left Click : Select / Edit multiple carets lines

• Alt + Shift + ; : Insert carets at all matching locations

• Alt + Shift + . : Insert carets at next matching location

Solution Explorer

• Ctrl + Alt + L : Switch focus to Solution Explorer
• Ctrl + Tab : Switch focus back to Editor
• Ctrl + ; : Search in Solution Explorer
• Ctrl+[, S : Select Active File in Solution Explorer
• Ctrl + Left Arrow : Collapse All descendants

References

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[^] Keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio

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