Shortkeys for Visual Studio


This cheatsheet was created to remember commands which I widely use in Visual Studio. To assign shortkeys to commands you have to go in Tools->Options->Environment->Keyboard.

Shortcuts which are widely used during writing a code
Command Shortkey Explanation
Edit.GoToDefintion Shift + F12 Find all references to this symbol
Edit.CommentSelection CTRL + E + C Comment selection
Edit.UncommentSelection CTRL + E + U Uncomment selection
Edit.FormatSelection CTRL + E + F Format the line
Edit.FormatDocument CTRL + E + D Format document
View.NavigateBackward CTRL + - Move back to previous editing point
Edit.LineEnd END Move to end of the line
Edit.LineStart HOME Move to start of the line
Edit.Cut CTRL + X Cut the line/selected field
Edit.LineDelete CTRL + SHIFT + L Delete the line
Window.CloseDocumentWindow CTRL + W Close currently open document
Window.CloseAllButThis CTRL + ALT + W Close All But this
  SHIFT + LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN Select lines of code
  CTRL + C + V Copy line and paste it into the next line
Shortcuts which are widely used during debugging
Command Shortkey Explanation
Build.BuildSolution F6 Find all references to this symbol
Build.BuildSelection SHIFT + F6 Build project
Debug.Start F5 Start debugger / Go to next breakpoint
Debug.StopDebugging SHIFT + F5 Quit debugger
Debug.StepOver F10 Debugger step over
Debug.StepInto F11 Debugger step in
Debug.StepOut SHIFT + F11 Debugger step out
Debug.RunToCursor CTRL + F10 Run to cursor
Debug.ToogleBreakpoints F9 Toggle breakpoint