Visual Studio. Hotkeys

Other names: keyboard shortcuts, key bindings

Editor

• shift + enter: New line underneath
• ctrl + d: Duplicate line
• ctrl + shift + up/down: edit multiple lines at once
• ctrl + l: delete line (cut)
• ctrl + k, ctrl + c: comment selection

Go to Definition, Implementation, Declaration, References

• F12: Go to definition
• Ctrl+F12: Go to implementation

Collapse all definitions/methods

• ctrl+m ctrl+o: Collapse all definitions/methods
• ctrl+m ctrl+p: Expand all
• ctrl+m ctrl+m: Toggle collapse and expand current section

Intellisense

• ctrl + space: Show complete suggestions. Will list all words available for completion in the current context
• alt + right arrow: Show complete suggestions
• alt + /: Copilot

Refactoring

• Ctrl+Shift+R: Refactor this (Displays a list of refactoring options)
• Ctrl+.: Quick actions and refactorings
• Ctrl+K+E: Sort usings and remove "unused usings" in the file
• Ctr+R Ctrl+G: Sort usings and remove "unused usings" in the file

Formatting

• ctrl+k+d: Format code (entire document)
• ctrl+k+f: Format Code (selection only)

Navigation in the current file

• ctrl+left/right: Skip a word left/right
• Home: Go to start of the line
• End: Go to the end of the line
• PgUp/PgDown:
• shift+PgUp/PgDown: move to the top/bottom of the screen
• ctrl+Home: Go to the first line of the document
• ctrl+End: Go to the last line of the document
• alt+up/down: Go to the next method up/down

Window Management

• shift+alt+enter: enter full screen

Bookmarks

• ctrl+k ctrl+k: Set bookmark
• ctrl+k ctrl+p: Go to previous bookmark
• ctrl+k ctrl+n: Go to next bookmark

Navigation between files

• ctrl+,: go to file
• ctrl+t: go to type