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Visual Studio Cheatsheet

A comprehensive cheat sheet for Visual Studio, covering essential shortcuts, features, and tools for efficient development.

Core Navigation & Editing

Basic Shortcuts

Ctrl + Shift + N

New Project

Ctrl + O

Open File

Ctrl + Shift + O

Open Project

Ctrl + S

Save

Ctrl + Shift + S

Save All

Ctrl + K, Ctrl + D

Format Document

Ctrl + K, Ctrl + C

Comment Selection

Ctrl + K, Ctrl + U

Uncomment Selection

Code Editing

Ctrl + X

Cut Line

Ctrl + C

Copy Line

Ctrl + V

Paste

Ctrl + Z

Undo

Ctrl + Y or Ctrl + Shift + Z

Redo

Alt + Up/Down Arrow

Move Line Up/Down

Shift + Alt + Up/Down Arrow

Column (Box) Selection

Ctrl + Delete

Delete Word Right

Debugging & Build

Debugging Shortcuts

F5

Start Debugging

Ctrl + F5

Start Without Debugging

Shift + F5

Stop Debugging

F9

Toggle Breakpoint

F10

Step Over

F11

Step Into

Shift + F11

Step Out

Ctrl + Shift + F9

Delete All Breakpoints

Build Commands

Ctrl + Shift + B

Build Solution

Ctrl + Alt + L

Solution Explorer

Ctrl + Shift + M

Open Task List

Ctrl + J

Quick Launch

Refactoring & Search

Refactoring

Ctrl + R, Ctrl + R

Rename

Ctrl + .

Quick Actions and Refactorings

Search & Navigation

Ctrl + F

Find

Ctrl + Shift + F

Find in Files

F3

Find Next

Shift + F3

Find Previous

Ctrl + G

Go To Line

Ctrl + Shift + T

Go To All

Window Management & Customization

Window Shortcuts

Ctrl + Tab

Switch between open documents

Ctrl + K, Ctrl + W

Navigate to the active tool window in Visual Studio.

Alt + Shift + Enter

Toggle Full Screen

Ctrl + Alt + ,

Options

Ctrl + Q

Quick Launch

Ctrl + E, Ctrl + S

View whitespace