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Hari’s Favorite Visual Studio Shortcuts
I’ve always wanted to write a blog post containing my favorite Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts. However, this guy beat me to it. But that’s okay because I learned a few tricks that I didn’t know.
Of course there many useful shortcuts than the six he mentioned. Here are some that I use all the time:
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to show the current file in the solution explorer.
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to format the whole file.
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to collapse to definitions.
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to collapse or expand the whole file.
- Cut or Copy without making a selection to cut/copy the whole line. Useful for removing blank lines too.
to find definition of what’s at the insertion point (you don’t even have to select it).
shows all the places a symbol is used (again, you don’t have to select the word).
to go back,
to go forward.
- During debugging, use the following keyboard shortcuts:
to step (without going into calls).
to step (going into calls when possible).
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to execute the rest of a method that you stepped into.
to toggle a breakpoint.
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run to insertion point.
to “drag” the program counter to the insertion point.
What are some of your favorite Visual Studio productivity tips?
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