Visual Studio 2010 Shortcuts
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  1. Manage Visual Studio | |
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| Ctrl+S | Save current file |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save all files |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | Create new project |
| Ctrl+O | Open file |
| Ctrl+Shift+O | Open project |
| Ctrl+Shift+A | Add item to project |
| Esc | Close menu or dialog |
| Ctrl+P | |
| Shift+Alt+Enter | Toggle full screen mode |
| Ctrl+F4 | Close current tab |
| Ctrl+F6/Ctrl+Shift+F6 | Go to next / go to previous window |
| Ctrl+Tab, then Arrow keys | Press and hold Ctrl+Tab, then using arrow keys gives a small task manager with all open files and views |
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| 2. Bookmarks | |
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| For keystrokes with two keys such as Ctrl+k+k, keep holding the Ctrl key until releasing the last key. | |
| Ctrl+K+K | Toogle bookmark |
| Ctrl+K+N | Goto next bookmark |
| Ctrl+K+P | Goto previous bookmark |
| Ctrl+Shift+K+N | Goto next bookmark in folder |
| Ctrl+Shift+K+P | Goto previous bookmark in folder |
| Ctrl+K+W | Put focus on bookmark window |
| Esc | Leave bookmark window and focus on editor |
| Ctrl+K+H | Toggle code shortcut at current line* |
| Ctrl+K+L | Clear all bookmarks |
| Ctrl+\+T | Show Task List (including code shortcuts) |
| *if somebody figures out additional shortut keys on how to use code shortcuts, please edit this page and add. | |
| 3. Code Editor |
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| Find, Replace, and Goto | |
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| Ctrl+F | Find and replace dialog box |
| F3/Shift+F3 | Find next / find previous |
| Ctrl+H | Display Replace options on the quick tab |
| Shift+F12 | Find all references for selected symbol |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Find in files |
| Alt+F3, s | Stop current find in files operation |
| Ctrl+F3/Ctrl+Shift+F3 | Find next / find previous in selected text |
| Alt+F12 | Find symbol |
| Ctrl+D | Put cursor in find/command box of the toolbar. Use ctrl+/ in Visual C# |
| Ctrl+I/Ctrl+Shift+I | Incremental search / reverse incremental search |
| Shift+Alt+F12 | Quick find symbol |
| Ctrl+, | Display Navigate-To dialog box |
| Ctrl+G | Goto line number |
| Ctrl+] | Go to matching brace in source file |
| Shift+Ctrl+Arrow down | Jump to next occurrence of highlighted symbol |
| Shift+Ctrl+Arrow up | Jump to previous occurrence of highlighted symbol |
| Undo, Redo, Copy, Paste | |
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| Ctrl+x, Ctrl+c, Ctrl+V | Cut, copy, paste |
| Ctrl+Shift+V | Pastes an item from the Clipboard ring |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo (or Shift+Alt+Backspace, or Ctrl+Shift+Z) |
| Select Text | |
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| Shift+Arrow Keys | Extend selection one character/one line |
| Ctrl+Shift+End/Ctrl+Shift+Home | Extend selection to end / to beginning of document |
| Ctrl+Shift+] | Extend selection to nexst brace |
| Shift+End/Shift+Home | Extend selection to end / to beginning of line |
| Shift+Page Down/Shift+Page Up | Extends selection down one page / up one page |
| Ctrl+W | Select current word |
| Esc | Cancel Selection |
| Ctrl+Shift+Page Down/Page Up | Moves cursor and extend selection to the last line / first line in view. |
| Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Extend selection one word to the right / one word to the left |
| Ctrl+A | Select All |
| 4. Coding |
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| Collapse Items | |
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| Ctrl+M+M | Collapse / un-collapse current preset area (e.g. method) |
| Ctrl+M+H | Collpase / hide current selection |
| Ctrl+M+O | Collapse declaration bodies |
| Ctrl+M+A | Collapse all |
| Ctrl+M+X | Uncollapse all |
| Ctrl+m, ctrl+T | Collapse Html tag |
| Edit Code | |
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| Ctrl+L | Delete current line or selection of lines to and add to clipboard |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Delete current line or selection of lines |
| Ctrl+Delete | Delete word to right of cursor |
| Ctrl+Backspace | Delete word to left of cursor |
| Ctrl+Enter | Enter blank line above cursor |
| Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Enter blank line below cursor |
| Ctrl+Shift+U | Make uppercase |
| Ctrl+U | Make lowercase (reverse upercase) |
| Ctrl+K+C | Comment selected text |
| Ctrl+K+U | Uncomment selected text |
| Ctrl+K+\ | Remove white space and tabs in selection or around current cursor position |
| Ctrl+K+D | Format document to code formatting settings |
| Ctrl+K+F | Format selection to code formatting settings |
| Ctrl+Shift+Space | Display parameter required for selected method |
| Ctrl+Shift+8 | Visualize whitespace (or press Ctrl+r, then Ctrl+w) |
| Ctrl+K+D | Format document to code formatting settings |
| Ctrl+K+F | Format selection to code formatting settings |
| Ctrl+Shift+T | Transpose word to right of cursor; makes b=a out of a=b if cursor was in front of a |
| Ctrl+T | Transpose character left and right of cursor; cursor between ab would make ba |
| Shift+Alt+T | Transpose line: Move line below cursor up and current line down. |
| IntelliSense and Code Helper | |
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| Ctrl+Space | Autocomplete word from completion list (or alt+right arrow) |
| Ctrl+Shift+Space | Show parameter info |
| Ctrl+F12 | Display symbol definition |
| F12 | Display symbol declaration |
| Ctrl+J | Open IntelliSense completion list |
| 5. Build and Debug | |
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| F6 | Build solution (or Ctrl+shift+b) |
| Ctrl+Alt+F7 | Rebuild solution |
| Ctrl+Break | Cancel build process |
| Ctrl+\+E | Show error list |
| F9 | Toggle breakpoint |
| Ctrl+B | Insert new function breakpoint |
| F5 | Start debugging |
| F11 | Debug / step into |
| F10 | Debug / step over |
| Shift+F11 | Debug / step out |
| Ctrl+F10 | Debug / run to cursor |
| Ctrl+Alt+Q | Show Quickwatch window |
| Ctrl+Shift+F10 | Set current statement to be the next executed |
| Alt+* (on numeric keyboard) | Show nexst statement |
| Ctrl+Alt+E | Show Exception dialog box |
| Ctrl+F11 | Toggle between disassembly and user code view |
| Shift+F5 | Stop Debugging |
| Ctrl+F5 | Bypass debugger |
| Ctrl+Alt+P | Show attach to process window |
| Ctrl+Alt+break | Break all executing threads |
| 6. Tool Windows | |
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| Ctrl+/ | Put cursor in the find/command box in toolbar |
| Ctrl+K+B | Open code snippet manager window |
| Alt+F11 | Open macro IDE window |
| Ctrl+K+W | Open bookmark window |
| Ctrl+Alt+K | Open call hierarchy window |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Open class view window |
| Ctrl+Alt+A | Open Command window |
| Ctrl+Shift+O | Open Output window |
| Ctrl+Shift+E | Open Resource view window |
| Ctrl+Alt+S | Open Server explorer window |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Open Solution explorer window |
| Shift+Esc | Close Find & Replace Window |
