19 Must-Know Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts – Part 2

Here, you will find a short list of keyboard shortcuts for things you probably do often in Visual Studio. You can find the first blog post of the series here: 19 Must-Know Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts – Part 1.

Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation Related Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl + Up/Down = Scrolls the window without moving the cursor
• Ctrl + – = Take cursor to its previous location
• Ctrl + + = Take cursor to its next location
• F12 = Go to definition

Debugging Related Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl + Alt + P = Attach to process
• F10 = Debug step over
• F5 = Start debugging
• Shift + F5 = Stop debugging
• Ctrl + Alt + Q = Add quick watch
• F9 = Set or remove a breakpoint

Search Related Keyboard Shortcuts

• Ctrl + K Ctrl + K = Bookmark the current line
• Ctrl + K Ctrl + N = Navigates to next bookmark
• Ctrl + . = If you type in a class name like Collection<string> and do not have the proper namespace import, then this shortcut combination will automatically insert the import
• Ctrl + Shift + F = Find in Files
• Shift + F12 = Find all references
• Ctrl + F = Displays the Find Dialog
• Ctrl + H = Displays the Replace Dialog
• Ctrl + G = Jumps to the line number or go to the line
• Ctrl + Shift + F = Find the references of the selected item in the entire solution

You can find more useful Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts here.

Read the complete list of shortcuts here.

Next, you can find even more useful Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts in the first article from the series - 19 Must-Know Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts – Part 1.

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