Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts

Visual Studio is all about developer productivity. To help developers be

more efficient and productive, Visual Studio has built-in keyboard
shortcuts into the product for most of the functions normally found
through the user interface – just like CTRL+C for copy. To help you
take advantage of these shortcuts, learn some sweet keyboard shortcuts.
With something new for everyone, these keyboard shortcuts will give
you valuable to start using right away, increase your productivity, and
make you wonder how you servived all this time without them.

Using keyboard shortcuts is the best way to get things done faster in Visual Studio.

Key Combination Use Description

Use Auto Hide for all tool windows to
View Solution maximize screen real estate. Whenever
CTRL+ALT+L
Explorer you need to open the Solution Explorer,
it’s just a shortcut away.
CTRL+ALT+X View ToolBox .
CTRL+ALT+O View Output .
CTRL+\, then press
View Error List .
E
CTRL+\, then press
View Task List .
T
View Property Select the control, then press F4 to view
F4
Window property window.
Design View to
CTRL+PgDn or Toggle between design and source view
Source View and
CTRL+PgUp in HTML editor.
vice-versa
 Design View to
Toggle between design and source view
SHIFT+F7 Source View and
in HTML editor.
vice-versa
Design or Source
F7 Toggle from designer view to code view.
View to Code View
Code View to
SHIFT+F7 Toggle from code view to designer view.
Design View
F5 Start Debugging .
Start Without
CTRL+F5 .
Debugging
F10 Debug Step over
F11 Debug Step into
SHIFT+F11 Debug Step out
CTRL+F10 Debug Run to cursor
F9 Toggle Breakpoint .
CTRL+M, then Collapse to
.
press O Definitions.
CTRL+K, then Comment selected
.
CTRL+C Block
CTRL+K, then Uncomment
.
CTRL+U selected block
Go back to the
previous location in
CTRL+- .
the navigation
history
F6 Build Solution .
SHIFT+F6 Build Website .
ATL+B, then R Rebuild Solution .
CTRL+L Deletes Entire Line .
GO to the Line
CTRL+G .
Number
 Toggle Full Screen
SHIFT+ATL+Enter .
Mode
Invoke the Invokes the intellisence list where cursor
CTRL+Space
Intellisense List pointed.