You can navigate in Visual Studio more easily by using the shortcuts in this article. These shortcuts include keyboard and mouse shortcuts as well as text you can enter to help accomplish a task more easily.
For a complete list of command shortcuts, see Default keyboard shortcuts.
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Usb tools for mac. This topic applies to Visual Studio on Windows. For Visual Studio for Mac, see Common keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio for Mac.
Customised (and effective) Visual Studio Code keyboard shortcuts for Mac and Windows 20th May 2020. Since I code on both Windows and Mac, I want my Visual Studio Code shortcuts to be interchangeable on both systems. So I dug deep into Visual Studio Code’s keyboard shortcuts for both systems and made my personal customisations. Running VS Code on Mac Installation. Download Visual Studio Code for Mac. Double-click on the downloaded archive to expand the contents. Drag Visual Studio Code.app to the Applications folder, making it available in the Launchpad. Add VS Code to your Dock by right-clicking on the icon and choosing Options, Keep in Dock. Toolbox – Use the Toolbox Window to display a list of all code snippets. Drag any template from the toolbox into the correct position in the source code: Insert Templates command – There is currently no default key binding set for inserting a template. To create one, browse to Visual Studio Preferences Key Bindings and search for template.
Window management
| Task | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Maximize floating window | Double-click on title bar |
| Maximize/minimize windows | Win+Up arrow / Win+Down arrow |
| Redock floating window | Ctrl+double-click on title bar |
| Move/dock floating windows | Win+Left arrow / Win+Right arrow |
| Close active document | Ctrl+F4 |
| Show open file list | Ctrl+Alt+Down arrow |
| Show all floating windows | Ctrl+Shift+M |
| Show jump list | Win+Alt+N |
| Start new instance | Win+Shift+N |
| Switch between windows | Win+N |
Search
| Task | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Solution Explorer search | Ctrl+; |
| Place focus in search box in any tool window (except editor) | Alt+` when the tool window has focus |
| Search Visual Studio | Ctrl+Q |
| Search box results filter | @opt - Options @cmd - Commands @mru - Most recently used @doc - Open documents |
| Search in Tools Options | Ctrl+E |
Find in the editor
| Task | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Quick Find | Ctrl+F |
| Quick Find Next Result | Enter |
| Quick Find Previous Result | Shift+Enter |
| Quick Find Expand Drop Down | Alt+Down arrow |
| Dismiss Find | Esc |
| Quick Replace | Ctrl+H |
| Quick Replace - Replace Next | Alt+R |
| Quick Replace - Replace All | Alt+A |
| Find in Files | Ctrl+Shift+F |
| Replace in Files | Ctrl+Shift+H |
Code editor
| Task | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Go To All | Ctrl+T |
| Go to recent files | Ctrl+T,R |
| Multi-caret multiple insertion points | Ctrl+Alt+click |
| Multi-caret add matching selection | Shift+Alt+Ins |
| Format Document | Ctrl+K,D |
| IntelliSense suggestion mode | Ctrl+Alt+Space (Toggle) |
| Force show IntelliSense | Ctrl+J |
| Quick Actions | Ctrl+. |
| Snippet picker | Ctrl+K,X or ?,Tab (Visual Basic) |
| Surround With | Ctrl+K,S |
| Show Quick Info | Ctrl+K,I |
| Navigate To | Ctrl+, |
| Navigate highlighted references | Ctrl+Shift+Up (Previous) Ctrl+Shift+Down (Next) |
| Editor zoom | Ctrl+Shift+> (In) Ctrl+Shift+< (Out) |
| Block selection | Hold Alt and drag mouse Shift+Alt+Arrow keys |
| Move line up/down | Alt+Up arrow / Alt+Down arrow |
| Duplicate line | Ctrl+E,V |
| Expand selection | Shift+Alt+= |
| Contract selection | Shift+Alt+- |
| Go To Definition | F12 |
| Peek Definition | Alt+F12 |
| Go To Definition stack | Ctrl+Shift+8 (Back) Ctrl+Shift+7 (Forward) |
| Close the Peek Definition window | Esc |
| Promote the Peek Definition window to a regular document tab | Ctrl+Alt+Home |
| Navigate between multiple Peek Definition windows | Ctrl+Alt+- and Ctrl+Alt+= |
| Navigate between multiple Peek results | F8 and Shift+F8 |
| Toggle between the code editor window and the Peek Definition window | Shift+Esc |
| Go to enclosing block | Ctrl+Alt+Up arrow |
| Go to next/previous issue | Alt+PgUp / Alt+PgDn |
| Contextual navigation menu | Alt+` |
Toolbars
| Task | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Add buttons | Select the toolbar overflow button |
| Find combo in standard toolbar | Ctrl+D |
| Find textbox command mode | Type > |
| Create new alias | Type alias <new alias> <command> in the Command window |
Debugging
| Task | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Start debugging | F5 |
| Stop debugging | Shift+F5 |
| Restart debugging | Ctrl+Shift+F5 |
| Step over | F10 |
| Step into | F11 |
| Step out | Shift+F11 |
| Run to cursor | Ctrl+F10 |
| Set next statement | Ctrl+Shift+F10 |
| Set and toggle breakpoint | F9 |
| Disable breakpoint | Ctrl+F9 |
| Immediate window | Ctrl+Alt+I |
| Immediate window command mode | Type > |
| Immediate window - clear buffer | Type cls |
| Immediate window - print value | Type ?varname |
Visual Studio Code Open Terminal Shortcut Mac
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