Visual Studio.Net 2003 Shortcut Keys
Shortcut Key
Description
Project Shortcut Key Build.Buildsolution Ctrl Shift B Builds The Solution
Build.Compile CTRL F7 Creates an object file containing machine code, linker directives, sections, external references, and function / data names for the selected file. File.OpenFile CTRL O Displays the Open File dialog box where you can select an existing File to open.
File.openProject Ctrl Shift O Displays The Open Project Dialog Box Where You Can Add Existing Projects To your solution.
Tool Window Shortcut Keys View.classView Ctrl Shift C Displays The Class View Window.
View.PropertiesWindow F4 Displays The Properties Window, Which Lists The Design-Time Properties and events for the currently selected item.
View.propertypages Shift F4 Displays The Property Pages for the item currently successd.
View.ResourceView Ctrl Shift E Displays The Resource View Window.
Object Browser Shortcut Keys Edit.gotodefinition F12 Displays The Declaration for the Selected Symbol In Code.
Edit.gotodeClaration Ctrl F12 Displays The Definition of The Selected Symbol in The Code.
View.ObjectBrowser CTRL ALT J Displays the Object Browser to view the classes, properties, methods, events, and constants available for packages, and the object libraries and procedures in your project.
Integrated Help Shortcut Keys
Help.contents Ctrl Alt F1 Displays the Contents Window for the Documentation Contained IN MSDN.
Help.dynamichelp
Ctrl F1
Displays the Dynamic Help Window, Which Displays Different Topics Depending On What Items Currently Have Focus in the product.
Help.f1help F1 Displays a Topic from Help That Corresponds to The Current User Interface Selected.Help.Windowhelp Shift F1 Displays a Topic from Help That Corresponds to The Current User Interface Selected.
Help.Search Ctrl Alt F3 Displays The Search Window, Which Allows You to Search for Words or Phrases in The Documentation Contained in Msdn.
Window Management Shortcut Keys
View.ffullscreen Shift Alt Enter Toggles Full Screen Mode on and off.
View.navigatebackward Ctrl - Goes Back to The Previous Document Or Window In The Navigation History.
View.navigateForward Ctrl Shift - Moves Forward to the Document Or WINDOW NEXT IN The Navigation History.
Window.closedocumentWindow Ctrl F4 Closes The Current MDI Child Window.
WINDOW.NEXTTAB CTRL Page Down Moves to the next Tab in the document or window.
Window.Previoustab Ctrl Page Up Moves To The Previous Tab in The Document Or Window.
Window.nextDocumentWindow Ctrl F6ctrl Tab Cycles Through The MDi Child Windows One Window At A Time.
Window.PreviousDocumentWindow Ctrl Shift F6ctrl Shift Tab Moves To The Previous Document In The Editor Or Designer. Window.NextPane Alt F6 Moves to The next Tool Window.
Text Manipulation Shortcut Keys Edit.clearBookmarks Ctrl K, Ctrl L Removes All Unnamed Bookmarks in The Current Document.
EDIT.COMMENTSELECTION CTRL K, CTRL C MARKS The Current Line of Code As a Comment, Using The Correct Comment Syntax for the programming language.
Edit.UncommentSelection CTRL K, CTRL U Removes the comment syntax from the current line of code. Edit.ColllapseToDefinitions CTRL M, CTRL O Automatically determines logical boundaries for creating regions in code, such as procedures, and then hides them. Edit.ToggleAlloutlining Ctrl M, Ctrl L Toggles All Previously Marked Hidden Text Sections Between Hidden and Display States.
Edit.ToggleOutliningExpansion Ctrl M, Ctrl M Toggles The Currently Selected Hidden Text Section Between The Hidden and Display State.
Edit.ToggleBookmark Ctrl K, Ctrl K Sets Or Removes a Bookmark At The Current Line.
Edit.ToggleWordWrap Ctrl R, Ctrl R Enables or Disables Word Wrap in An Editor.
Edit.WordDeleteToend Ctrl Delete deletes the word to the right of the insertion point.
Edit.WordDeleTostostart Ctrl Backspace deletes the word to the left of the insertion point.
Edit.Tableft Shift Tab Moves Selected Lines To The Left One Tab Stop.
Edit.makelowerCase Ctrl U Changes The Selected Text To Lowercase Characters.
Edit.makeUppercase Ctrl Shift U Changes The Selected Text To Uppercase Characters.
Text Selection Shortcut Keys
Edit.documentendextend Ctrl Shift End Selects the text from the insertion point to the last line of the document.
EDIT.DocumentStartextend Ctrl Shift Home Selects The Text From The Insert To The First Line of The Document.
Edit.LineEndextend Shift End Selects text from the insertion point to the end of the current line.
Edit.LineStartextend Shift Home Selects text from the insertion.
Edit.LineEndExtendColumn SHIFT ALT END Moves the insertion point to the end of the line, extending the column selection.Edit.LineStartExtendColumn SHIFT ALT HOME Moves the insertion point to the start of the line, extending the column selection.
Edit.Selectall Ctrl a selects everything in the capital document.
Edit.SelectCurrentword Ctrl W Selects the Word Containing The Insertion Point or The Word to the Right of the Insertion.
Edit.ViewTopextend Ctrl Shift Page Up Extends The Selection to The Top of The Current Window.
Edit.Viewbottomextend Ctrl Shift Page Down Moves The Cursor to the Last Line in View, Extending The Selection.
Text Navigation Shortcut Keys
Edit.documentend Ctrl End Moves The Insertion Point To The Last Line of The Document.
Edit.DocumentStart Ctrl Home Moves The Insert To The First Line of The Document.
Edit.goto Ctrl g Displays the go to line dialog box.
Edit.Previousbookmark Ctrl K, Ctrl P Moves to The Previous Bookmark.
Edit.NextBookmark Ctrl K, Ctrl N Moves to the next bookmark in the document.
View.Browsenext Ctrl Shift 1 Navigates to the next definition, declaration, or reference of an item. Available in The Object Browser and class view window.
Debugging Shortcut Keys
Debug.ApplyCodechanges
Alt F10 Starts An Edit and Continue Build To Apply Changes To Code Being Debugged.
DEBUG.BREAKALL CTRL Alt Break Temporarily Stops Execution Of All Processes in a Debugging session. Available Only in Run Mode.
Debug.clerallBreakPoints Ctrl Shift F9
Clears all of the breakpoints in the project.
Debug.EnableBreakpoint CTRL F9 Sets a breakpoint at the current line of code.Debug.Restart CTRL SHIFT F5 Terminates a debugging session, rebuilds, and then starts running the application from the beginning. Available in Break and Run modes.
Debug.Start F5 Automatically Attaches The Debugger And Runs The Application from The Startup Project Specified in The
Debug.StartwithOutdebugging Ctrl F5 Runs the code without invoking the debugger.
DEBUG.STEPOVER F10 Executes The Next Line of Code, But Does Not Follow Execution Through ANY Function Calls.
Debug.stepinto F11 Executes Code ONE Statement At A Time, Following Execution Into Function Calls.
HTML Designer Shortcut Keys
EDIT.LISTMEMBERS CTRL J LISTS MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT CLASS for Statement Completion When Editing Code. Available Only in Html View of The HTML Designer.
Edit.ViewBottom Ctrl Page Down Moves To The Bottom of The Current Document. Available Only in Html View of The Html Designer.
View.NextView CTRL PAGE DOWN Switches from Design view to HTML view and vice versa. Available only in Design view of the HTML Designer. Format.Bold CTRL B Toggles the selected text between bold and normal. Available only in Design view of the HTML Designer.
Format.Decreaseindent
Ctrl Shift T Decreases The SELECTED Paragraph by One Indent Unit. Available Only in Design View of The Html Designer.