This document provides a list of shortcut keys for Visual Studio 2010 organized by command categories such as Designers and Editors, File and Project, Windows, Debug, and References. It lists the keyboard shortcut for each command and a brief description. For example, CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT copies selected items, CTRL+S saves selected items in the current project, and F5 starts debugging by running the application until the next breakpoint. The document recommends visiting a Microsoft URL for the full list of Visual Studio shortcut keys.

1. VISUAL STUDIO 2010
SHORTCUT KEYS
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16/11/2011

2. Designers and Editors
Command Description Keys
Edit.Copy Copies the selected item to the Clipboard. CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT
Deletes the selected item from the file and copies
Edit.Cut CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE
it to the Clipboard.
Edit.Paste Inserts the Clipboard contents at the cursor. CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT
Displays the Quick tab of the Find and Replace
Edit.Find CTRL+F
dialog box.
Displays the In Files tab of the Find and Replace
Edit.FindinFiles CTRL+SHIFT+F
dialog box.
Edit.FindNext Finds the next occurrence of the search text. F3
Displays the replace options on the Quick tab of CTRL+H
Edit.Replace
the Find and Replace dialog box.
Displays the replace options on the In Files tab of
Edit.ReplaceinFiles CTRL+SHIFT+H
the Find and Replace dialog box.
View.ViewCode Switches to Code view. F7

3. Editors
Command Description Keys
Moves the cursor to the last line of the
Edit.DocumentEnd CTRL+END
document.
Moves the cursor to the first line of the
Edit.DocumentStart CTRL+HOME
document.
Edit.GoTo Displays the Go To Line dialog box. CTRL+G
Displays the definition of the selected symbol
Edit.GoToDeclaration CTRL+F12
in the code.

4. File and Project
Command Description Keys
Displays the New File dialog box so that you
File.NewFile CTRL+N
can add a new file to the current project.
File.NewProject Displays the New Project dialog box. CTRL+SHIFT+N
File.NewWebSite Displays the New Web Site dialog box. SHIFT+ALT+N
File.OpenFile Displays the Open File dialog box. CTRL+O
Displays the Open Project dialog box so that
File.OpenProject CTRL+SHIFT+O
you can add existing projects to your solution.
File.OpenWebSite Displays the Open Web Site dialog box. SHIFT+ALT+O
Saves the selected items in the current
File.SaveSelectedItems CTRL+S
project.
Saves all documents in the current solution
File.SaveAll CTRL+SHIFT+S
and all files in the external files project.
Displays in a Web browser the file that is
File.ViewinBrowser selected in Solution Explorer or the file that CTRL+SHIFT+W
has focus in the editor.

5. Windows
Command Description Keys
View.FullScreen Toggles Full Screen mode on and off. SHIFT+ALT+ENTER
Window.CloseDocume
Closes the current tab. CTRL+F4
ntWindow
View.ErrorList Displays the Error List window. CTRL+, E
Displays Solution Explorer, which lists the
View.SolutionExplorer CTRL+ALT+L
projects and files in the current solution.
Displays the Task List window, which displays
View.TaskList custom tasks, comments, shortcuts, warnings, CTRL+, T
and error messages.
Displays the Toolbox, which contains controls
View.Toolbox and other items that can be included or used CTRL+ALT+X
with your code.
Displays the Web Browser window, which lets
View.WebBrowser CTRL+ALT+R
you view pages on the Internet.

6. Debug
Command Description Keys
Launches the application under the debugger based off
of the settings from the startup project. When in Break
Debug.Start F5
mode, invoking this command will run the application
until the next breakpoint.
Debug.StartWithoutDebugging Runs the code without invoking the debugger. CTRL+F5
Executes code one statement at a time, following
Debug.StepInto F11
execution into method calls.
Debug.StepOver Sets the execution point to the line of code you select. F10
Debug.ToggleBreakpoint Sets or removes a breakpoint at the current line. F9
Displays the Immediate window, where expressions can
Debug.Immediate CTRL+ALT+I
be evaluated.
Displays the Call Stack window, which displays a list of all
Debug.CallStack active methods or stack frames for the current thread of CTRL+ALT+C
execution.
Displays the Auto window, which displays variables used CTRL+ALT+V,
Debug.Autos
in the current line of code and the previous line of code. A
Debug.Exceptions Displays the Exceptions dialog box. CTRL+ALT+E

7. References
• For a full list of shortcut keys go to
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/da5kh0wa.aspx