visual studio shortcuts
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visual studio is a cross-platform for the developers and it comes with good features like live server, workspace, it can be used for different programming languages. let’s see some shortcuts of the visual studio so that working can be made easier.
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
| Alt + Click | add additional cursor |
| Alt + F12 | peek definition |
| Alt + F4 | close window |
| Alt + Left | navigate between files |
| Alt + Right | navigate between files |
| Ctrl + / | split active editor |
| Ctrl + ` | cycle open editors |
| Ctrl + = | zoom in |
| Ctrl + – | zoom out |
| Ctrl + 1 | focus left editor |
| Ctrl + 2 | focus right editor |
| Ctrl + Alt + ] | jump to matching bracket |
| Ctrl + Alt + click | open definition to side |
| Ctrl + Alt + Down | add cursor below |
| Ctrl + Alt + Up | add cursor up |
| Ctrl + B | toggle sidebar |
| Ctrl + Click | open file to side |
| Ctrl + Click | go to definition |
| Ctrl + E | go to file |
| Ctrl + Enter | open file to side |
| Ctrl + F12 | go to definition |
| Ctrl + F2 | add cursor to each occurrence of current word |
| Ctrl + G | go to line |
| Ctrl + Shift + D | debug |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | explore |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | search all files |
| Ctrl + Shift + I | shows windows |
| Ctrl + Shift + J | advanced search all files |
| Ctrl + Shift + L | add cursor to each occurrence of current selected text |
| Ctrl + Shift + M | list all current errors |
| Ctrl + shift + O | navigate to symbol |
| Ctrl + Shift + P | open control pallet |
| Ctrl + Shift + U | output |
| Ctrl + Shift + W | close window |
| Ctrl + Space | trigger IntelliSense |
| Ctrl + T | jump to symbol across files |
| Ctrl + Tab | cycle files |
| Ctrl + W | close editor |
| F2 | rename symbol |
| F11 | full screen |
| Shift + F12 | reference search |
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