Visual Studio Shortcuts

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