Visual Studo 2010 Useful Shortcuts

  • **CTR + ALT + L **- move to Solution Explorer
  • Type (for example “try” or “for”) and hit Tab twice for code snippet auto-completion.
  • Ctrl + – and the opposite Ctrl + Shift + – Move cursor back (or forwards) to the last place it was. No more scrolling back or PgUp/Dwn to find out where you were.
  • Ctrl + I – Incremental Search
  • Shift+Alt+Enter window in focus in full screen mode. Hit it again, and you have all the panels back. ****
  • Ctrl + Alt + I – jump to Immediate Window
  • Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard. Type “Navigation” to get the shortcut to combo-box on top of the window.
  • Ctrl + Shift + , or Ctrl + Shift + . to zoom-in or zoom-out
  • Ctrl + M + M – collapse/expand current region
  • Ctrl + M + O – collapse  all regions
  • Ctrl + M + L – expand  all regions
  • CTRL+K + X – code snippet
  • CTRL+K + S – Surround With code snippet More shortcuts are here:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=13189 Or here: http://www.itscodingtime.com/post/Visual-Studio-2010-Keyboard-Mouse-Shortcuts.aspx