Visual Studio Notes

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Visual Studio

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Setup

• DGML Editor - Direct Graph Markup Language document editor
• LINQ to SQL tools

Keyboard Shortcuts

See also: Default Keyboard Shortcuts in Visual Studio

Shortcut	Command
Ctrl+Q	Window.QuickLaunch
-	-
Ctrl+N	File.NewFile
Ctrl+Shift+N	File.NewProject
Ctrl+S	File.SaveSelectedItems
Ctrl+Shift+S	File.SaveAll
-	-
Ctrl+Shift+B	Build.BuildSolution
Ctrl+Break	Build.Cancel
Ctrl+F7	Build.Compile
Alt+F11	Build.RunCodeAnalysisonSolution
-	-
Ctrl+Shift+A	Project.AddNewItem
Shift+Alt+A	Project.AddExistingItem
-	Display
Shift+Alt+Enter	View.FullScreen
Ctrl+Shift+<	View.ZoomIn
Ctrl+Shift+>	View.ZoomOut
-	Windows
Ctrl+Alt+L	View.SolutionExplorer
Ctrl+Shift+E	View.ResourceView
Ctrl+, E	View.ErrorList
Ctrl+Alt+K	View.CallHierarchy
Ctrl+Alt+T	View.DocumentOutline
Ctrl+Alt+J	View.ObjectBrowser
Ctrl+Shift+C	View.ClassView
F4	View.PropertiesWindow
Ctrl+Alt+O	View.Output
Ctrl+Alt+A	View.CommandWindow
Ctrl+Alt+X	View.Toolbox
-	-
Ctrl+Shift+F12	View.NextError
-	-
Ctrl+E, Ctrl+W	Edit.ToggleWordWrap
Ctrl+R, Ctrl+W	Edit.ViewWhiteSpace
-	Code Folding
Ctrl+M, Ctrl+A	Edit.CollapseAllOutlining
Ctrl+M, Ctrl+O	Edit.CollapsetoDefinitions
Ctrl+M, Ctrl+S	Edit.CollapseCurrentRegion
Ctrl+M, Ctrl+E	Edit.ExpandCurrentRegion
Ctrl+M, Ctrl+X	Edit.ExpandAllOutlining
-	Code Format
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D	Edit.FormatDocument
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+U	Edit.UncommentSelection
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C	Edit.CommentSelection
-	Refactor
Ctrl+R, Ctrl+R	Refactor.Rename
Ctrl+R, Ctrl+E	Refactor.EncapsulateField
Ctrl+R, Ctrl+M	Refactor.ExtractMethod
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+B	Tools.CodeSnippetsManager
-	Help
F1	Help.F1Help
Shift+F1	Help.WindowHelp
Shift+Alt+F10 or Ctrl+.	View.ShowSmartTag
Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar	Edit.ParameterInfo
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+I	Edit.QuickInfo
-	Goto
Ctrl+,	Edit.NavigateTo
Ctrl+G	Edit.GoTo
F12	Edit.GoToDefinition
Alt+F12	Edit.PeekDefinition
Ctrl+F12	Edit.GoToDeclaration
Ctrl+]	Edit.GotoBrace
Ctrl+Shift+]	Edit.GotoBraceExtend
	Search
Ctrl+F	Edit.Find
F3	Edit.FindNext
Ctrl+F3	Edit.FindNextSelected
Shift+F12	Edit.FindAllReferences
Ctrl+Shift+F	Edit.FindinFiles
	Debug
Ctrl+Alt+P	Tools.AttachtoProcess
F5	Debug.Start
Ctrl+Shift+F5	Debug.Restart
Shift+F5	Debug.StopDebugging
Ctrl+F5	Debug.StartWithoutDebugging
	Debug - Stepping
F10	Debug.StepOver
Ctrl+Alt+F10	Debug.StepOverCurrentProcess
F11	Debug.StepInto
Shift+F11	Debug.StepOut
Ctrl+Alt+F11	Debug.StepIntoCurrentProcess
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F11	Debug.StepOutCurrentProcess
Ctrl+F10	Debug.RunToCursor
Ctrl+Shift+F10	Debug.SetNextStatement
Alt+Num *	Debug.ShowNextStatement
	Debug - Breakpoints
F9	Debug.ToggleBreakpoint
Ctrl+F9	Debug.EnableBreakpoint
Ctrl+Shift+F9	Debug.DeleteAllBreakpoints
	Debug - Debug Info
Ctrl+Alt+Q	Debug.QuickWatch
Ctrl+Alt+V, A	Debug.Autos
Ctrl+Alt+V, L	Debug.Locals
Ctrl+Alt+C	Debug.CallStack
Ctrl+Shift+`	Debug.ShowCallStackonCodeMap
Ctrl+Alt+E	Debug.Exceptions
Ctrl+Alt+H	Debug.Threads
	Disassembly
Ctrl+Alt+D	Debug.Disassembly
Ctrl+Alt+G	Debug.Registers
	Diagnostics
Alt+F2	Debug.DiagnosticsHub.Launch
Shift+Alt+F2	Debug.StopPerformanceAnalysis

Code Snippets

From the menus: Tools → Code Snippets Manager

Code	Expands to
	Constructor / Destructor
ctor	public MyClass() { }
~	~MyClass() { }
	Property
prop	public int MyProperty { get; set; }
propg	public int MyProperty { get; private set; }
propful	private int myVar; public int MyProperty { get { return myVar; } set { myVar = value; } }
	Output
cw	Console.WriteLine();
mbox	MessageBox.Show("Test");
	Iteration
for	for (int i = 0; i<length; i++) { }
foreach	foreach (var item in collection) { }
do	do { } while (true);
while	while (true) { }
	Selection
if	if (true) { }
else	else { }
switch	switch (switch_on) { default: }