Usefull Visual Studio Shortcuts (Develop fast Type fast)

Last Update (21/Apr/2015)

If you develop on Visual studio these shortcuts are a must for you:

Comment:
[CTRL]+ K, Ctrl + C
UnComment:
[CTRL]+ K, Ctrl + U
Align the code properly:
[CTRL]+ K, Ctrl + D
Rename:
[CTRL]+ R, Ctrl + R
Extract Method:
[CTRL]+ R, Ctrl +M
Surround with:
Highlight the code, Then R-Click -> Surround with -> select the statement you need (for, while, do, …) then hit Enter & enjoy.
Find Definition:
F12
Auto-complete Syntax:While typing (for example: “for”) we can hit “Tab“ twice and visual studio will auto-complete the syntax for you. After that, by hitting on “Tab” it will keep navigating you between the arguments which you can edit.
Toggle Expansion for #Region
[CTRL]+ M, [CTRL]+ L
Make Uppercase:
[CTRL] + [SHIFT] + U
Make Lowercase:
[CTRL] + U
Working with Multiple-Line (Not in sequence) [Source]
- Select Multiple-Line holding down [ALT]Use the mouse to highlight what ever you want
- Replace Multiple-Line selection at the same time:After Selecting with the previous technic using [ALT]Just start typing and it will replace the selected text on each line with the new text you type.
- Insert Mulitple-Line at the same time

Below are very common only for total Beginners with visual studio:

Duplicate Control:
At Designer view,
Press & Hold “Alt” then
with mouse click & drag the control to create a duplicate.
Debugging:
- Run With Debugging:
  F5
- Stop Debugging
  [SHIFT]+ F5
- Insert Break Point
  F9
- Step Over
  F10
  Execute the next line of code but not follow execution through any function calls
- Step Into:
  F11
  Execute code one statement at a time, following execution into function calls
- Step out:
  [SHIFT]+ F11
  Execute the remaining lines of a function in which the current execution point lies.
Build:
[CTRL]+ [SHIFT]+ B
Move Cursor Word by Word instead of character by character. sometimes using keyboard & arrows is faster than using the mouse. 🙂[CTRL]+ ([Left-Arrow] or [Right-Arrow])
Zoom-in
[CTRL] + [SHIFT] + . (Period)
Zoom-out
[CTRL] + [SHIFT] + , (Comma)

Soon I will Add Video shows above shortcuts and their out come. This Article is also shared on CodeProject

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