Hey folks, here's your cheat sheet for Visual Studio:

Window Management

Drag Off Floating Tab Wells

Ctrl+click for multi-select

Maximize Floating Window

Double-click on title bar

Re-dock Floating Window

Ctrl+double-click title bar

Close Active Document

Ctrl+F4

Show Open File List

Ctrl+Alt+Down

Show All Floating Windows

Ctrl+Shift+M

 

Windows Shortcuts

Move/Dock Floating Windows

Win+Left / Win+Right

Maximize/Minimize Windows

Win+Up / Win+Down

Show Jump List

Win+Alt+n

Start New Instance

Win+Shift+n

Switch Between Windows

Win+n

 

Search

Solution Explorer Search

Ctrl+;

Place Focus in Search

Alt+`when tool window has focus

Quick Launch

Ctrl+`

Quick Launch Scope Results

@opt Options
@cmd
Commands
@mru Most recently used
@doc Open documents

 

Find

Quick Find

Ctrl+F

-          Next Result

Enter

-          Previous Result

Shift+Enter

-          Expand Drop Down

Alt+Down

-          Dismiss Find

Esc

Quick Replace

Ctrl+H

-          Replace Next

Alt+R

-          Replace All

Alt+A

Find in Files

Ctrl+Shift+F

Replace in Files

Ctrl+Shift+H

 

Toolbars

Add Buttons

Click toolbar overflow button

Find Textbox Command Mode

Ctrl+/ or type “>

Open File Command

>of filename when in command mode

 

Code Editor

Intellisense Suggestion Mode

Ctrl+Alt+Space (Toggle)

Force Show Intellisense

Ctrl+J

Smart Tags

Ctrl+.

Snippet Picker

Ctrl+K,X or ?,Tab (VB)

Surround With

Ctrl+K,S

Show Quick Info

Ctrl+K,I

Go To Definition

F12

Go To Definition Stack

Ctrl+Shift+8 (Back) Ctrl+Shift+7 (Forward)

Navigate Highlighted References

Ctrl+Shift+Up (Prev.) Ctrl+Shift+Down (Next)

Editor Zoom

Ctrl+Shift+> (In) Ctrl+Shift+< (Out)

Block Selection

Hold Alt and drag mouse

 

Debugging

Start Debugging

F5

Stop Debugging

Shift+F5

Restart Debugging

Ctrl+Shift+F5

Step Over

F10

Step Into

F11

Step Out

Shift+F11

Run To Cursor

Ctrl+F10

Set Next Statement

Ctrl+Shift+F10

Set and Toggle Breakpoint

F9

Disable Breakpoint

Ctrl+F9

Immediate Window

Ctrl+Alt+I

-          Command Mode

Type “>

-          Clear Buffer

>cls

-          Print Value

?varname