Keyboard Shortcuts Keys for Visual Studio 2008 , 2010 and 2012
General Shortcut Keys
ShortCut
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Description
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Ctrl-X or Shift-Delete or Ctrl-L
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Cuts the currently selected item to the clipboard
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Ctrl-Del
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Delete next "word"
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Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Insert
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Copies the currently selected item to the clipboard
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Ctrl-V or Shift-Insert
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Pastes the item from the clipboard at the cursor location
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Ctrl-Z or Alt-Backspace
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Undo the previous editing action
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Ctrl-Space
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To see intelligence dialog
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Ctrl-Y or Ctrl-Shift-Z
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Redo the previous undo action
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Ctrl-S
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Saves the current selected file
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Ctrl-Shift-S
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Saves all files and projects
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Ctrl-P
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Displays the Print dialog
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F7
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Switches from the design view to the code view in the editor
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Shift-F7
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Switches from the code view to the design view in the editor
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Shift-F8 or F8
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Navigate to compile time errors
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Alt-Shift-A
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Add Existing Item(file) to selected project
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Ctrl-Shift-A
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Add New Item(file) to selected project
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Shift-F9
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Display the selected item quick output means contains value
while debugging
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F12
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Moves the cursor to the selected method, variable, class
definition.
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Shift-F12
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Finds the reference to the selected method, variable, class or
the item under the cursor
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Ctrl-}
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Match curly braces, brackets or compiler directives
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Ctrl-Shift-}
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Select text between matched braces, brackets or compiler
directives
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Text Navigation Shortcut Keys
ShortCut
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Description
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Ctrl-End
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Moves the cursor to the end of the document
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Ctrl-Home
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Moves the cursor to the start of the document
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Ctrl-G
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Displays the Go to Line dialog. If the debugger is running, the
dialog also lets you specify addresses or function names to go to
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Ctrl-]
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Moves the cursor to the matching brace in the document. If the
cursor is on an opening brace, this will move to the corresponding closing
brace and vice versa
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Ctrl-K, Ctrl-N
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Moves to the next bookmark in the document
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Ctrl-K, Ctrl-P
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Moves to the previous bookmark
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Ctrl-K, Ctrl-I
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Displays Quick Info, based on the current language
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Ctrl-Down Arrow
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Scrolls text down one line but does not move the cursor. This is
useful for scrolling more text into view without losing your place. Available
only in text editors
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Ctrl-Up Arrow
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Scrolls text up one line but does not move the cursor. Available
only in text editors
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Ctrl-Right Arrow
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Moves the cursor one word to the right
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Ctrl-Left Arrow
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Moves the cursor one word to the left
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Ctrl-Shift-1
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Navigates to the next definition, declaration, or reference of
an item. Available in the object browser and Class View window. Also
available in source editing windows if you have already used the
Edit.GoToReference (Shift-F12) shortcut
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Ctrl-Shift-2
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Navigates to the previous definition, declaration, or reference
of an item
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Text Manipulation Shortcut Keys
ShortCut
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Description
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Shift-Tab
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Moves current line or selected lines one tab stop to the left
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Backspace
or
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Deletes one character to the left of the cursor
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Shift-Backspace
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Ctrl-G
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Go to Particular line
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Ctrl-K,
Ctrl-C
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Marks the current line or selected lines of code as a comment,
using the correct comment syntax for the programming language
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Ctrl-K,
Ctrl-U
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Removes the comment syntax from the current line or currently
selected lines of code
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Ctrl-T
or
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Swaps the characters on either side of the cursor. (For example,
AC|BD becomes AB|CD.) Available only in text editors
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Shift-Enter
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Ctrl-K,
Ctrl-L
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Removes all unnamed bookmarks in the current document
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Ctrl-M,
Ctrl-O
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Automatically determines logical boundaries for creating regions
in code, such as procedures, and then hides them. This collapses all such
regions in the current document
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Alt-Right
Arrow or
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Displays statement completion based on the current language or
autocompletes word if existing text unambiguously identifies a single symbol
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Ctrl-Spacebar
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Ctrl-K,
Ctrl-\
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Removes horizontal whitespace in the selection or deletes
whitespace adjacent to the cursor if there is no selection
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Ctrl-K,
Ctrl-F
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Applies the indenting and space formatting for the language as
specified on the Formatting pane of the language in the Text Editor section
of the Options dialog to the selected text.
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Ctrl-L
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Cuts all selected lines or the current line if nothing has been
selected to the clipboard
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Ctrl-Shift-L
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Deletes all selected lines or the current line if no selection
has been made
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Ctrl-Enter
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Inserts a blank line above the cursor
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Ctrl-Shift-Enter
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Inserts a blank line below the cursor
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Shift-Alt-T
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Moves the line containing the cursor below the next line
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Ctrl-J
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Lists members for statement completion when editing code
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Ctrl-U
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Changes the selected text to lowercase characters
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Ctrl-Shift-U
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Changes the selected text to uppercase characters
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Ctrl-Shift-Spacebar
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Displays a tooltip that contains information for the current
parameter, based on the current language
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Ctrl-M,
Ctrl-U
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Removes the outlining information for the currently selected
region
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Ctrl-M,
Ctrl-P
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Removes all outlining information from the entire document
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Ctrl-R,
Ctrl-P
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Swaps the anchor and endpoint of the current selection
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Ctrl-M,
Ctrl-L
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Toggles all previously marked hidden text sections between
hidden and display states
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Ctrl-K,
Ctrl-K
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Sets or removes a bookmark at the current line
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Ctrl-M,
Ctrl-M
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Toggles the currently selected hidden text section or the
section containing the cursor if there is no selection between the hidden and
display states
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Ctrl-K,
Ctrl-H
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Sets or removes a shortcut in the tasklist to the current line
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Ctrl-R,
Ctrl-R
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Enables or disables word wrap in an editor
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Ctrl-R,
Ctrl-W
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Shows or hides spaces and tab marks
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Ctrl-Delete
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Deletes the word to the right of the cursor
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Ctrl-Backspace
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Deletes the word to the left of the cursor
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Ctrl-Shift-T
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Transposes the two words that follow the cursor. (For example,
|End Sub would be changed to read Sub End|.)
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Project Related Shortcut Keys
ShortCut
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Description
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Ctrl-Shift-B
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Builds the solution
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Ctrl-N
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Displays the New File dialog. Note: files created this way are
not associated with a project. Use Ctrl-Shift-A to add a new file in a
project
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Ctrl-Shift-N
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Displays the New Project dialog
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Ctrl-O
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Displays the Open File dialog
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Ctrl-Shift-O
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Displays the Open Project dialog
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Shift-Alt-A
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Displays the Add Existing Item dialog
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Ctrl-Shift-A
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Displays the Add New Item dialog
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Ctrl-Alt-Insert
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Allows you to override base class methods in a derived class
when an overridable method is highlighted in the Class View pane
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Ctrl-M-O
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Collapse all the methods, classes, regions in the current code
behind or class file
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Ctrl-M-P or Ctrl-M-L
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Expands all the methods, classes, regions in the current code
behind or class file
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Ctrl-F
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Displays the Find dialog
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Ctrl-H
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Displays the Replace dialog
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Ctrl-Shift-F
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Find the reference of selected item into entire solution.
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Ctrl-Tab
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Move from one opened file to another opened file in visual
studio.
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F9
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Sets or removes a breakpoint at the current line
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Ctrl-F9
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Enables or disables the breakpoint on the current line of
code. The line must already have a breakpoint for this to work
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F5
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Runs the code with invoking the debugger.
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Ctrl-F5
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Runs the code without invoking the debugger.
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F4 or Alt-Enter
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Displays the Properties window, which lists the design-time
properties and events for the currently selected item
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Ctrl-Alt-S
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Displays the Server Explorer window, which allows you to view
and manipulate database servers, event logs, message queues, web services,
and many other operating system services
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Ctrl-Alt-L
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Displays the Solution Explorer, which lists the projects and
files in the current solution
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Ctrl-Alt-X
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Displays the Toolbox, which contains controls and other items
that can be dragged into editor and designer windows
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Ctrl-Alt-I
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Displays the Immediate window, where you can find the controls
or variables values or can do data manipulation during debugging
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