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Most Used Shortcut keys of Visual Studio Code

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Visual Studio Code is an apparatus in the Text Editor class of a tech stack also it is an open-source apparatus with 107.3K GitHub stars and 17.3K GitHub forks.

Stable release:	1.51.1 (November 11, 2020) on Jan 2021
Preview release:	1.50.0-insider on Jan 2021
License: Source code:	MIT License;
Binaries:	Freeware;
Size:	Windows: 40.8–68.3 MB; Linux: 46.5–66.6 MB; macOS: 67.5 MB
Platforms:	x86-32 (32 bit Intel x86), x86-64, AArch64
Written in:	TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS

Most Used Shortcut keys of Visual Studio Code

Editor (designer)
Shortcut	Description
Ctrl-Down Arrow	Moves the selected control down in increments of one on the design surface
Down Arrow	Moves the selected control down to the next grid position on the design surface
Ctrl-Left Arrow	Moves the control to the left in increments of one on the design surface
Left Arrow	Moves the control to the left to the next grid position on the design surface
Ctrl-Right Arrow	Moves the control to the right in increments of one on the design surface
Right Arrow	Moves the control to the right into the next grid position on the design surface
Ctrl-Up Arrow	Moves the control up in increments of one on the design surface
Up Arrow	Moves the control up into the next grid position on the design surface
Tab	Moves to the next control in the tab order
Shift-Tab	Moves to the previous control in the tab order
Ctrl-Shift-Down Arrow	Increases the height of the control in increments of one on the design surface
Shift-Down Arrow	Increases the height of the control to the next grid position on the design surface
Ctrl-Shift-Left Arrow	Reduces the width of the control in increments of one on the design surface
Shift-Left Arrow	Reduces the width of the control to the next grid position on the design surface
Ctrl-Shift-Right Arrow	Increases the width of the control in increments of one on the design surface
Shift-Left Arrow	Increases the width of the control to the next grid position on the design surface
Ctrl-Shift-Up Arrow	Decreases the height of the control in increments of one on the design surface
Shift-Up Arrow	Decreases the height of the control to the next grid position on the design surface
Search and Replace
Shortcut	Description
Ctrl-F	Displays the Find dialog
Ctrl-Shift-F	Displays the Find in Files dialog
F3	Finds the next occurrence of the previous search text
Ctrl-F3	Finds the next occurrence of the currently selected text or the word under the cursor if there is no selection
Shift-F3	Finds the previous occurrence of the search text
Ctrl-Shift-F3	Finds the previous occurrence of the currently selected text or the word under the cursor
Ctrl-D	Places the cursor in the Find/Command line on the Standard toolbar
Alt-F3, H	Selects or clears the Search Hidden Text option for the Find dialog
Ctrl-I	Starts an incremental search—after pressing Ctrl-I, you can type in text, and for each letter you type, VS.NET will find the first occurrence of the sequence of letters you have typed so far. This is a very convenient facility, as it lets you find text by typing in exactly as many characters as are required to locate the text and no more. If you press Ctrl-I a second time without typing any characters, it recalls the previous pattern. If you press it a third time or you press it when an incremental search has already found a match, VS.NET searches for the next occurrence.
Alt-F3, C	Selects or clears the Match Case option for Find and Replace operations
Alt-F3, R	Selects or clears the Regular Expression option so that special characters can be used in Find and Replace operations
Ctrl-H	Displays the Replace dialog
Ctrl-Shift-H	Displays the Replace in Files dialog
Ctrl-Shift-I	Performs an incremental search in the reverse direction
Alt-F3, S	Halts the current Find in Files operation
Alt-F3, B	Selects or clears the Search Up option for Find and Replace operations
Alt-F3, W	Selects or clears the Match Whole Word option for Find and Replace operations
Alt-F3, P	Selects or clears the Wildcard option for Find and Replace operations
Help
Shortcut	Description
Ctrl-Alt-F1	Displays the Contents window for the documentation
Ctrl-F1	Displays the Dynamic Help window, which displays different topics depending on what items currently have focus. If the focus is in a source window, the Dynamic Help window will display help topics that are relevant to the text under the cursor
F1	Displays a topic from Help that corresponds to the part of the user interface that currently has the focus. If the focus is in a source window, Help will try to display a topic relevant to the text under the cursor
Ctrl-Alt-F2	Displays the Help Index window
Shift-Alt-F2	Displays the Index Results window, which lists the topics that contain the keyword selected in the Index window
Alt-Down Arrow	Displays the next topic in the table of contents. Available only in the Help browser window
Alt-Up Arrow	Displays the previous topic in the table of contents. Available only in the Help browser window
Ctrl-Alt-F3	Displays the Search window, which allows you to search for words or phrases in the documentation
Shift-Alt-F3	Displays the Search Results window, which displays a list of topics that contain the string searched for from the Search window.
Shift-F1	Displays a topic from Help that corresponds to the user interface item that has the focus
Debugging
Shortcut	Description
Ctrl-Alt-V, A	Displays the Auto window to view the values of variables currently in the scope of the current line of execution within the current procedure
Ctrl-Alt-Break	Temporarily stops execution of all processes in a debugging session. Available only in run mode
Ctrl-Alt-B	Displays the Breakpoints dialog, where you can add and modify breakpoints
Ctrl-Alt-C	Displays the Call Stack window to display a list of all active procedures or stack frames for the current thread of execution. Available only in break mode
Ctrl-Shift-F9	Clears all of the breakpoints in the project
Ctrl-Alt-D	Displays the Disassembly window
Ctrl-F9	Enables or disables the breakpoint on the current line of code. The line must already have a breakpoint for this to work
Ctrl-Alt-E	Displays the Exceptions dialog
Ctrl-Alt-I	Displays the Immediate window, where you can evaluate expressions and execute individual commands
Ctrl-Alt-V, L	Displays the Locals window to view the variables and their values for the currently selected procedure in the stack frame
Ctrl-Alt-M, 1	Displays the Memory 1 window to view memory in the process being debugged. This is particularly useful when you do not have to debug symbols available for the code you are looking at. It is also helpful for looking at large buffers, strings, and other data that does not display clearly in the Watch or Variables window
Ctrl-Alt-M, 2	Displays the Memory 2 window
Ctrl-Alt-M, 3	Displays the Memory 3 window
Ctrl-Alt-M, 4	Displays the Memory 4 window
Ctrl-Alt-U	Displays the Modules window, which allows you to view the .dll or .exe files loaded by the program. In multiprocess debugging, you can right-click and select Show Modules for all programs
Ctrl-B	Opens the New Breakpoint dialog
Ctrl-Alt-Q	Displays the Quick Watch dialog with the current value of the selected expression. Available only in break mode. Use this command to check the current value of a variable, property, or another expression for which you have not defined a watch expression
Ctrl-Alt-G	Displays the Registers window, which displays CPU register contents
Ctrl-Shift-F5	Terminates the current debugging session, rebuilds if necessary, and then starts a new debugging session. Available in break and run modes
Ctrl-Alt-N	Displays the Running Documents window that displays the set of HTML documents that you are in the process of debugging. Available in break and run modes
Ctrl-F10	Starts or resumes execution of your code and then halts execution when it reaches the selected statement. This starts the debugger if it is not already running
Ctrl-Shift-F10	Sets the execution point to the line of code you choose
Alt-NUM *	Highlights the next statement to be executed
F5	If not currently debugging, this runs the startup project or projects and attaches the debugger. If in break mode, this allows execution to continue (i.e., it returns to run mode).
Ctrl-F5	Runs the code without invoking the debugger. For console applications, this also arranges for the console window to stay open with a "Press any key to continue" prompt when the program finishes
F11	Executes code one statement at a time, tracing execution into function calls
Shift-F11	Executes the remaining lines of a function in which the current execution point lies
F10	Executes the next line of code but does not step into any function calls
Shift-F5	Available in the break and run modes, this terminates the debugging session
Ctrl-Alt-V, T	Displays the This window, which allows you to view the data members of the object associated with the current method
Ctrl-Alt-H	Displays the Threads window to view all of the threads for the current process
F9	Sets or removes a breakpoint at the current line
Ctrl-F11	Displays the disassembly information for the current source file. Available only in break mode
Ctrl-Alt-W, 1	Displays the Watch 1 window to view the values of variables or watch expressions
Ctrl-Alt-W, 2	Displays the Watch 2 window
Ctrl-Alt-W, 3	Displays the Watch 3 window
Ctrl-Alt-W, 4	Displays the Watch 4 window
Ctrl-Alt-P	Displays the Processes dialog, which allows you to attach or detach the debugger to one or more running processes
Object Browser
Shortcut	Description
Alt-F12	Displays the Find Symbol dialog
Ctrl-F12	Displays the declaration of the selected symbol in the code
F12	Displays the definition for the selected symbol in code
Ctrl-Alt-F12	Displays the Find Symbol Results in window
Ctrl-Alt-J	Displays the Object Browser to view the classes, properties, methods, events, and constants defined either in your project or by components and type libraries referenced by your project
Alt-+	Moves back to the previously selected object in the selection history of the object browser
Shift-Alt-+	Moves forward to the next object in the selection history of the object browser
Tool Window
Shortcut	Description
Ctrl-Shift-M	Toggles the Command window into or out of a mode allowing text within the window to be selected
Ctrl-Shift-C	Displays the Class View window
Ctrl-Alt-A	Displays the Command window, which allows you to type commands that manipulate the IDE
Ctrl-Alt-T	Displays the Document Outline window to view the flat or hierarchical outline of the current document
Ctrl-Alt-F	Displays the Favorites window, which lists shortcuts to web pages
Ctrl-Alt-O	Displays the Output window to view status messages at runtime
F4	Displays the Properties window, which lists the design-time properties and events for the currently selected item
Shift-F4	Displays the property pages for the item currently selected. (For example, use this to show a project's settings.)
Ctrl-Shift-E	Displays the Resource View window
Ctrl-Alt-S	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
Ctrl-Alt-R	Displays the web browser window, which allows you to view pages on the Internet
Ctrl-Alt-L	Displays the Solution Explorer, which lists the projects and files in the current solution
Ctrl-Alt-K	Displays the TaskList window, which displays tasks, comments, shortcuts, warnings, and error messages
Ctrl-Alt-X	Displays the Toolbox, which contains controls and other items that can be dragged into editor and designer windows
Html Editor (Design View)
Shortcut	Description
Ctrl-B	Toggles the selected text between bold and normal
Ctrl-Shift-T	Decreases the selected paragraph by one indent unit
Ctrl-T	Indents the selected paragraph by one indent unit
Ctrl-I	Toggles the selected text between italic and normal
Ctrl-Shift-K	Prevents an absolutely positioned element from being inadvertently moved. If the element is already locked, this unlocks it
Ctrl-G	Toggles the grid
Ctrl-Shift-G	Specifies that elements be aligned using an invisible grid. You can set grid spacing on the Design pane of HTML designer options in the Options dialog, and the grid will be changed the next time you open a document
Ctrl-U	Toggles the selected text between underlined and normal
Ctrl-Shift-L	Displays the Bookmark dialog
Ctrl-J	Inserts in the current HTML document
Ctrl-L	When text is selected, displays the Hyperlink dialog
Ctrl-Shift-W	Displays the Insert Image dialog
Ctrl-Alt-Up Arrow	Adds one row above the current row in the table
Ctrl-Alt-Down Arrow	Adds one row below the current row in the table
Ctrl-Alt-Left Arrow	Adds one column to the left of the current column in the table
Ctrl-Alt-Right Arrow	Adds one column to the right of the current column in the table
Ctrl-Shift-Q	Toggles display of marker icons for HTML elements that do not have a visual representation, such as comments, scripts, and anchors for absolutely positioned elements
Ctrl-Page Down	Switches from design view to HTML view and vice versa
Ctrl-Q	Displays a 1-pixel border around HTML elements that support a BORDER attribute and have it set to zero, such as tables, table cells, and divisions
Macro
Shortcut	Description
Alt-F8	Displays the Macro Explorer window, which lists all available macros
Alt-F11	Launches the macros IDE
Ctrl-Shift-R	Places the environment in macro record mode or completes recording if already in record mode
Ctrl-Shift-P	Plays back a recorded macro
Integrated terminal
Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+`	Show integrated terminal
Ctrl+Shift+`	Create new terminal
Ctrl+C	Copy selection
Ctrl+V	Paste into the active terminal
Ctrl+↑ / ↓	Scroll up/down
Shift+PgUp / PgDn	Scroll page up/down
Ctrl+Home / End	Scroll to top/bottom