Common Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts
You can access many of the features you use in Visual Studio to create a Silverlight application through keyboard shortcuts. Here are the common shortcuts to help you accomplish tasks quickly in Visual Studio.
| Keyboard Shortcut |
Action |
| Ctrl+Alt+F1 |
Open Visual Studio Documentation |
| Ctrl+Shift+B |
Build your application |
| Ctrl+F5 |
Run your project |
| Ctrl+Alt+X |
Open the toolbox if it’s closed |
| F5 |
Debug the application |
| Ctrl+. |
Display the Smart tag menu, from which you can add references,
implement interfaces, and so on |
| Ctrl+Shift+F |
Find in files |
| Ctrl+I |
Interactive search; allows you to start typing the search text
interactively after you press Ctrl+I |
| Ctrl+Spacebar |
Activates IntelliSense |
| F4 |
Show Properties window |
| F10 |
Step over code while debugging |
| F11 |
Step into code while debugging |
| F7/Shift+F7 |
Switch between XAML and code-behind file |
| Ctrl+Tab |
Switch among open documents |
| Ctrl+K, C/Ctrl+E, C |
Comment code |
| Ctrl+K, U/Ctrl+E, U |
Uncomment code |
| Ctrl+C |
Copy selection into clipboard |
| Ctrl+V |
Paste selection from clipboard |
| Ctrl+X |
Cut selection |
| Ctrl+Shift+V |
Cycle through previous clipboard selections |
| Ctrl+S |
Save current open file |
| Ctrl+Shift+S |
Save all open files |
| Ctrl+G |
Goto line number |
| Alt+Shift+ENTER |
Show Visual Studio in Full Screen mode |
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