Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 161 Visual Studio 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

  • Ctrl+Shift+B — Build Solution
  • Ctrl+F7 — Compile
  • Alt+F11 — Run Code Analysis on Solution
  • Alt+F10 — Apply Code Changes
  • Ctrl+Alt+P — Attach to Process
  • Ctrl+Alt+Pause — Break All
  • Ctrl+Alt+B — Breakpoints
  • Ctrl+Alt+C — Call Stack
  • Ctrl+Shift+F9 — Delete All Breakpoints
  • Alt+F2 — Launch Diagnostics
  • Ctrl+Alt+D — Disassembly
  • Ctrl+F9 — Enable Breakpoint
  • Ctrl+Alt+E — Exceptions
  • Ctrl+Shift+F11 — Go to Previous Call or IntelliTrace Event
  • Alt+F5 — Start Diagnostics
  • Ctrl+Alt+I — Immediate Window
  • Ctrl+Alt+V — Locals
  • Ctrl+Alt+U — Modules
  • Ctrl+Alt+Z — Processes
  • Shift+F9 — Quick Watch
  • Shift+Alt+P — Re-attach to Process
  • Ctrl+Shift+R — Refresh Windows App
  • Ctrl+Alt+G — Registers
  • Ctrl+Shift+F5 — Restart
  • Ctrl+F10 — Run to Cursor
  • Ctrl+Shift+F10 — Set Next Statement
  • F5 — Start
  • Ctrl+F5 — Start without Debugging
  • F11 — Step Into
  • Ctrl+Alt+F11 — Step Into Current Process
  • Shift+Alt+F11 — Step Into Specific
  • Shift+F11 — Step Out
  • Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F11 — Step Out Current Process
  • F10 — Step Over
  • Ctrl+Alt+F10 — Step Over Current Process
  • Shift+F5 — Stop Debugging
  • Shift+Alt+F2 — Stop Performance Analysis
  • Ctrl+Alt+H — Threads
  • F9 — Toggle Breakpoint
  • Ctrl+F11 — Toggle Disassembly
  • Ctrl+Alt+F2 — Diagnostics Hub Stop Collection
  • Ctrl+C — Copy
  • Ctrl+X — Cut
  • Ctrl+Shift+V — Cycle Clipboard Ring
  • Delete — Delete
  • Ctrl+D — Duplicate
  • Ctrl+F — Find
  • Shift+F12 — Find All References
  • Ctrl+Shift+F — Find in Files
  • F3 — Find Next
  • Ctrl+F3 — Find Next Selected
  • Shift+F3 — Find Previous
  • Ctrl+Shift+F3 — Find Previous Selected
  • Ctrl+G — Go To
  • Ctrl+Comma — Go to All
  • Ctrl+F12 — Go to Declaration
  • F12 — Go to Definition
  • F8 — Go to Next Location
  • Shift+F8 — Go to Previous Location
  • Ctrl+Shift+G — Open File
  • Ctrl+V — Paste
  • Shift+Alt+F12 — Quick Find Symbol
  • Ctrl+Y — Redo
  • Ctrl+Shift+J — Refresh Remote References
  • Ctrl+H — Replace
  • Ctrl+Shift+H — Replace in Files
  • Ctrl+A — Select All
  • Ctrl+Z — Undo
  • Alt+F4 — Exit
  • Ctrl+N — New File
  • Ctrl+Shift+N — New Project
  • Shift+Alt+N — New Web Site
  • Ctrl+O — Open File
  • Ctrl+Shift+O — Open Project
  • Shift+Alt+O — Open Web Site
  • Ctrl+P — Print
  • Ctrl+Shift+S — Save All
  • Ctrl+S — Save Selected Items
  • Ctrl+Shift+W — View in Browser
  • F1 — F1 Help
  • Ctrl+F1 — View Help
  • Shift+F1 — Window Help
  • Shift+Alt+A — Add Existing Item
  • Ctrl+Shift+A — Add New Item
  • Ctrl+Shift+X — Class Wizard
  • Ctrl+R — Extract Method
  • Shift+Alt+M — All Windows
  • Ctrl+Alt+K — Call Hierarchy
  • Ctrl+Shift+C — Class View
  • Ctrl+Alt+A — Command Window
  • Shift+Alt+D — Data Sources
  • Ctrl+Alt+T — Document Outline
  • F2 — Edit Label
  • Ctrl+Alt+F — F# Interactive
  • Ctrl+Alt+F12 — Find Symbol Results
  • Shift+Alt+Enter — Full Screen
  • Ctrl+Minus — Navigate Backward
  • Ctrl+Shift+Minus — Navigate Forward
  • Ctrl+Shift+F12 — Next Error
  • Ctrl+Alt+J — Object Browser
  • Ctrl+Alt+O — Output
  • F4 — Properties Window
  • Shift+F4 — Property Pages
  • Ctrl+Shift+E — Resource View
  • Ctrl+Alt+S — Server Explorer
  • Ctrl+Period — Show Smart Tag
  • Ctrl+Alt+L — Solution Explorer
  • Ctrl+Alt+X — Toolbox
  • F7 — View Code
  • Shift+F7 — View Designer
  • Ctrl+Alt+R — Web Browser
  • Ctrl+Shift+Period — Zoom In
  • Ctrl+Shift+Comma — Zoom Out
  • Escape — Activate Document Window
  • Ctrl+F4 — Close Document Window
  • Shift+Escape — Close Tool Window
  • Ctrl+F2 — Move to Navigation Bar
  • Ctrl+F6 — Next Document Window
  • Ctrl+Tab — Next Document Window Nav
  • Alt+F6 — Next Pane
  • F6 — Next Split Pane
  • Ctrl+Shift+F6 — Previous Document Window
  • Ctrl+Shift+Tab — Previous Document Window Nav
  • Shift+Alt+F6 — Previous Pane
  • Shift+F6 — Previous Split Pane
  • Alt+F7 — Next Tool Window Nav
  • Shift+Alt+F7 — Previous Tool Window Nav
  • Ctrl+Q — Quick Launch
  • Ctrl+Shift+Q — Quick Launch Previous Category
  • Ctrl+Semicolon — Solution Explorer Search
  • Ctrl+R — Run All Tests
  • Ctrl+E — Show Test Explorer
  • Shift+Alt+3 — Analyze Navigate Backward
  • Shift+Alt+4 — Analyze Navigate Forward
  • Ctrl+M — Collapse to Definitions
  • Ctrl+K — Comment Selection
  • Ctrl+Space — Complete Word
  • Ctrl+K — Format Document
  • Ctrl+BracketRight — Go to Brace
  • Ctrl+Shift+BracketRight — Go to Brace Extend
  • Ctrl+I — Incremental Search
  • Ctrl+L — Line Cut
  • Ctrl+Shift+L — Line Delete
  • Ctrl+Enter — Line Open Above
  • Ctrl+Shift+Enter — Line Open Below
  • Ctrl+J — List Members
  • Ctrl+U — Make Lowercase
  • Ctrl+Shift+U — Make Uppercase
  • Alt+ArrowDown — Move Selected Lines Down
  • Alt+ArrowUp — Move Selected Lines Up
  • Insert — Overtype Mode
  • Ctrl+Shift+Space — Parameter Info
  • Alt+F12 — Peek Definition
  • Ctrl+W — Select Current Word
  • Ctrl+Alt+Space — Toggle Completion Mode
  • Ctrl+K — Uncomment Selection
  • Ctrl+Delete — Word Delete to End
  • Ctrl+Backspace — Word Delete to Start
  • Ctrl+E — Toggle Word Wrap
  • Shift+Alt+Equal — Expand Selection
  • Shift+Alt+Minus — Contract Selection

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  • Visual Studio shortcuts
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  • Learn Visual Studio shortcuts
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