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Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcuts

The following table lists the Visual Studio Mapping keyboard shortcuts for the Code Editor.

Note: Keyboard shortcuts that include the CTRL+ALT
key combination are disabled when the Use CTRL+ALT Keys option is unchecked on the ToolsOptionsEditor OptionsKey Mappings page.

Shortcut 
Action 
Alt+[  
Finds the matching delimiter (forward)  
Alt+]  
Finds the matching delimiter (backward)  
Alt+Backspace  
Edit|Undo  
Alt+F12  
Browse symbol at cursor (Delphi)  
Alt+Page Down  
Goes to the next tab  
Alt+Page Up  
Goes to the previous tab  
Alt+Shift+Backspace  
Edit|Redo  
Alt+Shift+Down Arrow  
Moves the cursor down one line and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position  
Alt+Shift+End  
Selects the column from the cursor position to the end of the current line  
Alt+Shift+Home  
Selects the column from the cursor position to the start of the current line  
Alt+Shift+Left Arrow  
Selects the column to the left of the cursor  
Alt+Shift+Page Down  
Moves the cursor down one line and selects the column from the right of the starting cursor position  
Alt+Shift+Page Up  
Moves the cursor up one screen and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position  
Alt+Shift+Right Arrow  
Selects the column to the right of the cursor  
Alt+Shift+Up Arrow  
Moves the cursor up one line and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position  
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+End  
Selects the column from the cursor position to the end of the current file  
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Home  
Selects the column from the cursor position to the start of the current file  
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Arrow  
Selects the column to the left of the cursor  
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Page Down  
Selects the column from the cursor position to the top of the screen  
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Page Up  
Selects the column from the cursor position to the bottom of the screen  
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Arrow  
Selects the column to the right of the cursor  
Ctrl+F4  
Closes the current page  
Ctrl+J  
Templates pop-up menu  
Ctrl+K+C 
Adds or removes // to each line in the selected code block to comment the code.  
Ctrl+K+E  
Converts the word under the cursor to lower case  
Ctrl+K+F  
Converts the word under the cursor to upper case  
Ctrl+L  
Search|Search Again  
Ctrl+P  
Causes next character to be interpreted as an ASCII sequence  
Ctrl+Q+[  
Finds the matching delimiter (forward)  
Ctrl+Q+]  
Finds the matching delimiter (backward)  
Ctrl+Q+Ctrl+[  
Finds the matching delimiter (forward)  
Ctrl+Q+Ctrl+]  
Finds the matching delimiter (backward)  
Ctrl+Q+Y  
Deletes to the end of a line  
Ctrl+Shift+C 
Invokes class completion for the class declaration in which the cursor is positioned  
Ctrl+Shift+End  
Selects from the cursor position to the end of the current file  
Ctrl+Shift+Home  
Selects from the cursor position to the start of the current file  
Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow  
Selects the word to the left of the cursor  
Ctrl+Shift+PgDn  
Selects from the cursor position to the bottom of the screen  
Ctrl+Shift+PgUp  
Selects from the cursor position to the top of the screen  
Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow  
Selects the word to the right of the cursor  
Ctrl+Shift+Tab  
Displays the previous window in the buffer list  
Ctrl+T  
Deletes the word to the left of the cursor  
Ctrl+Tab  
Displays the next window in the buffer list  
Ctrl+Y  
Deletes to the end of a line  
Shift+Down Arrow  
Moves the cursor down one line and selects from the right of the starting cursor position  
Shift+End  
Selects from the cursor position to the end of the current line  
Shift+Enter  
Inserts a new line character  
Shift+Home  
Selects from the cursor position to the start of the current line  
Shift+Left Arrow  
Selects the character to the left of the cursor  
Shift+PgDn  
Moves the cursor down one line and selects from the right of the starting cursor position  
Shift+PgUp  
Moves the cursor up one screen and selects from the left of the starting cursor position  
Shift+Right Arrow  
Selects the character to the right of the cursor  
Shift+Space  
Inserts a blank space  
Shift+Up Arrow  
Moves the cursor up one line and selects from the left of the starting cursor position  
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