Commonly used Visual Studio shortcuts:
- Ctrl+S — Save (the all‑time #1)
- Ctrl+Shift+S — Save all open files
- Ctrl+O — Open file
- Ctrl+Shift+O — Open project
- Ctrl+Shift+A — Add new item to current project
- Ctrl+F4 — Close current tab
- Ctrl+F6 — Next tab
- Ctrl+Shift+F6 — Previous tab
- F12 — Go to definition (functions/variables)
- Ctrl+– — Navigate back
- Shift+Ctrl+– — Navigate forward
- Ctrl+Tab — Switch tabs
- Ctrl+F — Find
- Ctrl+F3 — Find selection
- Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D — Format document
- Ctrl+K, Ctrl+F — Format selection
- Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C — Comment selection
- Ctrl+K, Ctrl+U — Uncomment selection
- Ctrl+L — Delete line / selection
- Shift+Alt+Enter — Toggle full screen for editor
- Ctrl+M, Ctrl+M — Toggle outlining (collapse/expand)
- Ctrl+Space — IntelliSense
- Ctrl+Enter — Insert line above
- Ctrl+Shift+Enter — Insert line below
- Shift+F12 — Find all references
- Ctrl+G — Go to line
- Ctrl+Shift+Up — Previous reference
- Ctrl+Shift+Down — Next reference
- Shift+Alt+Up — Column select upward
- Shift+Alt+Down — Column select downward
- Shift+Up — Extend selection up
- Shift+Down — Extend selection down