Programming ASP.NET 3.5, 4th Edition

Debugging Shortcut Keys

This table lists shortcuts that are globally available while writing code.

Shortcut	Menu equivalent	Action
Ctrl-B	Debug → New Breakpoint → Break at Function	Opens the dialog to create a breakpoint at the named function.
Ctrl-Alt-B	Debug → Windows → Breakpoints	Shows the Breakpoints window.
Ctrl-Shift-F9	Debug → Delete All Breakpoints	Deletes all set breakpoints in your solution.
Ctrl-F9		Disables/re-enables the selected breakpoint.
Ctrl-Alt-E	Debug → Exceptions	Shows the dialog to set which exceptions in code will cause Visual Studio to break into the code.
Ctrl-Alt-I	Debug → Windows → Immediate	Shows the Immediate window.
Ctrl-Alt-P	Tools → Attach to Process	Opens the Attach to Process dialog box.
F5	Debug → Start Debugging	Starts the project in the debugger.
Ctrl-F5	Debug → Start Without Debugging	Starts the project without the debugger.
F9	Debug → Toggle Breakpoint	Adds/removes a breakpoint to the current line of code.
Ctrl-F11	Debug → Toggle Disassembly	Shows/hides the disassembly for the current file which has been broken into (break mode only).

The following table lists shortcuts (and menu options) that become available in addition to those in the preceding table when you are debugging code.

Shortcut	Menu equivalent	Action
Ctrl-Alt-V, A	Debug → Windows → Autos	Shows the Autos window.
Ctrl-Alt-C	Debug → Windows → Call Stack	Shows the Call Stack window.
Ctrl-Alt-D	Debug → Windows → Disassembly	Shows the Disassemble window (while debugging).
Ctrl-Alt-V, L	Debug → Windows → Locals	Shows the Locals window. ...