Shortcut keys in Visual Studio

Shortcut keys really save you time when coding. Knowing shortcut keys offhand is always good.

Getting ready

There are a number of shortcut keys that will make coding and project navigation much faster and more efficient for you. In this recipe, we describe how to use some of the common shortcut keys that will really enhance your coding speed.

How to do it...

The following are some very useful keyboard shortcuts for you to try:

  1. Click on one page of the code, then click somewhere else, at least 10 lines of code away. Now press Ctrl + - [navigate backwards]. Navigation through different pages of source code (the last place you were at, and the place you are at now) is done by pressing Ctrl + - and Ctrl + Shift + - respectively. ...

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