Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (Most used shortcuts) keyboard shortcuts ‒ defkey

You can access frequently used commands in Visual Studio by choosing these default keyboard shortcuts. For a complete list of commands that have default shortcuts, please see All Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts.
Shortcuts are global, unless specified otherwise.

0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + B	Build.BuildSolution
0	Ctrl + Break	Build.Cancel
0	Ctrl + F7	Build.Compile
0	Alt + F11	Build.RunCodeAnalysisonSolution

0	Ctrl + B	Debug.BreakatFunction
0	Ctrl + Alt + Break	Debug.BreakAll
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + F9	Debug.DeleteAllBreakpoints
0	Ctrl + Alt + E	Debug.Exceptions
0	Ctrl + Alt + Q	Debug.QuickWatch
0	or ↑ Shift + F9
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + F5	Debug.Restart
0	Ctrl + F10	Debug.RunToCursor
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + F10	Debug.SetNextStatement
0	F5	Debug.Start
0	Ctrl + F5	Debug.StartWithoutDebugging
0	F11	Debug.StepInto
0	↑ Shift + F11	Debug.StepOut
0	F10	Debug.StepOver
0	↑ Shift + F5	Debug.StopDebugging
0	F9	Debug.ToggleBreakpoint

0	⤶ Enter	[Text Editor, Report Designer, Windows Forms Designer] Edit.BreakLine
0	or ↑ Shift + ⤶ Enter
0	Ctrl + M then Ctrl + O	[Text Editor] Edit.CollapsetoDefinitions
0	Ctrl + K then Ctrl + C	[Text Editor] Edit.CommentSelection
0	Alt + →	[Text Editor, Workflow Designer] Edit.CompleteWord
0	or Ctrl + Space
0	Ctrl + K then W	[Workflow Designer] Edit.CompleteWord
0	or Ctrl + K then Ctrl + W
0	Ctrl + C	Edit.Copy
0	or Ctrl + Insert
0	Ctrl + X	Edit.Cut
0	or ↑ Shift + Del
0	Del	[Global, Team Explorer] Edit.Delete
0	↑ Shift + Del	[Sequence Diagram, UML Activity Diagram, Layer Diagram] Edit.Delete
0	Ctrl + Del	[Class Diagram] Edit.Delete
0	Ctrl + F	Edit.Find
0	↑ Shift + F12	Edit.FindAllReferences
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + F	Edit.FindinFiles
0	F3	Edit.FindNext
0	Ctrl + F3	Edit.FindNextSelected
0	Ctrl + K then Ctrl + D	[Text Editor] Edit.FormatDocument
0	Ctrl + K then Ctrl + F	[Text Editor] Edit.FormatSelection
0	Ctrl + G	Edit.GoTo
0	Ctrl + F12	Edit.GoToDeclaration
0	F12	Edit.GoToDefinition
0	Ctrl + D	Edit.GoToFindCombo
0	F8	Edit.GoToNextLocation
0	Ctrl + K then Ctrl + X	Edit.InsertSnippet
0	Tab	[Report Designer, Windows Forms Designer, Text Editor] Edit.InsertTab
0	Ctrl + L	[Text Editor] Edit.LineCut
0	↑ Shift + Alt + ↓	[Text Editor] Edit.LineDownExtendColumn
0	Ctrl + ⤶ Enter	[Text Editor] Edit.LineOpenAbove
0	Ctrl + J	[Text Editor, Workflow Designer] Edit.ListMembers
0	Ctrl + K then Ctrl + L	[Workflow Designer] Edit.CompleteWord
0	or Ctrl + K then L
0	Ctrl + ,	Edit.NavigateTo
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + G	Edit.OpenFile
0	Insert	[Text Editor] Edit.OvertypeMode
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Space	[Text Editor, Workflow Designer] Edit.ParameterInfo
0	Ctrl + K then Ctrl + P	[Workflow Designer] Edit.ParameterInfo
0	or Ctrl + K then P
0	Ctrl + V	Edit.Paste
0	or ↑ Shift + Insert
0	Alt + F12	[Text Editor] Edit.PeekDefinition
0	Ctrl + Y	Edit.Redo
0	or ↑ Shift + Alt + Backspace
1	or Ctrl + ↑ Shift + Z
-1	Ctrl + H	Edit.Replace
0	Ctrl + A	Edit.SelectAll
0	Ctrl + W	[Text Editor] Edit.SelectCurrentWord
0	Esc	[Text Editor, Report Designer, Settings Designer, Windows Forms Designer, Managed Resources Editor] Edit.SelectionCancel
0	Ctrl + K then Ctrl + S	Edit.SurroundWith
0	↑ Shift + Tab	[Text Editor, Report Designer, Windows Forms Editor] Edit.TabLeft
0	Ctrl + M then Ctrl + L	[Text Editor] Edit.ToggleAllOutlining
0	Ctrl + K then Ctrl + K	[Text Editor] Edit.ToggleBookmark
0	Ctrl + Alt + Space	[Text Editor] Edit.ToggleCompletionMode
0	Ctrl + M then Ctrl + M	[Text Editor] Edit.ToggleOutliningExpansion
0	Ctrl + K then Ctrl + U	[Text Editor] Edit.UncommentSelection
0	Ctrl + Z	Edit.Undo
0	or Alt + Backspace
0	Ctrl + Del	Edit.WordDeleteToEnd
0	Ctrl + Backspace	Edit.WordDeleteToStart

0	Alt + F4	File.Exit
0	Ctrl + N	File.NewFile
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + N	File.NewProject
0	↑ Shift + Alt + N	File.NewWebSite
0	Ctrl + O	File.OpenFile
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + O	File.OpenProject
0	↑ Shift + Alt + O	File.OpenWebSite
0	F2	[Team Explorer] File.Rename
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + S	File.SaveAll
0	Ctrl + S	File.SaveSelectedItems
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + W	File.ViewinBrowser

0	↑ Shift + Alt + A	Project.AddExistingItem
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + A	Project.AddNewItem

Ctrl + R then Ctrl + M

Refactor.ExtractMethod

Ctrl + Alt + P

Tools.AttachtoProcess

0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + C	View.ClassView
0	F2	View.EditLabel
0	Ctrl + \ then Ctrl + E	View.ErrorList
0	or Ctrl + \ then E
0	Ctrl + -	View.NavigateBackward
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + -	View.NavigateForward
0	Ctrl + Alt + J	View.ObjectBrowser
0	Ctrl + Alt + O	View.Output
0	F4	View.PropertiesWindow
0	F5	[Team Explorer, Team Foundation Build Detail Editor] View.Refresh
0	Ctrl + Alt + S	View.ServerExplorer
0	Ctrl + .	View.ShowSmartTag
0	↑ Shift + Alt + F10	[Global, HTML Editor Design View] View.ShowSmartTag
0	Ctrl + Alt + L	View.SolutionExplorer
0	Ctrl + \ then Ctrl + M	View.TfsTeamExplorer
1	Ctrl + Alt + X	View.Toolbox
0	⤶ Enter	[Class Diagram] View.ViewCode
0	F7	[Settings Designer] View.ViewCode
0	↑ Shift + F7	[HTML Editor Source View] View.ViewDesigner

0	Esc	Window.ActivateDocumentWindow
0	Ctrl + F4	Window.CloseDocumentWindow
0	Ctrl + F6	Window.NextDocumentWindow
0	Ctrl + Tab	Window.NextDocumentWindowNav
0	F6	Window.NextSplitPane

Microsoft has a productivity guide for Visual Studio 2017 developers here.
Identify and customize keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio.
Source: Microsoft documentation

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