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These keyboard shortcuts can be used when working in Azure DevOps or Team Explorer. In addition to these shortcuts, you can assign your own shortcuts in Visual Studio from the Tools/Options/Environment/Keyboard page.

Team Explorer and Azure DevOps

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0	Tab	Move focus
0	← →	Move focus left/right
0	↑ ↓	Move focus up/down
0	Ctrl + Home	Move focus to top of list
0	Ctrl + End	Move focus to bottom of list
0	Ctrl + ↑ ↓	Move item up/down within list
0	↑ Shift + ↑ ↓	Highlight consecutive items
0		Open context menu
0	Esc	Dismiss context menu
0	⤶ Enter	Choose selected menu item

1	?	Access the Global and page-specific shortcuts
These shortcuts are available for TFX 2015.2 and later.
0	or ?
0	P	Go to Projects and teams
0	G then H	Go to Projects home
0	G then B	Go to Pipelines
0	G then C	Go to Repos
0	G then T	Go to Test Plans
0	G then S	Go to Project Settings
0	G then W	Go to Boards
0	/	Move focus to search
0	or S
0	F then N	Focus next section
0	F then P	Focus previous section
These navigation shortcuts will work as long as the focus is not on an input control. Page-specific shortcuts will only work in specific pages.

Repos-Git
0	Z	Toggle full-screen mode
0	E	Open explorer
0	H	Open history
0	B	Open branches
0	Q	Open pull requests
0	C then P	Create pull request
0	R	Select repository
Files
0	1	Open contents
0	2	Open history
0	T	Move focus to directory path
0	W	Select branch

Repos-TFVC
0	R	Select repository
Code
0	E	Open files
0	C	Open changesets
1	V	Open shelvesets
Files
0	1	Open contents
0	2	Open history
0	T	Move focus to directory path

Following shortcuts can be used when working in the Boards > Work items or Work > Work items page.
Work
-1	W	Open work items
0	L	Open backlog
0	B	Open board
0	I	Open sprint
0	Q	Open queries
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0	Z	Toggle full screen
Work items
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + F	Filter results
0	Ctrl + C	Copy to clipboard
0	Del	Delete

These shortcuts can be used when interacting with a work item form. Valid shortcuts can be also displayed by typing ? from within the form.
0	Alt + I	Assign work item to me
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + D	Go to discussion
0	Ctrl + S	Save changes
1	↑ Shift + Alt + C	Copy work item title
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + ,	Move to left tab (page)
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + .	Move to right tab (page)

The following keyboard shortcuts can be used when working in a web browsers.
Windows operating system
0	Ctrl + B	Bold
0	Ctrl + C	Copy text
0	Ctrl + I	Italics
0	Ctrl + K	Insert hyperlink
0	Ctrl + S	Save
0	Ctrl + U	Underline
0	Ctrl + V	Paste text
0	Ctrl + Y	Redo
0	Ctrl + Z	Undo
0	Ctrl + .	Bullet list
0	Ctrl + /	Numbered list
0	↑ Shift + :	Emoji library
macOS operating system
0	⌘ Cmd + B	Bold
0	⌘ Cmd + C	Copy text
0	⌘ Cmd + I	Italics
0	⌘ Cmd + K	Insert hyperlink
0	⌘ Cmd + S	Save
0	⌘ Cmd + U	Underline
0	⌘ Cmd + V	Paste text
0	⌘ Cmd + ↑ Shift + Z	Redo
0	⌘ Cmd + Z	Undo
0	⌘ Cmd + .	Bullet list
0	⌘ Cmd + /	Numbered list
0	↑ Shift + :	Emoji library

The following keyboard shortcuts can be used from any Kanban board (when working from Boards > Boards or Work > Board page).
-1	N	Add new item
0	C	Add new child item
0	Home	Select first item
0	⤶ Enter	Open item
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + F	Filter results
0	Ctrl + ↑	Move item up
0	Ctrl + ↓	Move item down
0	Ctrl + ←	Move item left
0	Ctrl + →	Move item right
0	Ctrl + Home	Move item to top of column
0	Ctrl + End	Move item to bottom of column
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + ↑	Move item to swimlane above
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + ↓	Move item to swimlane below
0	F2	Rename item
0	E	Show/hide empty fields
0	O	Expand all swimlanes
0	U	Collapse all swimlanes
0	Shift + Page Up	Select first/next swimlane above
0	Shift + Page Down	Select last/next swimlane below

The following keyboard shortcuts can be used when working from a Boards > Backlogs page. These shortcuts will work in product backlog, portfolio backlog, or sprint backlog page.
0	M then B	Move item to backlog
0	M then I	Move item to current iteration
0	M then N	Move item to next iteration
0	Insert	Add child
0	or F + I
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + F	Filter results

You can use the following keyboard shortcuts when working with queries in the web portal. To view available shortcuts, type ? from Boards > Queries or Work > Queries.
0	C then Q	New query
0	R	Refresh query
0	or Alt + R
0	Alt + Q	Return to query
0	J	Next item
0	or Alt + N
0	K	Previous item
0	or Alt + P
0	Ctrl + ↑ Shift + F	Filter results

To toggle between card titles only and card details, press T.
0	Home	Select first item
0	⤶ Enter	Open item
0	N	New item
0	Ctrl + ← ↑ → ← ↓ →	Move item
0	↑ Shift + ← →	Pan timeline left / right
0	U	Collapse all backlogs
0	O	Expand all backlogs

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Program information

Program name: Team Explorer and Azure DevOps Team Explorer and Azure DevOps (Developer tools)

Web page: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure...

Last update: 1/29/2021 2:41 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 80%

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Updated: Updated program information. (5 updates.) 1/29/2021 11:50:06 AM New program added.
1/29/2021 3:34:44 PM Added some shortcuts.
1/29/2021 3:40:28 PM Added some shortcuts.
1/29/2021 3:40:41 PM Added some shortcuts.
1/29/2021 3:41:06 PM Updated program information.

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