Team Explorer and Azure DevOps keyboard shortcuts ‒ DefKey

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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