Text Manipulation Shortcut Keys, Visual Studio 6 Scheme

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The following shortcut key combinations can be used in text editors to delete, move, or format text within an open document.

Command Name

Shortcut Keys

Description

Edit.BreakLine

ENTER

—or—

SHIFT + ENTER

Inserts a new line.

Edit.CharTranspose

CTRL + T

Transposes the character or space to the left of the insertion point with the character or space on the right. For example, wor|d would become word.

Edit.ClearBookmarks

CTRL + K, CTRL + L

Clears all bookmarks in the current document.

Edit.CommentSelection

CTRL + K, CTRL + C

Marks the current line of code as a comment, using the correct comment syntax for the programming language.

Edit.CompleteWord

CTRL + SPACEBAR

—or—

ALT + RIGHT ARROW

Completes the rest of the word you are typing after you have typed enough characters for the editor to identify the word.

Edit.CopyParameterTip

CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + C

Copies the parameter information displayed by IntelliSense to the Clipboard.

Edit.DeleteBackwards

BACKSPACE

—or—

SHIFT + BACKSPACE

Deletes one character to the left of the insertion point.

Edit.DeleteHorizontalWhitespace

CTRL + K, CTRL + \

Collapses white space in the selection, or deletes white space adjacent to the insertion point if there is no selection.

Edit.FormatDocument

CTRL + K, CTRL + D

Applies the indenting and space formatting for the language as specified on the Formatting pane of the language in the Text Editor section of the Options dialog box.

Edit.FormatSelection

ALT + F8

—or—

CTRL + K, CTRL + F

Correctly indents the selected lines of code based on the surrounding lines of code.

Edit.GenerateMethodSub

CTRL + K, CTRL + M

Creates a new method declaration for the method call that the insertion point is resting in. Available only when working in C# code.

For more information, see Generate Method Stub.

Edit.InsertTab

TAB

Inserts 4 spaces to the left of the insertion point in the document.

Edit.LineCut

CTRL + M

—or—

CTRL + L

Cuts the line containing the insertion point. Available only in text editors.

Edit.LineDelete

CTRL + SHIFT + M

—or—

CTRL + SHIFT + L

Deletes the line containing the insertion point. Available only in text editors.

Edit.LineOpenAbove

CTRL + ENTER

Inserts a blank line above the insertion point. Available only in text editors.

Edit.LineOpenBelow

CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER

Inserts a blank line below the insertion point.

Edit.LineTranspose

SHIFT + ALT + T

Moves the line containing the insertion point below the next line.

Edit.MakeLowercase

CTRL + U

Changes the selected text to lowercase characters.

Edit.MakeUppercase

CTRL + SHIFT + U

Changes the selected text to uppercase characters.

Edit.OvertypeMode

INSERT

Types over any characters already in the document instead of inserting the characters.

Edit.ParameterInfo

CTRL + SHIFT + I

—or—

CTRL + SHIFT + SPACEBAR

Displays a tooltip that contains information for the current parameter.

Edit.PasteParameterTip

CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + P

Pastes the previously copied parameter information from IntelliSense to the location indicated by the insertion point.

Edit.SwapAnchor

CTRL + K, CTRL + A

Swaps the anchor and end points of the current selection.

Edit.TabifySelectedLines

CTRL + Q

Replaces spaces with tabs in the selected text.

Edit.TabLeft

SHIFT + TAB

Moves selected lines left one tab stop.

Edit.ToggleBookmark

CTRL + K, CTRL + K

Sets or removes a bookmark at the current line.

Edit.ToggleTaskListShortcut

CTRL + K, CTRL + H

Sets or removes a shortcut at the current line.

Edit.ToggleWordWrap

CTRL + E, CTRL + W

Enables or disables word wrap in an editor.

Edit.UncommentSelection

CTRL + K, CTRL + U

Removes the comment syntax from the current line of code.

Edit.UntabifySelectedLines

CTRL + SHIFT + Q

Replaces tabs with spaces in selected text.

Edit.WordDeletetoEnd

CTRL + DELETE

Deletes the word to the right of the insertion point.

Edit.WordDeletetoStart

CTRL + BACKSPACE

Deletes the word to the left of the insertion point.

Edit.WordTranspose

CTRL + SHIFT + T

Transposes the word or line immediately right of the insertion point with the next word or line. For example, |End Sub would be changed to read Sub End|.

See Also

Reference

Visual Studio 6.0 Default Shortcut Keys