Text Navigation Shortcut Keys, Visual Studio 6 Scheme

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

Command Name

Shortcut Keys

Description

Edit.CharLeft

LEFT ARROW

Moves the insertion point one character to the left.

Edit.CharRight

RIGHT ARROW

Moves the insertion point one character to the right.

Edit.DocumentEnd

CTRL + END

Moves the insertion point to the last line of the document.

Edit.DocumentStart

CTRL + HOME

Moves the insertion point to the first line of the document.

Edit.GoTo

CTRL + G

Displays the Go To Line dialog box.

Edit.GoToBrace

CTRL + ]

Moves the insertion point to the next brace in the document.

Edit.GoToDeclaration

CTRL + ALT + F12

Displays the definition of the selected symbol in the code.

Edit.LineDown

DOWN ARROW

Moves the insertion point down one line.

Edit.LineEnd

END

Moves the insertion point to the end of the line.

Edit.LineStart

HOME

Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the line.

Edit.LineUp

UP ARROW

Moves the insertion point up one line.

Edit.NextBookmark

CTRL + K, CTRL + N

Moves to the next bookmark in the document.

Edit.PageDown

PAGE DOWN

Scrolls the document or window down one page.

Edit.PageUp

PAGE UP

Scrolls the document or window up one page.

Edit.PreviousBookmark

CTRL + K, CTRL + P

Moves to the previous bookmark.

Edit.ScrollLineDown

CTRL + DOWN ARROW

Scrolls text down one line.

Edit.ScrollLineUp

CTRL + UP ARROW

Scrolls text up one line.

Edit.ViewBottom

CTRL + PAGE DOWN

Moves the cursor to the line at the bottom of the current document.

Edit.ViewTop

CTRL + PAGE UP

Moves the cursor to the first line at the top of the current window.

Edit.ViewWhiteSpace

CTRL + R, CTRL + W

Shows or hides spaces and tab marks.

Edit.WordNext

CTRL + RIGHT ARROW

Moves the insertion point right one word.

Edit.WordPrevious

CTRL + LEFT ARROW

Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.

View.BrowseNext

CTRL + SHIFT + 1

Navigates to the next definition, declaration, or reference of an item. Available in the Object Browser and Class View window.

View.BrowsePrevious

CTRL + SHIFT + 2

Navigates to the previous definition, declaration, or reference of an item. Available in the Object Browser and Class View window.

View.NextError

CTRL + SHIFT + F12

Moves to the next error entry in the Error List window, which automatically scrolls to the affected section of text in the editor.

View.PopBrowseContext

CTRL + SHIFT + 8

Navigates to the previous item called in code in the current file.

View.ForwardBrowseContext

CTRL + SHIFT + 7

Navigates to the next item called in code in the current file.

View.ViewCode

F7

Displays the selected item in Code view of the editor.

View.ViewDesigner

SHIFT + F7

Displays the selected item in Design view of an editor or designer.

See Also

Reference

Visual Studio 6.0 Default Shortcut Keys