Keybinding Cheat Sheet for 2-May-2008 Web Cast
I promised you guys I'd provide a cheat sheet for everything I presented at my web cast "Amazing Things You Don't Know About Visual Studio 2008, But Should!" Here it is.
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My first bit of advice was to learn your key bindings. Want a poster to remind you of them all?
Visual Basic 2008 Keybinding Reference Poster
Visual C# 2008 Keybinding Reference Poster
Visual C++ 2008 Keybinding Reference Poster
You'll note that they are grouped into themes, which each binding in each theme typically starting with the same keystroke combination. For example, in C#, all window commands start with CTRL+W, all refactoring operations start with CTRL+R and all editing commands start with CTRL+K.
Here are the keystrokes that I highlighted in particular:
| Command | C# | VB.NET | Desc. |
| Project.AddNewItem | CTRL+SHIFT+A | CTRL+SHIFT+A | Displays the Add New Item dialog box, where a new file can be added to the current project. |
| View.ClassView | CTRL+W,C | | Displays the Class View window. |
| Edit.CollapseToDefinitions | CTRL+M,O | CTRL+M,CTRL+O | Collapses existing regions to provide a high level view of the types and members in the source file. |
| Edit.ToggleAllOutlining | CTRL+M,L | CTRL+M,CTRL+L | Toggles all previously collapsed outlining regions between collapsed and expanded states. |
| Edit.GoToDefinition | F12 | F12
or
SHIFT+F2 | Navigates to the declaration for the selected symbol in code. |
| View.ForwardBrowseContext | CTRL+SHIFT+7 | CTRL+SHIFT+- | Moves to the next item called in code in the current file. Uses the Go To Definition navigation stack. |
| View.PopBrowseContext | CTRL+SHIFT+8 | CTRL+SHIFT+F2
or
CTRL+- | Moves to the previous item called in code in the current file. Uses the Go To Definition stack. |
| Edit.FindAllReferences | SHIFT+F12
or
CTRL+K,R | ALT+SHIFT+F12 | Displays a list of all references for the symbol selected. |
| Edit.GoToNextLocation | F8 | F3 | Moves the cursor to the next item, such as a task in the Task List window or a search match in the Find Results window. Subsequent invocations will move to the next item in the list. |
| Edit.GoToFindCombo | CTRL+/ | | Puts the cursor in the Find/Command box on the Standard toolbar. |
| View.ViewCode | F7 | F7 | Displays the selected item in Code view of the editor. |
| View.ViewDesigner | SHIFT+F7 | SHIFT+F7 | Switches to Design view for the current document. Available only in the Source view. |
| View.ShowSmartTag | CTRL+.
or
SHIFT+ALT+F10 | CTRL+.
or
SHIFT+ALT+F10 | Displays the available options on the smarttag menu. |
Edit.InvokeSnippet
FromShortcut | TAB TAB | | Inserts the expanded code snippet from the shortcut name. |
