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Asked: 2026-06-12T07:15:47+00:00

In VS2010 I had a shortcut set up Alt + Up/Down to move lines

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In VS2010 I had a shortcut set up Alt+Up/Down to move lines of code up or down, just like I used to have in Eclipse in my Java days.

Now since Power Tools and macros (which is how I set up this shortcut in VS2010) are not available in VS2012, how do I get this to work?

I’ve seen somebody mentioned that Resharper can do this, but for the love of fire and water, I can’t find the command names in the list of commands that can do that.
I have tried ReSharper_MoveUp/MoveDown and that does not move lines up/down:

Move_Up command did not do the trick

This moves blocks of text up and down. I just want line-by-line up or down, no fancy logic there.
Before

What I have

After ALT+Up (when cursor is on WriteLine line) I would like to see this:

Line moved one up, inside the bracket, indented

I have seen these threads: What's the equivalent for eclipse's ALT+UP/DOWN (move line) in Visual Studio?, Visual Studio: hotkeys to move line up/down and move through recent changes, but none of the suggested solutions work in VS2012.

Any other ideas?

UPD 7 Nov 2012: . Extensions are catching up with Visual Studio 2012. Now I know at least 3 extensions that provide this functionality:

UPD 15 Nov 2012: Just stumbled across another extension that claims it does what is required here. Have not tried it though: LineMan Extension

UPD 10 May 2015 Just installed VS2015 RC and this is built-in already:
MoveLineUp/Down

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    Update: huzzah, Productivity PowerTools VS2012 is now available and offers this functionality (along with another personal favorite, Tools.AddEndTokenAtTheEnd.)

    MoveLine Extension (compatible with VS 2012; I had to manually restart my VS in order to see the commands in VS’s keyboard shortcut tool.)

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