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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T19:29:28+00:00 2026-05-11T19:29:28+00:00

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Visual Studio 6 tips and tricks
Visual Studio 2005 Shortcuts
Favorite Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts

I am a big fan of shortcuts in VS2008, it can save a lot of time and keep your fingers on the keyboard instead of the mouse.

Recently I downloaded the entire list of keyboard shortcuts for VS 2008 and went through them all finding my favourites.

Currently here are the top one’s I use:

What other ones do people know that saves time / are actually useful?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-11T19:29:28+00:00

F12 Jump to definition

SHIFT + F12Find al references

CTRL + MINUS Jump back to previous cursor location

CTRL + SHIFT + MINUS Jump forward to last cursor location

CTRL + K , C Comment out currently selected code

CTRL + K , U Uncomment currently selected code

CTRL + K , F Format selected code

CTRL + K , D Format document

F5 Start Debugging

F6 Build Solution

F7 Switch to code view

Shift+ F7 Switch to design view

These are the ones I use most.

PS. Microsoft released keybinding posters for Visual Studio.

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