Way to see assigned visual studio shortcuts with given prefix - visual-studio

Is there a simple way to see assigned shortcuts with given prefix? Something similar to emacs Ctrl + M, Ctrl + H. I can do it in following way, but hope, that there is more simple solution:
Tools -> Customize -> Keyboard
In "Press shorcut keys" press given prefix (say Ctrl + M)
In "Shortcut currently used by" combo-box there is a list of assigned shortcuts with given prefix

Wintellect has a macro that will list all Visual Studio shortcuts. Run that and you can do any analysis on the output you like.

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Can't collapse pieces of code after doing Ctrl + M, P

Ctrl + M, P expands the whole document. But after doing this I can't collapse back specific methods or pieces of code. It's not possible via shortcut keys (for example: Ctrl + M, M) neither via the menu:
As you can see, only Ctrl + M, O is possible which collapses the whole document
Also the + en - signs disappear when I do Ctrl + M, P
In VS2012 toggling outline expansion is [CTRL] + M, M. I presume this hasn't changed from previous version. Don't have VS2010 to check...
Old question, and some of this is in the comments, but I'll tie it all together in an official answer since I recently did the same thing accidentally in Visual Studio 2015 and it took me a while to figure out what I had done.
The CTRL+M, CTRL+P combination turns off outlining for the current document. It is possible to turn it back on by closing and re-opening the document as long as the "Enter outlining mode when files open" option is checked under Tools|Options|Text Editor|C#|Advanced. (there are similar options for other editor types - you can search on "outline" in the options dialog to see them all).
If you find yourself doing this often, there is a command to turn outlining back on, however, it is not assigned a keyboard shortcut by default. You can assign one though.
Open the Tools|Options|Environment|Keyboard dialog.
Enter "outli" under "Show commands containing" and look through the list below for the one named "Edit.StartAutomaticOutlining".
When you click on it, it will either show you what keys are currently assigned if a shortcut is already assigned, or will indicate nothing is assigned.
If there isn't anything listed, select "Editor" from "Use new shortcut in", then in the "Press shortcut keys" box, press the key combination you want to assign it to. For example, I used CTRL+M, CTRL+[.
Now if you accidentally hit CTRL-M, CTRL-P and turn off outlining, you can quickly re-enable outlining with CTRL-M, CTRL-[.

Can I disable or change a single ReSharper shortcut?

I am using VS 2010 and there is one shortcut I really like which is a shortcut I set myself: ctrl + shift + Q in order to remove all unused usings and sort the remaining ones.
I installed ReSharper and it overwrote my VS shortcuts, so pressing ctrl + shift + Q will generate a comment (/**/).
Is there any way I can disable this single shortcut? (or change it to any other key combination that will allow me to use my old one?
I tried this solution: How to change shortcut keys for a given command in ReSharper? but my shortcut is still set in my VS configs.
Go to Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard
Search for a command called ReSharper.ReSharper_BlockComment
Remove the current shortcut or reassign another shortcut to the ReSharper command.
I'm guessing that you've set your shortcut in Global context whereas ReSharper has assigned the shortcut to its command in the Text Editor context. The latter takes precedence when you're invoking the shortcut while editing your code.
Also, consider taking a look at ReSharper's own Code Cleanup, which takes care of unused directives, other redundant items, and formatting.
To elaborate on the steps:
Suppose you want to change the binding of "Ctrl +Q"
Open Tools Options Environment Keyboard
Under "Press Shortcut Keys" Enter : Ctrl +Q
This will show you what all commands are currently bound to this shortcut
Then search for the commands in the "Show Commands containg window " and REMOVE the assignment (for the context that you want).
Note that more than 1 command can bind to a shortcut depending on the context and so make sure you remove whatever you need
Then verify that no the binding is gone, by repeating step 2 above
Finally search for the new command that you want to bind the shortcut to and then enter shortcut and bind it in the context that you want to using ASSIGN

Is there a way to delete a line in Visual Studio without cutting it?

I want to delete a line just like hitting Ctrl + X without anything selected, but without saving the line to the copy stack. Is this possible?
I'm using Visual Studio 2010.
Edit.LineDelete is the name of the command. By default it's bound to Ctrl + Shift + L, but you can give it whatever you like in Tools | Options | Keyboard.
Edit: Corrected default shortcut info.
Ctrl + Shift + L will delete the line and not copy to the clipboard.
I mapped Ctrl + L (Global) to Edit.LineDelete. Otherwise, the shortcut key is Ctrl + Shift + L, which is awkward. Go to Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard as shown below.
Correction in my answer
Ubuntu 16 &
Visual studio Version: 1.30.1
To cut line
Shift + del
To delete line Shift + Ctrl + k
CTRL + L (Visual Studio 2019 Windows)
Its Cmd + Shift + K on mac by default.
But it can be modified according to user needs from the settings (Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts) -> search for Delete Line key value.
Valid Answer By 2022 for VS Code (with image)
All the above answers regarding Ctrl + Shift + L are now deprecated.
The correct default behavior is Ctrl + Shift + K
(⌘ + Shift + K if you're a MAC user).
To change this default behavior:
1- Go to File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts (OR click Ctr+K Ctrl+S)
2- Type in the search bar delete line
Here you will find the corresponding behavior. You can change it just by double-clicking on it and pressing any desired combination of keys on your keyboard (pay attention of conflicting shortcuts).
By default, if you are using the C# default profile, you can delete a line using Ctrl + Shift + L.
You can customize this using Tools->Customize. Select "Keyboard". Look for the command Edit.LineDelete to assign it to whichever keyboard shortcut you like.
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If you got here looking for an answer for Visual Studio Code the default shortcut is:
ctrl + shift + K for Windows
⌘ + shift + K for MacOS
However, you can change on File > Preferences > Keyboard shortcuts
{
"key": "ctrl+shift+delete",
"command": "editor.action.deleteLines",
"when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
}
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none of the above answers worked for me. to delete a line in visual studio code use :shift+del
All the answers were helpful but didn't seem to work for me.
So I found the solution --> for Visual Studio 2017 (and certainly 2019):
Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard > on the right pane select Edit.LineEdit.
Below there is a ComboBox Use new shortcut in: with Global written --> Change it to Text Editor.
On the right there is a Text input Press shortcut keys:, so use the shortcut of your choice.
Then click on Assign PushButton on the right (otherwise it won't be applied).
Finally > OK.
You can now open a .CPP file and use your shortcut to remove a line.
On Visual Studio 2019 for Mac, it's CTRL + K to cut the whole line by default.
Here is a url for the keyboard short cut reference for windows:
https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-windows.pdf
For windows: Ctrl + Shift + k
The other answers are specific to Visual Studio, which is what was requested by OP, however if anyone is looking for a more generalized way to do this for most Windows programs, you can also Triple-Click to select any block of text, then just press the Delete key. This works for any Windows text editors or TextBoxes, including password boxes, search boxes, browser web address boxes, etc. For text editors such as Visual Studio, a block of text is typically one line of code. Obviously you can do other things too, such as triple-click to select a line of code, then Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V to cut/paste, etc, or just triple-click and type over it to replace a line.

Visual Studio 2010 Keyboard Shortcut Chords

I started out with VB6 default shortcuts where Ctrl + R brings up the Solution Explorer window.
Now when I hit Ctrl + R I see a status message saying that VS is waiting for me to hit the next sequence in the chord, suggesting to me that I have shortcuts that begin with Ctrl + R but require another keystroke.
This suggests to me that having one or more shortcut sequences that begin with Ctrl + Rinvalidates the Ctrl + R shortcut, which I can understand, but the question is, how do I find what those command are so I can assign a different sequence to them?
Also, shouldn't VS warn me when assigning the first chord shorcut that begins with Ctrl + R that this will invalidate my Ctrl + R shortcut or, it should clear it out so Ctrl + R is no longer a shortcut for the Solution Explorer window.
Anyway, I guess the question is how do I locate the commands that begin with Ctrl + R so I can change them so they dont collide with my Solution Explorer shortcut Ctrl + R?
In VS 2010, Tools | Options | Environment | Keyboard gets you to the right place. Now, put the cursor in Press shortcut keys, and press the keys you are interested in (so Ctrl + R). The Shortcut currently used by dropdown will then show you all the shortcuts that currently involve the keys you have pressed.
I agree it would be a 'nice to have' for VS to warn about overlapping shortcuts, but note that different shortcuts can have different scopes of effect (in the Use new shortcut in dropdown), so this might not be as easy as it sounds.
The keybindings poster from MSDN might be helpful. It looks Ctrl + R behaves differently depending on if you are debugging or not.
Have a look at IntelliCommand Plugin. This helped me out a lot in learning and remembering the chrod combinations.
Also Learn the shortcut Plugin is pretty cool too.

Keyboard shortcut for Visual Studio/Resharper tooltips?

Is there a keyboard shortcut to display tooltips provided by Visual Studio & Resharper when you hover over a bit of code? I'm already aware of Quick Documentation (Ctrl + Q) and Quick Watch (Ctrl + Alt + Q).
Do you mean Ctrl + K, Ctrl + I? This is the command Edit.Quickinfo.
(sorry, I am unable to add a comment with the PC I have now)
For the single variable, do you mean in debug mode ?
2nd Edit: I think VS names these tooltips 'datatips'. Unfortunately, there is no command to show them, so no possible shortcut.
You can do it by binding this command to a key:
EditorContextMenus.CodeWindow.PinToSource
Unfortunately it works with what you have selected, not with what you are hovering over. Not only do you have to do the extra click, but you need to select the entire variable name and all of its prefixes as well.
Old question but useful to know.
My shortcuts:
PinToSource set to alt-F1
ClearAllDataTips set to shift-alt-F1
CTRL+ALT+Q
It is equivalent to
SHIFT+F9

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