Visual Studio 2017 productivity keyboard shortcuts
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Visual Studio has always been a powerful IDE. The new 2017 release brought several useful keyboard tricks worth discovering:
Action Shortcut ------ -------- Quick Actions (light bulb) Ctrl+. Rename Symbol Ctrl+R, R (or F2) Peek Definition Alt+F12 Navigate Back/Forward Ctrl+– and Ctrl+Shift+– Move Line Up/Down Alt+Up Arrow and Alt+Down Arror
Bonus tip: press Ctrl+Q to open the Quick Launch and jump to any setting byt typing the command's name without browsing the menus.
Small things like this compound over hundreds of edits per week.