Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts

Visual Studio · Windows

ActionWindows
Build and debug
Build the solutionCtrl Shift B
Cancel the buildCtrl Break
CompileCtrl F7
Set a function breakpointCtrl B
Break allCtrl Alt Break
Delete all breakpointsCtrl Shift F9
Open ExceptionsCtrl Alt E
Open Quick WatchCtrl Alt Q
Restart debuggingCtrl Shift F5
Run to cursorCtrl F10
Set the next statementCtrl Shift F10
Start debuggingF5
Start without debuggingCtrl F5
Step intoF11
Step outShift F11
Step overF10
Stop debuggingShift F5
Toggle a breakpointF9
Editing and navigation
Break the lineEnter
Collapse to definitionsCtrl M then Ctrl O
Comment the selectionCtrl K then Ctrl C
Complete the current wordCtrl Space
CopyCtrl C
CutCtrl X
FindCtrl F
Find all referencesShift F12
Find in filesCtrl Shift F
Find the next matchF3
Format the documentCtrl K then Ctrl D
Format the selectionCtrl K then Ctrl F
Go to a lineCtrl G
Go to declarationCtrl F12
Go to definitionF12
Focus the Find comboCtrl D
Go to the next locationF8
Insert a snippetCtrl K then Ctrl X
List membersCtrl J
Navigate to a file, type, or symbolCtrl P
Open a file under the cursorCtrl Shift G
Show parameter informationCtrl Shift Space
PasteCtrl V
Peek the definitionAlt F12
RedoCtrl Y
ReplaceCtrl H
Select allCtrl A
Toggle a line commentCtrl /
UndoCtrl Z
Delete the word to the rightCtrl Delete
Delete the word to the leftCtrl Backspace
Files, projects, and views
Exit Visual StudioAlt F4
Create a new fileCtrl N
Create a new projectCtrl Shift N
Open a fileCtrl O
Open a projectCtrl Shift O
Save allCtrl Shift S
Save selected itemsCtrl S
Open Class ViewCtrl Shift C
Open Error ListCtrl \ then Ctrl E
Navigate backwardCtrl -
Navigate forwardCtrl Shift -
Open Object BrowserCtrl Alt J
Open OutputCtrl Alt O
Open the Properties windowF4
Open Solution ExplorerCtrl Alt L
Open ToolboxCtrl Alt X
View codeF7
View designerShift F7
Activate the document windowEsc
Close the document windowCtrl W
Activate the next document windowCtrl F6
Open document window navigationCtrl Tab
Move to the next split paneF6
Project and refactoring
Add an existing itemShift Alt A
Add a new itemCtrl Shift A
Extract a methodCtrl R then Ctrl M
Attach to a processCtrl Alt P
Remove and sort usingsCtrl R then Ctrl G
Surround withCtrl K then Ctrl S

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.