My favorite VS keyboard shortcuts

Moving the cursor faster

Move Cursor word by word

Ctrl + <- / ->

Move cursor to previous location

Alt + <- / ->

Move to beginning/end of line

Home/End

Move to beginning/end of file

Ctrl + Home/End

Go to a line number

Ctrl + g

Go to matching bracket

Ctrl + Shift + \

Go to symbol in file

Ctrl +Shift + O

Go to symbol in workspace

Ctrl + T

Making selections

• Select word by word
  • Ctrl + Shift + <- / ->
• Select line by line
  • Ctrl + L
    • Selects entire line, hitting again will select the next line
  • Shift + Up / Down
    • Select lines, can control direction
  • Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Arrows
    • Box Selection
• Select character by character
  • Shift + <- / ->
• Expand selection
  • Alt + Shift + <- / ->
• select entire word, hit again to select next occurrence
  • Ctrl + D
• Select all occurrences of the current selection
  • Ctrl + Shift + L

Manipulating Code

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