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Visual Basic IDE Shortcuts

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Undo the last editing action (Undo). CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE
Correctly indent the selected lines of code based on the surrounding lines of code. ALT+F8
Swap the current and previous lines. ALT+SHIFT+T
Delete the selection or, if there is no selection, the character to the left of the cursor. BACKSPACE
Find the matching brace. CTRL+]
Delete the word to the left of the insertion point. CTRL+BACKSPACE
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard. CTRL+C or CTRL+INS
Delete the word to the right of the insertion point. CTRL+DELETE
Move the cursor to the end of the list. CTRL+END
Display the Find window. If there is no current Find criteria, places the word under your cursor in the Find box. CTRL+F
Find the next occurrence of the current word or selection. CTRL+F3
Display the Find window where you can replace the specified text. CTRL+H
Move the cursor to the beginning of the list. CTRL+HOME
Display Quick Info. CTRL+I
Display list of members. CTRL+J
Extend the selection to the matching brace. CTRL+SHIFT+]
Extend the selection to the end of the document. CTRL+SHIFT+END
Find the previous occurrence of the specified text. CTRL+SHIFT+F3
Extend the selection to the beginning of the file. CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
Display Parameter Info. CTRL+SHIFT+I
Extend the selection one word to the left. CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Extend the selection one word to the right. CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Swap the current and next words or transposes words around operators, for example transposes apple = fruit to fruit = apple. CTRL+SHIFT+T
Change the selected text to uppercase characters. CTRL+SHIFT+U
Select the current word. CTRL+SHIFT+W
Fill in the rest of the word you are typing once you have entered enough characters for the editor to identify the word you want. CTRL+SPACEBAR
Swap the characters around the insertion point. CTRL+T
Change the selected text to lowercase characters. CTRL+U
Scroll the text up one line. CTRL+UP ARROW
Insert the Clipboard contents at the insertion point. CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT
Cut the selected text to the Clipboard. CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE
Delete the selected lines and place them on the Clipboard (Cut). CTRL+M
Restore the previously undone action (Redo). CTRL+Y or CTRL+SHIFT+Z or ALT+SHIFT+BACKSPACE
Delete the selected text without placing it on the Clipboard. DELETE
Display context-sensitive documentation for functions, statements, methods, properties, or events. F1
Display help on the Text Editor window. CTRL+F1
Find next occurrence of text specified in the Find window. F3
Toggle between inserting and replacing text. INSERT
Extend the selection down one line. SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
Extend the selection up one line. SHIFT+UP ARROW
Find previous occurrence of the text specified in the Find window. SHIFT+F3
Extend the selection to the start of the current line. SHIFT+HOME
Extend the selection to the end of the current line. SHIFT+END
Extend your selection one character to the left. SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Extend your selection one character to the right. SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Extend the selection down one page. SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
Extend the selection up one page. SHIFT+PAGE UP
Indent the selected text one tab stop to the right. TAB
Indents the selected text one tab stop to the left. SHIFT+TAB

 

 

 

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Last modified: January 31, 2002