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I love this keyboard shortcut, because I like to double-click on emails to open them in their own windows, and sometimes my Mac screen is cluttered with individual emails. This keyboard shortcut uses the Command key and the (accent) key. That accent key is to the left of the '1' key on the Mac keyboard. Like their counterparts in the Windows world, Mac keyboards have function keys. These keys sit at the top of the keyboard and are labeled F1 to F12 on standard keyboards and F13, F14 and higher on extended keyboards. Standard Mac keyboard with 12 function keys. As you know, function keys are uses for many shortcuts in Excel. 10 Mac shortcuts you need to know. Windows keyboards have a backspace key and a delete key. Apple usb not working. On a Mac keyboard, you get only a delete key. The delete key on a Mac, however, acts like the.
For information about keyboard accessibility, see How to: Use Keyboard Navigation.
You can access a variety of commands in Visual Studio for Mac by using the appropriate keyboard shortcut. This document lists the default shortcuts for the Visual Studio for Mac key binding scheme. For more information about how to change the key binding scheme, see Customizing the IDE. You can also customize shortcuts for a command using the Visual Studio for Mac > Preferences menu item and choosing Environment > Key Bindings in the Preferences window.
Tip
The keyboard shortcuts displayed in this document, and the key binding preferences in Visual Studio for Mac, are presented using the symbols commonly used in macOS. If you are unsure of a symbol, review the macOS key symbols loopkup table.
Downloadable quick ref pdfs
Mac Shortcut Keys
We have compiled the most used, and most useful, keyboard shortcuts into a downloadable pdf file. We have two versions,one that shows shortcuts for Visual Studio for Mac, and a version that shows Visual Studio shorts side-by-side for usersthat have prior experience with Visual Studio when using Windows.
Code Navigation
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Find References | ⇧⌘R, F12 |
| Go to Declaration | ⌘D, F12 |
| Next Error | ⌥⇧⇟, ⇧⌘F12 |
| Next Issue in File | ⌥⇟ |
| Previous Error | ⌥⇧⇞ |
| Previous Issue in File | ⌥⇞ |
Debug
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Enable or Disable Breakpoint | ⌥⌘/, ⌘F9 |
| Pause | ⌥⌘P, ⌥⌘L5 |
| Remove All Breakpoints | ⇧⌘F9 |
| Run To Cursor | ⌘F10 |
| Set Next Statement | ⇧⌘F10 |
| Show Next Statement | ⌥* |
| Step Into | ⇧⌘I, ⌘F11 |
| Step Out | ⇧⌘U, ⇧⌘F11 |
| Step Over | ⇧⌘O, F10 |
| Toggle Breakpoint | ⌘, F9 |
| View Breakpoints | ⌥⌘B |
Designer
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Switch between related files | ⌃⌘↑ |
Edit
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Constraint Editing Mode | ⌘E |
| Copy | ⌘C |
| Cut | ⌘X |
| Delete | ⌘⌫ |
| Format Document | ⌃I |
| Indent Selection | ⌘] |
| Paste | ⌘V |
| Preferences | ⌘, |
| Redo | ⇧⌘Z |
| Rename | ⌘R, F2 |
| Select All | ⌘A |
| Show Code Generation | ⌘I |
| Toggle All Folds | ⌥⇧⌘↑ |
| Toggle Definitions | ⌥⇧⌘↓ |
| Toggle Fold | ⌥⇧⌘← |
| Toggle Line Comment(s) | ⌘/ |
| Undo | ⌘Z |
| Unindent Selection | ⌘[ |
| Update Frame from Constraints | ⇧⌘R |
F# Integration
Shortcut Keys On Macbook
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Clear F# Interactive | ⌃⌥C |
| F# Interactive | ⌃⌥F |
| Restart F# Interactive | ⌃⌥R |
| Send line to F# Interactive | ⌃⌥L |
| Send references to F# Interactive | ⌃⌥P |
| Send selection to F# Interactive | ⌃⏎ |
File
Mac Shortcut Commands
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Close All | ⇧⌘W |
| Close File | ⌘W |
| Close Workspace | ⌥⌘W |
| New File | ⌘N |
| New Solution | ⇧⌘N |
| Open | ⌘O |
| ⌘P | |
| Quit | ⌘Q |
| Revert | ⌘U |
| Save | ⌘S |
| Save All | ⇧⌘S |
Help
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| API Documentation | ⌥⌘? |
| Unity API Reference | ⌘' |
Other
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Implement Unity Messages | ⇧⌘M |
| Inspect | ⌥⌘I |
Project
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Add Files | ⌥⌘A |
| Build | ⌘K, ⇧F6 |
| Build All | ⌘B, F6 |
| Clean | ⇧⌘K |
| Rebuild | ⌃⌘K |
| Rebuild All | ⌃⌘B |
| Start Debugging | ⌘⏎, F5 |
| Start Without Debugging | ⌥⌘⏎, ⌃F5 |
| Stop | ⇧⌘⏎, ⇧F5 |
Refactoring
Macbook Shortcut Keys List
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Import Symbol | ⌃⌥␣ |
| Quick Fix | ⌥⏎ |
Search
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Command | ⇧⌘P |
| Find in Files | ⇧⌘F |
| Find Next | ⌘G, F3 |
| Find Next Like Selection | ⌘E, ⌘F3 |
| Find Previous | ⇧⌘G, ⇧F3 |
| Find Previous Like Selection | ⇧⌘F3 |
| Find | ⌘F |
| Go to File | ⇧⌘D |
| Go to Line | ⌘L |
| Go to Type | ⇧⌘T |
| Navigate To | ⌘. |
| Replace in Files | ⌥⇧⌘F |
| Replace | ⌥⌘F |
Text Editor
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Complete Word | ⌃␣ |
| Delete left character | ⌃H |
| Delete next subword | ⌃⌦ |
| Delete next word | ⌥⌦ |
| Delete previous subword | ⌃⌫ |
| Delete previous word | ⌥⌫ |
| Delete right character | ⌃D |
| Delete to end of line | ⌃K |
| Dynamic abbrev | ⌃/ |
| Expand selection | ⌥⇧↓ |
| Expand selection | ⌥⇧↑ |
| Expand selection to document end | ⇧⌘↓, ⇧⌘↘ |
| Expand selection to document start | ⇧⌘↑, ⇧⌘↖ |
| Expand selection to line end | ⇧↘, ⇧⌘→ |
| Expand selection to line start | ⇧↖, ⇧⌘← |
| Expand selection to next line | ⇧↓ |
| Expand selection to next word | ⌥⇧→ |
| Expand selection to page down | ⇧⇟ |
| Expand selection to page up | ⇧⇞ |
| Expand selection to previous line | ⇧↑ |
| Expand selection to previous word | ⌥⇧← |
| Expand selection to the left | ⇧← |
| Expand selection to the right | ⇧→ |
| Find caret | ⌘| |
| Go left one character | ⌃B |
| Go right one character | ⌃F |
| Go to beginning of document | ⌘↑ |
| Go to beginning of line | ⌘←, ⌃A |
| Go to end of document | ⌘↓ |
| Go to end of line | ⌘→, ⌃E |
| Go to Matching Brace | ⇧⌘ |
| Go to next line | ⌃N |
| Go to next word | ⌥→ |
| Go to previous line | ⌃P |
| Go to previous word | ⌥← |
| Insert line break after the caret | ⌃O |
| Move caret to EOL and insert new line | ⇧⏎ |
| Move the line or highlighted selection down | ⌥↓ |
| Move the line or highlighted selection up | ⌥↑ |
| Move to next usage | ⌃⌥⌘↓ |
| Move to prev usage | ⌃⌥⌘↑ |
| Show Parameter List | ⌃⇧␣ |
| Show quick info | ⌘F1 |
| Show Scopes | ⌥⇧⌘P |
| Transpose characters | ⌃T |
| Wrap with | ⌥⇧W |
View
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Center and Focus Document | ⌃L |
| Focus Document | F7 |
| Full Screen | ⌃⌘F |
| Move to Next Notebook | ⌥⌘→ |
| Move to Previous Notebook | ⌥⌘← |
| Navigate Back | ⌃⌘← |
| Navigate Forward | ⌃⌘→ |
| Normal Size | ⌘0 |
| One Editor Column | ⌥⌘1 |
| Show Next | ⌥⌘↓, F8 |
| Show Previous | ⌥⌘↑, ⇧F8 |
| Two Editor Columns | ⌥⌘2 |
| Zoom In | ⌘+, ⌘= |
| Zoom Out | ⌘-, ⌘_ |
Window
| Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
|---|---|
| Activate 1 | ⌘1 |
| Activate 2 | ⌘2 |
| Activate 3 | ⌘3 |
| Activate 4 | ⌘4 |
| Activate 5 | ⌘5 |
| Activate 6 | ⌘6 |
| Activate 7 | ⌘7 |
| Activate 8 | ⌘8 |
| Activate 9 | ⌘9 |
| Hide Others | ⌥⌘H |
| Hide Visual Studio | ⌘H |
| Minimize | ⌘M |
| Next Document | ⌘}, ⌘F6 |
| Previous Document | ⌘{, ⇧⌘F6 |
| Switch to next document | ⌃⇥ |
| Switch to next pad | ⌃⌥⇥ |
| Switch to previous document | ⌃⇧⇥ |
| Switch to previous pad | ⌃⌥⇧⇥ |
macOS key symbols lookup
| Symbol | Key |
|---|---|
| ⌘ | Command (cmd) |
| ⌥ | Option (alt) |
| ⇧ | Shift |
| ⌃ | Control (ctrl) |
| ⇞ | Page Up (Pg Up) |
| ⇟ | Page Down (Pg Dn) |
| ⌫ | Delete (Backspace) |
| ⌦ | Forward Delete |
| ⏎ | Return |
| ←→↑↓ | Arrow Keys |
| ↖ | Home |
| ↘ | End |
| ␣ | Space Bar |
| ⇥ | Tab |
See also
