Visual Basic Keyboard Shortcuts

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The following table lists the Visual Basic Mapping keyboard shortcuts for the Code Editor.

Note: Keyboard shortcuts that include the CTRL+ALT key combination are disabled when the Use CTRL+ALT Keys option is unchecked on the Tools > Options > Editor Options > Key Mappings page.

Alt+[	Finds the matching delimiter (forward)
Alt+]	Finds the matching delimiter (backward)
Alt+F12	Browse symbol at cursor (Delphi)
Alt+Page Down	Goes to the next tab
Alt+Page Up	Goes to the previous tab
Alt+Shift+Backspace	Edit|Redo
Alt+Shift+Down Arrow	Moves the cursor down one line and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position
Alt+Shift+End	Selects the column from the cursor position to the end of the current line
Alt+Shift+Home	Selects the column from the cursor position to the start of the current line
Alt+Shift+Left Arrow	Selects the column to the left of the cursor
Alt+Shift+Page Down	Moves the cursor down one line and selects the column from the right of the starting cursor position
Alt+Shift+Page Up	Moves the cursor up one screen and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position
Alt+Shift+Right Arrow	Selects the column to the right of the cursor
Alt+Shift+Up Arrow	Moves the cursor up one line and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position
Backspace	Deletes the character to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+End	Selects the column from the cursor position to the end of the current file
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Home	Selects the column from the cursor position to the start of the current file
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Arrow	Selects the column to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Page Down	Selects the column from the cursor position to the top of the screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Page Up	Selects the column from the cursor position to the bottom of the screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Arrow	Selects the column to the right of the cursor
Ctrl+Backspace	Deletes the word to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+F4	Closes the current page
Ctrl+G	Open file at cursor
Ctrl+j	Templates pop-up menu
Ctrl+K+C	Adds or removes // to each line in the selected code block to comment the code.
Ctrl+K+E	Converts the word under the cursor to lower case
Ctrl+K+F	Converts the word under the cursor to upper case
Ctrl+L	Deletes a line
Ctrl+Num +	Increases the font size of the Code Editor.
Ctrl+Num -	Decreases the font size of the Code Editor.
Ctrl+P	Causes next character to be interpreted as an ASCII sequence
Ctrl+Q+[	Finds the matching delimiter (forward)
Ctrl+Q+]	Finds the matching delimiter (backward)
Ctrl+Q+Ctrl+[	Finds the matching delimiter (forward)
Ctrl+Q+Ctrl+]	Finds the matching delimiter (backward)
Ctrl+Q+Y	Deletes to the end of a line
Ctrl+Shift+C	Invokes class completion for the class declaration in which the cursor is positioned
Ctrl+Shift+End	Selects from the cursor position to the end of the current file
Ctrl+Shift+Home	Selects from the cursor position to the start of the current file
Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow	Selects the word to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+Shift+PgDn	Selects from the cursor position to the bottom of the screen
Ctrl+Shift+PgUp	Selects from the cursor position to the top of the screen
Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow	Selects the word to the right of the cursor
Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Displays the previous window in the buffer list
Ctrl+T	Deletes the word to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+Tab	Displays the next window in the buffer list
Ctrl+y	Deletes a line
Ctrl+Y	Deletes to the end of a line
Delete	Deletes a character or block at the cursor
Enter	Inserts a new line character
Insert	Toggles insert mode
Shift+Backspace	Deletes the character to the left of the cursor
Shift+Down Arrow	Moves the cursor down one line and selects from the right of the starting cursor position
Shift+End	Selects from the cursor position to the end of the current line
Shift+Enter	Inserts a new line character
Shift+Home	Selects from the cursor position to the start of the current line
Shift+Left Arrow	Selects the character to the left of the cursor
Shift+PgDn	Moves the cursor down one line and selects from the right of the starting cursor position
Shift+PgUp	Moves the cursor up one screen and selects from the left of the starting cursor position
Shift+Right Arrow	Selects the character to the right of the cursor
Shift+Space	Inserts a blank space
Shift+Up Arrow	Moves the cursor up one line and selects from the left of the starting cursor position
Tab	Inserts a tab character
F1	Displays a help topic describing: A pointed reserved word, directive, or C++ keyword. A pointed identifier (or selected qualified identifier) corresponding to a name of a procedure, function, constant, property, variable, field, type, program, unit, library, or package described in installed CHM help files. The Code Editor.