Visual Studio for Mac is an awesome tool. It allows you to use your C# skills to write cross platform apps, Unity scripts, .NET core libraries and much more. If you use Visual Studio both on Windows and on Mac this list of shortcut-keys to perform common actions on each platform might come in handy.

Visual Studio hotkeys you cannot live without. Windows and Mac.

2018-04-28

This article assumes a clean installation of Visual Studio without third party tools like Resharper.

Description	Windows hotkey	Mac hotkey
Move a line up	`ALT` + `↑`	`⌥` + `↑`
Move a line up	`ALT` + `↑`	`⌥` + `↓`
Format document	`CTRL` + `k`, `CTRL` + `d`	`⌃` + `i`
Sort and remove usings	`CTRL` + `r`, `CTRL` + `g`	not defined (*)
Build solution	`CTRL` + `SHIFT` + `b`	`⌘` + `b`
Delete a line	`SHIFT` + `DELETE`	not defined (*)
Smart Tag (Quick fix)	`CTRL` + `.`	`⌥` + `⏎`
Comment multiple lines	`CTRL` + `k`, `CTRL` + `c`	`⌘` + `/`
Uncomment multiple lines	`CTRL` + `k`, `CTRL` + `u`	`⌘` + `/`
Start without debugging	`CTRL` + `F5`	`⌥` + `⌘` + `⏎`
Start with debugging	`F5`	`⌘` + `⏎`
Stop running	`SHIFT` + `F5`	`⇧` + `⌘` + `⏎`
Toggle Breakpoint	`F9`	(`fn`) `F9`
Debug, Step over	`F10`	`⌘` + `⇧` + `o`
Debug, Step into	`F11`	`⌘` + `⇧` + `i`
Debug, Continue	`F5`	`⌘` + `⏎`

(*) Add key bindings in Visual Studio for mac

If a menu option is not available as a shortcut, you can add it yourself.

Press ⌘ + , to open options
Find the menu option. In this example: Remove unused and sort (usings)
Define a binding
Press Apply

options

Written by Loek van den Ouweland on 2018-04-28.
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