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CP4P Keyboard Shortcuts Windows and Visual Studio

Keyboard shortcuts can help programmers work more efficiently by reducing reliance on mice. Some essential Windows shortcuts include Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+V to paste, and Alt+Tab to switch between open applications. In Visual Studio, shortcuts allow formatting code with Ctrl+K+D, building with F7, and running with Ctrl+F5. IntelliSense provides auto-completion with TAB and inserts matching parentheses when typing.

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CP4P Keyboard Shortcuts Windows and Visual Studio

Keyboard shortcuts can help programmers work more efficiently by reducing reliance on mice. Some essential Windows shortcuts include Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl+V to paste, and Alt+Tab to switch between open applications. In Visual Studio, shortcuts allow formatting code with Ctrl+K+D, building with F7, and running with Ctrl+F5. IntelliSense provides auto-completion with TAB and inserts matching parentheses when typing.

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COMPUTER PRINCIPLES

FOR PROGRAMMERS 
Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows and Visual Studio
Real programmers
don’t use a mouse.
Neither do actors in movies.
Type like an actor
Talk all you want, don’t copy or share files.
Share ideas for understanding the
problem, not the answers or code.

Avoid the use of paraphrasing tools. "Evade the utilization of rephrasing implements.“
Paraphrasing is plagiarism unless the source text is clearly cited and referenced.
You are not here to get marks.

You are here to learn something.

Do not copy and paste anything


without citation and references.
Keyboard Shortcuts Agenda
1. Mice are good for users and cats.
2. All you should need on a web form is TAB & ENTER.
3. Essential keyboard shortcuts on Windows.
4. Keyboard shortcuts within Visual Studio IDE.
5. Details of Using File Explorer
are found at end of this "deck".
…as in slide deck…as in business lingo.
First Computer Keyboard

Notice:
No Mouse.
Windows System Shortcuts
Snapping Windows - Side by Side
• +   snap half screen
•   to select app on other ½
• Hold +  snaps to
quadrants or other screens
• +  maximize window
• +  restore from max
or minimize window
Windows System Shortcuts
• Windows key: start typing to find anything
+ Tab: display all active applications
Alt + Tab: switch to previously active application
Ctrl +Tab: switch between tabs within application
Alt+F4:Alt+spBar,C: Close app. Ctrl+{F4|W}: Close tab.
• + L: Lock PC or switch account. (n/a in Seneca Labs)
• + E: Open File Explorer.
• + R: Open Run dialog box to start an application
• + D: Show/hide Desktop.
Essential Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows
Windows Editing Shortcuts
• Do you use a mouse to cut, copy, paste? No – too slow.
Ctrl + Z / X / C / V / Y – undo, cut, copy, paste, redo
• Undo is handy for unwanted AutoCorrections
• + V to paste from clipboard history. Pin to keep!
• Ctrl + F is for find
• Ctrl + H to find and replace text (be careful)
• Ctrl + S saves the file (save early, save often)
• consider Autosave and the pros and cons to using it.
Navigation Shortcuts in Windows
• Home: go to start of line. CTRL+Home: top of document
• End: go to end of line. CTRL+End: bottom of
document
• SHIFT+Home/End selects from cursor position to start/end
• Alt+Shift+Up/Down: Moves the paragraph up/down. Or,
select any portion of multiple paragraphs and move all.
Navigation Shortcuts in Windows
• CTRL + Right  go forward one word
• CTRL + Left  go backward one word
• CTRL + Up  go to previous paragraph
• CTRL + Down  go to next paragraph
• CTRL + A selects ALL
• SHIFT +  selects char, + Ctrl selects word
Visual Studio IDE
• To develop an application, edit your source code, save the
source file in an organized place, compile/build the program,
and run/debug your program.
• An industrial strength IDE like VS does all these steps in an
integrated development environment, instead of doing each
step with different software/shell and switching among those.
• … letting you concentrate on your development job.
Visual Studio IDE
• Developers work inside IDEs like VS most of the time.
• Keyboard shortcuts save time and facilitate your job there.
• Keyboard shortcuts are vital to productivity.
• Other development advantages with an IDE like VS:
create games, web, mobile, and cloud based apps,
connect to databases, team services and collaboration,
version control, package and release management,
repositories, Git support, and more.
Useful Keyboard Shortcuts in VS IDE
Windows selection & editing
shortcuts work in Visual Studio
Special Keyboard Shortcuts in VS IDE
• Ctrl + KD formats source code
• F7 or Ctrl + Shift + B builds your application
• Ctrl + F5 runs it
• Alt + Up  moves current / selected lines up
Alt + Down  moves current / selected lines down
• Ctrl+KC Comments current / selected lines
Ctrl+KU Uncomments current / selected lines
Special Keyboard Shortcuts in VS IDE
Rename
• Ctrl+RR with cursor on a variable name
Copy, Cut, Duplicate a line the cursor is on
(without any selection of a line or text)
• Ctrl+C – Copy line
• Ctrl+X – Cut line
• Ctrl+D – Duplicate line
Visual Studio IntelliSense
Code and variable name completion
• Start typing + TAB to complete
• type ( and its completing pair ) is
inserted; same with "
Ctrl + Spacebar turns on IntelliSense
• before you start typing or, when it is staying
out of your way, to turn it back on.
• See demo on next slide
For
animation,

hover
mouse
cursor
over
image
and
click
PLAY 
triangle
in bottom
left

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