Stack Overflow has covered favorite short-cuts and add-ins, optimizations and preferences -- great topics all. If this one has been covered, I can't find it -- so thanks in advance for the link.

What are your favorite Visual Studio keyboard remappings?

Mine are motivated by the fact that I'm a touch-typist. Mouse, function keys, arrow keys, Home, End -- bleh. These are commands I do all day every day, so I've remapped them to sequences I can execute without moving my hands from the home row.

The command that is remapped in Tools => Customize => [Keyboard] is shown in parentheses.

I'm 100% positive that there are better remappings than these, so please post yours! Please include the command; oft times, figuring it out is a challenge.

-- Hoytster

Running the app and operating the debugger

Ctrl+Q + Ctrl+R Run the application, in debug mode (Debug.Start)

Ctrl+Q + Ctrl+Q Quit (stop) the application (Debug.StopDebugging)

Ctrl+T Toggle a breakpoint at the current line (Debug.ToggleBreakpoint)

Ctrl+K + Ctrl+I Step Into the method (Debug.StepInto)

Ctrl+K + Ctrl+O Step Out of the method (Debug.StepOut)

Ctrl+N Step over the method to the Next statement (Debug.StepOver)

Ctrl+K + Ctrl+C Run the code, stopping at the Cursor position (Debug.RunToCursor)

Ctrl+K + Ctrl+E Set then next statement to Execute (Debug.SetNextStatement)

Navigating the code

Ctrl+S Move a character LEFT (Edit.CharLeft)

Ctrl+D Move a character RIGHT (Edit.CharRight)

Ctrl+Q + Ctrl+S Move to the LEFT END of the current line (Edit.LineStart)

Ctrl+Q + Ctrl+D Move to the RIGHT END of the current line (Edit.LineEnd)

Ctrl+E Move a line UP (Edit.LineUp)

Ctrl+X Move a line DOWN (Edit.LineDown)

Ctrl+K + Ctrl+K Toggle (add or remove) bookmark (Edit.ToggleBookmark)

Ctrl+K + Ctrl+N Move to the NEXT bookmark (Edit.NextBookmark)

Ctrl+K + Ctrl+P Move to the PREVIOUS bookmark (Edit.PreviousBookmark)

Ctrl+Q + Ctrl+W Save all modified Windows (File.SaveAll)

Ctrl+L Find the NEXT instance of the search string (Edit.FindNext)

Ctrl+K + Ctrl+L Find the PREVIOUS instance of the search string (Edit.FindPrevious)

Ctrl+Q + Ctrl+L Drop down the list of open files (Window.ShowEzMDIFileList)

The last sequence is like clicking the downward-facing triangle in the upper-right corner of the code editor window. VS will display a list of all the open windows. You can select from the list by typing the file name; the matching file will be selected as you type. Pause for a second and resume typing, and the matching process starts over, so you can select a different file. Nice, VS Team. The key takes you to the tab for the selected file.