below are the shortcuts that I mostly use in visual studio, descriptions taken from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/da5kh0wa.aspx
| shortcut | description |
| CTRL+F | Displays the Quick tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+F | Displays the In Files tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. |
| CTRL+H | Displays the replace options on the Quick tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+H | Displays the replace options on the In Files tab of the Find and Replace dialog box. |
| CTRL+F3 | Finds the next occurrence of the currently selected text, or the word at the cursor. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+F3 | Finds the previous occurrence of the currently selected text, or the word at the cursor. |
| F3 | Finds the next occurrence of the search text. |
| SHIFT+F3 | Finds the previous occurrence of the search text. |
| CTRL+K, R or SHIFT+F12 | Displays the list of references for the selected symbol. |
| F7 | View code, For the selected item, opens the corresponding file and puts the cursor in the correct location. |
| SHIFT+F7 | Switches to Design view for the current document. Available only in Source view. |
| F12 | Go to definition |
| CTRL+M, CTRL+A | Collapses all regions on the page to show just the outermost groups in the hierarchy; typically the using/imports section and the namespace definition. |
| CTRL+M, CTRL+T | Hides the selected HTML tag and displays an ellipsis (. . .) instead. You can view the complete tag as a tooltip by putting the mouse pointer over the ellipsis. |
| CTRL+M, CTRL+O | Collapses existing regions to provide a high-level view of the types and members in the source file. |
| CTRL+K, CTRL+D or CTRL+E, D | Formats the current document according to the indentation and code formatting settings specified on the Formatting pane in the Options dialog box, for the current language. |
| CTRL+L | Cuts all selected lines, or the current line if nothing has been selected, to the Clipboard. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+L | Deletes all selected lines, or the current line if no selection has been made. |
