Visual Studio keyboard shortcut to display IntelliSense

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What's the keyboard shortcut for Visual Studio to display the IntelliSense box if one accidentally hits ESC and wants the box come back again?

Edveh answered 4/9, 2010 at 1:24 Comment(2)

exact duplicate of #145871 – Kulsrud 4/9, 2010 at 1:32

Possible duplicate of What's the default intellisense shortcut in vs2008? – Company 14/5, 2018 at 13:13

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Ctrl + Space

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Ctrl + J

You can also go to menu Tools → Options → Environment → Keyboard and check what is assigned to these shortcuts. The command name should be Edit.CompleteWord.

Willetta answered 4/9, 2010 at 1:34 Comment(1)

Of note for Messenger plus! users: You have to change the lock shortcut, even if it is disabled it interferes with Visual Studio. Plus! > Preferences & Options > Features > Messenger lock, and, Plus! > Passwords > Unlock Messenger. – Willetta 19/5, 2011 at 14:54

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Additionally, Ctrl + K, Ctrl + I shows you Quick info (handy inside parameters)

Ctrl+Shift+Space shows you parameter information.

Earflap answered 4/9, 2010 at 1:57 Comment(1)

Ctrl+Shift+Space is all I needed, I was kinda tired of removing a single character from a parameter just so I could see all signatures and parameter info. Thanks! – Gallard 12/3, 2015 at 0:3

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Ctrl + Space

or

Ctrl + J

You can also go to menu Tools → Options → Environment → Keyboard and check what is assigned to these shortcuts. The command name should be Edit.CompleteWord.

Willetta answered 4/9, 2010 at 1:34 Comment(1)

Of note for Messenger plus! users: You have to change the lock shortcut, even if it is disabled it interferes with Visual Studio. Plus! > Preferences & Options > Features > Messenger lock, and, Plus! > Passwords > Unlock Messenger. – Willetta 19/5, 2011 at 14:54

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The most efficient one is Ctrl + ..

It helps to automate insertions of using directives. It works if the focus is on a new identifier, e.g. class name.

Oswaldooswalt answered 13/5, 2013 at 9:52 Comment(1)

Perhaps this should be qualified with C#. Neither VB.NET or C++ has using. – Eosin 28/12, 2018 at 13:29

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Ctrl+Space should do it.

Alwitt answered 4/9, 2010 at 1:30 Comment(0)

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It should be Ctrl + J.

Patristic answered 4/9, 2010 at 1:33 Comment(0)

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If you have arrived at this question because IntelliSense has stopped working properly and you are hoping to force it to show you what you need, then most likely none of these solutions are going to work.

Closing and restarting Visual Studio should fix the problem.

Bloodroot answered 19/8, 2016 at 19:39 Comment(1)

Most of the time, this solution works for me. Bug? But it works. – Obvert 8/4, 2017 at 16:56

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If you want to change whether it highlights the best fitting possibility, use:

Ctrl + Alt + Space

Shortwave answered 23/6, 2015 at 9:29 Comment(0)

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Alt + Right Arrow and Alt + Numpad 6 (if Num Lock is disabled) are also possibilities.

Reluctance answered 26/8, 2015 at 20:23 Comment(0)

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In Visual Studio 2015 this shortcut opens a preview of the definition which even works through typedefs and #defines.

Ctrl + , (comma)

Pushbike answered 29/5, 2016 at 0:44 Comment(0)

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On Visual Studio Community 7.5.3 on Mac this works for me:

Ctrl + Space

Valona answered 27/7, 2018 at 9:13 Comment(0)

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The shortcut to bring up the IntelliSense box is called Edit.ListMembers. It defaults to:

Ctrl + J

The shortcut to automatically select the most likely option is Edit.CompleteWord. It defaults to:

Ctrl + Space

Ecru answered 30/10, 2022 at 21:19 Comment(0)

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You have to have your cursor on the code which has a red line under it. Now press :

Ctrl + K + I

Fringe answered 28/8, 2023 at 11:28 Comment(0)

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