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?

exact duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/145371/whats-the-default-intellisense-shortcut-in-vs2008 — mcabral, Sep 04 '10 at 01:32
Possible duplicate of [What's the default intellisense shortcut in vs2008?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/145371/whats-the-default-intellisense-shortcut-in-vs2008) — Still.Tony, May 14 '18 at 13:13

score 207 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 28 '18 at 13:28

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

Ctrl+Shift+Space shows you parameter information.

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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! – Lennard Fonteijn Mar 12 '15 at 00:03

score 200 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 28 '18 at 13:27

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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.

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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`. – BrunoLM May 19 '11 at 14:54

score 27 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 28 '18 at 13:28

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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.

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Perhaps this should be qualified with C#. Neither VB.NET or C++ has `using`. – Peter Mortensen Dec 28 '18 at 13:29

score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 04 '10 at 01:30

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Ctrl+Space should do it.

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score 5 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 14 '11 at 12:36

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It should be Ctrl + J.

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score 5 · Answer 6 · edited Dec 28 '18 at 13:31

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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.

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Most of the time, this solution works for me. Bug? But it works. – ForEachLoop Apr 08 '17 at 16:56

score 4 · Answer 7 · edited Dec 28 '18 at 13:30

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

Ctrl + Alt + Space

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 26 '15 at 20:23

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

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score 2 · Answer 9 · edited Dec 28 '18 at 13:31

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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)

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score 2 · Answer 10 · edited Dec 28 '18 at 13:32

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

Ctrl + Space

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