Is there a way to delete a line in Visual Studio without cutting it?
Visual StudioVisual Studio-2010Keyboard ShortcutsVisual Studio Problem Overview
I want to delete a line just like hitting Ctrl + X without anything selected, but without saving the line to the copy stack. Is this possible?
I'm using Visual Studio 2010.
Visual Studio Solutions
Solution 1 - Visual Studio
Edit.LineDelete
is the name of the command. By default it's bound to Ctrl + Shift + L, but you can give it whatever you like in Tools | Options | Keyboard.
Edit: Corrected default shortcut info.
Solution 2 - Visual Studio
Ctrl + Shift + L will delete the line and not copy to the clipboard.
Solution 3 - Visual Studio
I mapped Ctrl + L (Global) to Edit.LineDelete
. Otherwise, the shortcut key is Ctrl + Shift + L, which is awkward. Go to Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard
as shown below.
Solution 4 - Visual Studio
Correction in my answer
Ubuntu 16 & Visual studio Version: 1.30.1
To cut line Shift + del
To delete line Shift + Ctrl + k
Solution 5 - Visual Studio
CTRL + L (Visual Studio 2019 Windows)
Solution 6 - Visual Studio
Its Cmd + Shift + K on mac by default.
But it can be modified according to user needs from the settings (Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts
) -> search for Delete Line
key value.
Solution 7 - Visual Studio
By default, if you are using the C# default profile, you can delete a line using Ctrl + Shift + L.
You can customize this using Tools->Customize. Select "Keyboard". Look for the command Edit.LineDelete to assign it to whichever keyboard shortcut you like. Source
If you got here looking for an answer for Visual Studio Code the default shortcut is:
ctrl + shift + K for Windows
ā + shift + K for MacOS
However, you can change on File > Preferences > Keyboard shortcuts
{
"key": "ctrl+shift+delete",
"command": "editor.action.deleteLines",
"when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
}
Solution 8 - Visual Studio
none of the above answers worked for me. to delete a line in visual studio code use :shift+del
Solution 9 - Visual Studio
All the answers were helpful but didn't seem to work for me.
So I found the solution --> for Visual Studio 2017 (and certainly 2019):
Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard > on the right pane select Edit.LineEdit.
Below there is a ComboBox Use new shortcut in: with Global written --> Change it to Text Editor.
On the right there is a Text input Press shortcut keys:, so use the shortcut of your choice.
Then click on Assign PushButton on the right (otherwise it won't be applied).
Finally > OK.
You can now open a .CPP file and use your shortcut to remove a line.
Solution 10 - Visual Studio
On Visual Studio 2019 for Mac, it's CTRL + K to cut the whole line by default.
Solution 11 - Visual Studio
Here is a url for the keyboard short cut reference for windows: https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-windows.pdf
For windows: Ctrl + Shift + k
Solution 12 - Visual Studio
The other answers are specific to Visual Studio, which is what was requested by OP, however if anyone is looking for a more generalized way to do this for most Windows programs, you can also Triple-Click to select any block of text, then just press the Delete key. This works for any Windows text editors or TextBoxes, including password boxes, search boxes, browser web address boxes, etc. For text editors such as Visual Studio, a block of text is typically one line of code. Obviously you can do other things too, such as triple-click to select a line of code, then Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V to cut/paste, etc, or just triple-click and type over it to replace a line.