Visual Studio - Is there a keyboard combination to select an entire line?

I already know about Ctrl + L to delete an entire line...is there one to just select an entire line (which I can then copy and paste somewhere else...)

You can also use Ctrl + X to cut an entire line. Similarly, you can use Ctrl + C to copy an entire line.

As long as you don't have anything selected, the command will work on the entire line.

Hit

• Home
• Shift + End

You can do it with Shift + DownArrow.

Yes there is. If you are in the begining of the line press Shift+ End. If you are in the end of the line press Shift+ Home. Hope that helps

I believe, if you don't have any selection and press Ctrl + C, it would copy the line.

Shift + End = Select between cursor and the end of the line

It's Home+Home, then Shift+Down for me.

Or you change that setting which makes Ctrl+C with no selection copy the line. But I hate that, so I always turn it off. (Thanks to Bala for providing the link to that setting!)

To cut a line, Ctrl+L works in my keyboard settings.

Visual Studio macros are another way to do these types of operations if you can't find an existing command. A simple way to create one is:

• Use the Record TemporaryMacro option (under Tools/Macros).
• Select the line however you prefer (e.g., home, shift, end).
• Click Stop Recording (under Tools/Macros).
• Choose Save TemporaryMacro (under Tools/Macros).
• Then choose Tools/Customize/Keyboard and assign a shortcut to the macro.

There's also Alt-Up and Alt-Down to move whole lines. It's two fewer keystrokes than using Ctrl-X, and unlike Ctrl-X, it also moves multiple whole lines at a time if your selection covers multiple lines even partially. It's also nice because the feedback is instantaneous, unlike Ctrl-X where you can never remember whether the pasted line will go above or below your cursor.

I saw this and thought I'd never use the feature. But once I got used to it I use it all the time. There's no easier way to move a block of code than using Shift-Up/Down to select the lines, press Alt-Up/Down a few times to move them, and then use Tab to adjust the indentation.

Of course it only works within the same file though.

It's not specifically a keyboard shortcut, but a triple-click will select a whole line of code.

This works in some other areas of Windows as well. In Chrome, for example, double-click selects a word, but triple-click selects a paragraph.

(This works in Visual Studio 2013 on Windows 7. Not sure about other versions/platforms.)

I use Ctrl + Insert to copy entire line, and Shift + Insert to paste entire line.

Other answers require either using a mouse or hitting more than one combination. So I've created a macro for those who want a VSCode-like Ctrl+L behaviour. It can select multiple lines.

To use it, install Visual Commander extension for macros: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SergeyVlasov.VisualCommander

Then create a new command, select C# as a language and paste this code:

using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;

public class C : VisualCommanderExt.ICommand
{
	public void Run(EnvDTE80.DTE2 DTE, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Package package) 
	{
		var ts = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection as EnvDTE.TextSelection;
		if (!ts.ActivePoint.AtStartOfLine)
			ts.StartOfLine();
		ts.LineDown(true, 1);
	}
}

Now you can assign a desired shortcut in preferences:

Tested in VS 2022.

Triple-click to select the whole line. Then do what you want.