Visual Studio : short cut Key : Duplicate Line

Question

Is there a shortcut for Duplicate Line command in Visual Studio 2008?

Some similar examples:

• in Notepad++, I can duplicate the current line with: Ctrl+D
• in EditPlus: Ctrl+J
• in NetBeans: Ctrl+Shift+↓/↑
• in Eclipse, Ctrl+Alt+↓/↑
• in Vi/Vim, yyp
• etc.

Answer 1

In Visual Studio 2019

Ctrl + D

In Visual Studio 2017 (v15.6 and after)

Ctrl + D

In Visual Studio 2017 (pre v15.6)

(edit) This feature is now built-in in VS2017: Ctrl + E, V duplicates a line if nothing is selected, or duplicates selection. You can assign it to a different key combination, or find it in the menu:

See this reference for more information.

Pre VS2017, built-in method using clipboard

As @cand mentioned, you can just do Ctrl + C ; Ctrl + V.

Ctrl + C will copy the line if nothing is selected.

Macro solution (pre VS2017)

If you'd like to implement a more complete solution, perhaps to create a simpler keyboard shortcut or you don't want to effect the clipboard, see this guide:

Visual Basic:

Imports System Imports EnvDTE Imports EnvDTE80 Imports System.Diagnostics   Public Module DuplicateLastLineModule     Sub DuplicateLine()         Dim line As String         DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.StartOfLine(0)         DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.EndOfLine(True)         line = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text         DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.EndOfLine()         DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.NewLine()         DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.StartOfLine(0)         DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = line     End Sub End Module 

To create the macro, just go to the macro explorer ("Tools->Macros->Macro Explorer" or Alt+F8) and copy paste the code in a new module. Now just assign a keyboard shortcut to it:

1. go to Tools->Options...
2. under Environment, click Keyboard
3. in the "Show Commands Containing" textbox, enter "duplicate" (this according to the name you gave the module.)
4. you should now see the macro in the list below
5. choose "Text Editor" from the "Use new shortcut in" list
6. set focus in the "Press shortcut keys" textbox and hit the combination on the keyboard you wish to use for it (Ctrl+Shift+D in my case)
7. hit the "Assign" button
8. you should now see the shortcut in the "Shortcuts for selected command" textbox
9. hit the OK button

And that's it. Enjoy!

Answer 2

There's a free extension you can download here that lets you duplicate lines without replacing the clipboard contents.

By default its bound to Alt + D, but you can change it to anything you want by going to Tools->Options->Environment->Keyboard. Type "Duplicate" in the search box and look for "Edit.DuplicateSelection" and edit the shortcut to whatever you want. I prefer Ctrl + D to be consistent with other editors.