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Is there a Visual Studio shortcut to highlight the current file in Solution Explorer?
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F5 is used to start your project in debug mode and Ctrl-F5 is used to start your project without debug mode.
For other version, you can have a look at the VS version folder. Meanwhile, you can also go to the installation folder like C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE and you can find the devenv.exe and directly double click it, it will start the VS normally.
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You can enable this option to always highlight the current (active) file:
Tools -> Options -> Projects and Solutions -> Track Active Item in Solution Explorer
To my knowledge there's no shortcut to go to it directly, however you could bind your own key combination by going to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard, search for View.TrackActivityInSolutionExplorer then assign a shortcut to it. The downside to this approach is that it toggles the option on and off rather than perform a one time highlight of the active file.
Alternately, you can use a macro to accomplish what you originally asked about. This blog post provides such a macro: Visual Studio Macro: Locate Item in Solution Explorer on Demand.
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Tools – Options – Projects and Solutions – Track Active Item in Solution Explorer
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