I can jump to code if I click in a method name and hit F12. But, is there a keyboard short cut to jump back to the previous code editor location?
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2In Visual Studio Code You can also choose
+ – David Aug 01 '18 at 02:53to return to your original location after navigating using F12. -
No. that doesn't work in VS2015. Typical of MS to REMOVE useful and productive features. (It as ALWAYS been Ctrl-* gojng back decades... until those clowns decided to re-write it yet again) – SpacemanScott Apr 10 '19 at 13:06
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Ctrl + - : (that's Ctrl and Minus) will navigate back (maps to View.NavigateBackward
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See this list of pre-defined keyboard shortcuts on MSDN.
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1Note: use the minus key with the underscore character. The minus key, on the keypad, may not work for this shortcut. I suppose it depends on the keyboard that you use. – Jesus Is Coming Aug 17 '20 at 13:48
@Oded is correct, but wait, there's more!
- If F12 sent you to a new tab window you can Ctrl + Tab to get back to your original tab. If you hold down Ctrl you can cycle through tab windows
- In VS 2010 you can Ctrl + Click to Go To Definition, in addition to F12.
- You can also hold down Ctrl and move your mouse over identifiers to highlight which ones you can jump to
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For F12, MSVS 2010 opens a new tab. For MSVS 2013 it replaces current tab. I'm not seeing anywhere to configure this behavior. – crokusek Feb 24 '15 at 19:47
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To Prevent Closing [Link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12795944/how-do-you-prevent-visual-studio-2012-from-automatically-closing-preview-files) – crokusek Feb 27 '15 at 00:47
While Ctrl- and CtrlShift- are indeed the shortcuts to navigate to the previous/next cursor position, in this particular case (i.e., going back after F12 or similar) this shortcut might be more useful:
CtrlShift8 (=View.PopBrowseContext
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It will jump back to the place where you pressed F12, ignoring any cursor locations after you pressed F12.
(NOTE: currently using VS 2013, and hoping this shortcut entry also exists in VS 2010...)
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1It existed in VS 2010, and is what I've always used, but it doesn't seem functional in VS 2015, unfortunately. – P Daddy May 16 '16 at 14:58
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1Related: [Visual Studio 2015: Ctrl+Shift+8 (View.PopBrowseContext) to navigate back not working?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/32097787/3258851) – Marc.2377 Dec 17 '18 at 13:00
In Visual Studio Code, you can also use Alt + Left-Arrow to return to your original location in the source code after navigating with F12.
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