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Auto generation keywords:

• typing "prop" and then hit tab twice will generate a property template;
• typing "ctor" and then hit tab twice will generate a constructor template;

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Key shortcuts:

• Auto-complete: Ctrl+Space. Intellisense suggestions may pop up a window if there is more than one possibility.
• Intellisense suggestions window: Ctrl+Shift+Space to bring it up. When giving parameters for functions, I often need to escape the suggestions window to check another part of code. To bring it back, I used to delete a comma and then type it again; but this is easier.
• Auto-format selection - Ctrl+K and then Ctrl+F
• Comment selection - Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C
• Uncomment selection - Ctrl+K, Ctrl+U

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Configurations:

• Insert quotes ("") values automatically while typing the attrib values [1]:

To set this option select Tools->Options. Check Show all settings. From the left pane select Text Editor -> HTML -> Format and check the insert attribute value quotes when typing checkbox.

• Typing /// before a method in VWD will fill the comment with:

///<summary>
///summary description
///</summary>
///<remarks>
///This is a test.
///</remarks>

• Redirect console output to Visual Studio output immediate window (instead of having it opening a system console):
  Right Click your package (not the solution!) choose then in the "Application" tab set the "Output type" to "Windows Application". Note: dont forget to change it back when you finish debugging;
  
  You may also need to check:Tools / Options / Debugging / General / "Redirect all Output Window text to the Immediate Window"
• Line numbering
Tools|Options|Text Editor|All Languages|General|Line numbers.

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[2] - Tips and Tricks for the Visual Studio .NET IDE