I’ve been programming in Visual Studio for nearly a year. What I have learned is using keyboard shortcuts is the perfect way to make coding more enjoyable. One feature Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 offers is Intellisense. It is Microsoft’s way of helping programmers complete (without fully typing) intended methods, variables, extensions, etc.
When I first started, I would attempt to access an object’s method only to realize I had selected the wrong method. I would then need to delete past the period, then press period again to see all the Intellisense options. Now, I know and use all the time the shortcut CTRL+SPACE to bring up the Intellisense menu.
With the keyboard shortcut CTRL+SPACE, there is no need to delete unwanted characters in the existing Intellisense. This shortcut will take the existing characters into consideration when displaying the options. Either way, the easiest way is to try this yourself!
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