What is the most efficient way to cut/paste in Visual Studio?

Question

I find that I am cutting and pasting a LOT when I program. For example, method, variable and class names are things I regularly cut/paste. I do use "ctrl+space" after typing part of a word to autocomplete them or popup intellisense when there's duplicates found.

But just for straight copy/pasting do you guys have any good shortcuts/tricks/tips to use?

I already use these shortcuts as I program but I wonder if I am missing anything?

• ctrl+x (with nothing selected)
• ctrl+v (with nothing selected)
• ctrl+l (with nothing selected)
• ctrl+shift+arrowKeys

If I could copy/paste quicker I think I'd be able to write code quite a bit faster.

Answer 1

In Visual Studio has multi-paste.
pressing Ctrl+Shift+V allows you to paste any of the 10 last things you cut/copied.

Answer 2

Install and learn ViEmu.

Answer 3

I have more of a hardware solution. On my MS 4000 keyboard I have the back and forward buttons right under the space bar bound to copy and paste respectively. This actually makes copying and pasting much easier than I thought it would when I first did it.

Answer 4

I use ClipX, which gives you system-wide multi-paste. You can paste any of the last [configurable number] of things in your clipboard. You can also save "favourite" items, which stick on the list forever.

Answer 5

Shift + Page Up/Down to select everything below/above the cursor.

Answer 6

If you're not using ctrl+shift+arrow to select whole words/lines, then that can help a lot.