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When I write something like Console. I get suggestions like Console.Write and Console.WriteLine. I don't want to use the arrow keys, they are too far away, how do create a shortcut for that? I would prefer something like shift+o for moving up and shift+k for moving down.

Blub
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    What do you mean, the arrow keys are too far away? How is using Shift+o easier then using the arrow keys?! – Alan Shortis Oct 11 '12 at 07:38
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    When I type `Console.` , my hands are on the left side of the keyboard, now if I want to reach the arrow keys, I have to move my right hand up and towards the right side where the arrow keys are. – Blub Oct 11 '12 at 07:42
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    @Blub - How will that work, as when you press `SHIFT+o` or `SHIFT+k` you will select suggestions beginning with 'O' or 'K'? Do you type `Console.` with only one hand? What type of keyboard are you using? – Piers Myers Oct 11 '12 at 07:47
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    Piers, I think you just need to try it and then you see what I mean. – Blub Oct 11 '12 at 07:51
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    `C`, `o`, `n`, `s`, `o`, `l`, `e`, `.` (last character typed with my right hand which can move a little more to the right to press the arrow keys on my standard UK QWERTY keyboard very easily) I can't say that `shift+o` and `shift+k` would work for me. – Piers Myers Oct 11 '12 at 08:21
  • Here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18153541/scrolling-through-visual-studio-intellisense-list-without-mouse-or-keyboard-arro – pomber Jun 28 '15 at 17:57
  • Does this answer your question? [Scrolling through Visual Studio Intellisense list without mouse or keyboard arrows](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18153541/scrolling-through-visual-studio-intellisense-list-without-mouse-or-keyboard-arro) – Johann Feb 14 '22 at 17:42

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Try TouchCursor, it lets you use the home keys as cursor key

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You can always remap the keyboard shortcuts to do what you want. See my answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18744507/958809

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Doktorn
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I don't if there is an alternative for navigating one by one but you can use the first letters of every word to quickly find what you are looking for.

Typing Console.wl will quickly bring up Console.WriteLine. It's available by ReSharper I think.

You don't even have to type the first letters by the order. Typing avl can bring up SomeMethodWithAVeryLongName.

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    If I type `Console.wl` it comes u with 2 choices - `WriteLine` and `WindowLeft`, I would have to type `Console.WLi` to get the one I wanted, although once you select one it does default to it next time. – Piers Myers Oct 11 '12 at 08:36
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I don't know solutions within Visual Studio and ReSharper.
But maybe a remapping of keyboard keys can help, i.e. remap Caps Look key to Arrow Down key. See http://www.askdrtech.com/solutions/post/How-to-change-keyboard-mapping.aspx for explanation.

thersch
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I think your problem is just this: Ctrl + Alt + Space

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  1. In VS Code, go to File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts
  2. Search for suggest select in the search bar
  3. the ones you want to change are selectNextSuggestion and selectPrevSuggestion. I mapped mine to TAB and shift + TAB, respectively, to free my arrow keys.

There's plenty of cool stuff you can customize for Intelisense. Check the documentation page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/intellisense

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