Reverse effect of tab in visual studio

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I'm using Visual Studio 2012, and I was wondering if there is any keyboard shortcut that does

the reverse effect of tab

The thing is, this not only works for Visual Studio but most other text editors as well. I use it often. — Shaz, Sep 19 '13 at 13:48

score 51 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 19 '13 at 11:01

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if you're talking about e.g. tabbing the code to indent it, then

SHIFT + TAB

edited Sep 19 '13 at 11:01

codin freak

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answered Sep 19 '13 at 10:48

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You could also select some code then go to Edit > Advanced > Format Selection – Sayse Sep 19 '13 at 10:52
@codinfreak - I still don't understand what your question says or how dave managed to get the right answer. I'm just saying something else you could use as well as the keyboard shortcut – Sayse Sep 19 '13 at 10:54

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 19 '13 at 10:55

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DaveDev beat me to it you can use SHIFT + TAB to move code inversely to what tab would do to the code.

As an extra bit of detail about formatting, you can also use CTRL+E+D to format the entire document which may save you time, or if you have a specific selection such as a if statement highlight it and press CTRL+E+F.

Happy formatting!

Edit: to do the keyboard keys, do <.kbd>CTRL<./kbd> but remove the periods.

answered Sep 19 '13 at 10:55

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Be aware the format keys do vary depending upon the chosen VS environment settings, e.g. General developer vs C# developer, so it can be CTRL + K + D, rather than CTRL + E + D – SteveC Sep 19 '13 at 15:32
Yeah, it had me confused when I was thumping hard on the K D keys and nothing was happening ... finally sussed the reason :-) – SteveC Sep 19 '13 at 16:04

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 19 '13 at 11:01

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try this combo to reverse tab effect

SHIFT + TAB

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answered Sep 19 '13 at 10:50

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Reverse effect of tab in visual studio

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