Visual Studio keyboard shortcut to display IntelliSense

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What s the keyboard shortcut for Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2005 and Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2008 to display the IntelliSense box if one accidentally hits ESC and wants the box come back again

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Ctrl Space should do it

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On Visual Studio Community 7 5 3 on Mac this works for me   Ctrl   Space

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Alt   Right Arrow and Alt   Numpad 6  if Num Lock is disabled  are also possibilities

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If you want to change whether it highlights the best fitting possibility  use   Ctrl   Alt   Space

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Additionally  Ctrl   K  Ctrl   I shows you Quick info  handy inside parameters   Ctrl Shift Space shows you parameter information

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The most efficient one is Ctrl       It helps to automate insertions of using directives  It works if the focus is on a new identifier  e g  class name

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Ctrl   Space  or  Ctrl   J  You can also go to menu Tools   Options   Environment   Keyboard and check what is assigned to these shortcuts  The command name should be Edit CompleteWord

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In Visual nbsp Studio nbsp 2015 this shortcut opens a preview of the definition which even works through typedefs and  defines   Ctrl      comma

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It should be Ctrl   J

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If you have arrived at this question because IntelliSense has stopped working properly and you are hoping to force it to show you what you need  then most likely none of these solutions are going to work   Closing and restarting Visual Studio should fix the problem

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