Delete a line in Visual Studio without copying it?

Question

There is the shortcut Shift+Del to delete a line, but I want to delete the line without modifying what is in the clipboard.

Is there some way to configure it or another shortcut?

Solution 1

By default, if you are using the C# default profile, you can delete a line using Ctrl + Shift + L.

You can customize this using Tools->Customize. Select "Keyboard". Look for the command Edit.LineDelete to assign it to whichever keyboard shortcut you like.

Solution 2

If you got here looking for an answer for Visual Studio Code the default shortcut is:

ctrl + shift + K for Windows

⌘ + shift + K for MacOS

However, you can change on File > Preferences > Keyboard shortcuts

{
    "key": "ctrl+shift+delete",
    "command": "editor.action.deleteLines",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
}

For Visual Studio answer see @heavyd's answer

Solution 3

Ctrl + Shift + K 

will work fine for both Windows and Linux.

Solution 4

Go to tools -> options. Tab Environment -> subtab Keyboard.

Select Edit.LineDelete. Assign a shortcut. Thats it. I use Alt + D.

Solution 5

Default Shortcut Key in VS Code is : Ctrl + Shift + K.

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Comments

[ChrisF]

Which version of Visual Studio are you using? Because Del on highlighted lines works for Visual Studio 2008. I wouldn't have posted my answer if I hadn't tested it first.

[ChrisF]

Also what keyboard mapping scheme are you using?

[ChrisF]

@T. Kaltnekar - he should have explained that in the question or as a comment on the answer, we're not all mind readers!

[T. Kaltnekar]

Well, he did state he's looking for a shortcut which would suggest a key combination. I usually just go to start of line, pres Shift+Down then Del. Didn't even know there's a combo for directly deleting a line. For most simple things I don't use special shortcuts since they usually work in one editor and not in another.

[ChrisF]

I did get down-voted for suggesting this very solution.

[BrunoLM]

My question is not how to delete a line in a text-editor. It is about a shortcut on Visual Studio to delete a line.

[StackedCrooked]

@BrunoLM: my solution works in Visual Studio

[ChrisF]

see @T. Kaltnekar's comment on the question

[T. Kaltnekar]

+1 for pointing out where you can find a key combo or add new one.

[BrunoLM]

Not what I asked.

[Mike Clark]

Yes, of course this works. But it is too slow! :)

[gronostaj]

Same thing, but one key less: go to line, Home, Shift+Down, Del ;)

[Samuel]

Old school boy :)

[ᴍᴀᴛᴛ ʙᴀᴋᴇʀ]

This setting is under Tools>Options as mentioned below

[Kamil]

This is not keyboard shortcut, this is another "how to play on the piano" answer ;)

[Cfinley]

Can you add in the relevant parts of the link into your answer? We ask this to help the OP out, so they will not have to search through information that may not pertain to them. This is also to preserve the relevant information in case the hosting site goes down. For more information, see this meta post.

[HankCa]

And more importantly, CTRL+SHIFT+L doesn't copy the line to the buffer (SHIFT + Del is assigned to CUT by default). So if you re-assign SHIFT + Del as the short-cut for Edit.LineDelete then you can have that nice shortcut with the nasty side-effect. Nice one, thanks!

[mgae2m]

What is different between CTRL+L and CTRL+SHIFT+L?

[Tetsujin]

Can you provide a reference for this. It has already been posited as an answer & has one comment underneath... "No it's not."

[PeterPan]

Actually it works just fine on Windows 10 with Visual Studio Code 1.32.3.

[dawsnap]

Also worked for me in W10

[Josh Noe]

This should be a comment.

[Ravish]

Yeah, I realized 4 years later too that this should a comment :D, deleting it

[DAG]

mgae2m - CTRL+L is Edit.LineCut while CTRL+SHIFT+L is Edit.LineDelete

[bwdm]

ctrl + shift + K works for me on Linux.

[Ooker]

this answer is outdated. Let's downvote it