Is there a standard keyboard shortcut to build the current project in Visual Studio?

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I know that Ctrl + Shift + B launches a solution build, but I would like a shortcut that just builds the current project. Is a custom shortcut my only option?

Edit: Looks like a custom shortcut is my only option as Shift + F6 does not work for me.

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15 Answers

Assigning the shortcut to "Build.BuildOnlyProject" command doesn't seem to work in VS2008.

Assign the shortcut to "Build.BuildSelection". If you have a solution with several projects and files open from the various projects, whatever file you are currently editing will define the project that will be built when you use the assigned shortcut for "Build.BuildSelection".

You'll know the keyboard shortcut is working when you click the Build menu option and you see the keyboard shortcut on the menu itself.

btw - a restart/reboot is not required when assigning keyboard shortcuts.

user_96640

custom shortcut depending on what keybindings you are using.....if you look in your menu it will tell you if you have a keybinding.

The other thing I have got used to, because I make use of ViEmu, is use the menu shortcuts. Which are actually quite quick to do, and are independent of bindings.

  • So to build your project you go Alt + B, U
Keith_Nicholas_104310

VS 2012 has Shift + F6 already mapped for this. I was surprised to learn this.

user_4418620

For Visual Studio 2017 community, you can use Alt+b then press u to build your current project.

Details: ALT Switch to the main menu -> choose b for build -> u choose the option of build your_project_name from the drop list.

user_47376910

In Visual Studio 2019 this has been set to Ctrl+b

user_18243670

In Visual Studio 2017 and 2019, Shift + F6 works for me.

user_19885080

As Happy Mittal said (Alt + B + J) open a drop window that select the project build, but then i had to press enter instead the last "B" (VS 2017).

user_145959810

Sometimes I have to use Visual Studio in a language different than English and the navigation using Alt and a combination of keys is different. If there is someone in the same situation, I found out that is more convenient to create a keyboard shortcut to have consistency among languages. I followed the instructions from https://evanjpalmer.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/build-selection-short-cut-for-visual-studio/ to create the keyboard shortcut:

To set this up:

  1. Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard (Spanish: Herramientas -> Opciones -> Entorno -> Teclado)
  2. Put the cursor in “Press Keyboard Shortcut Keys” and shift CTRL+SHIFT+B
  3. In Show Commands Containing, type: Build.BuildSelection (Spanish: Compilar.Compilarselección)
  4. Select Build.BuildSelection from the drop down list and hit apply
  5. Put the cursor in “Press Keyboard Shortcut Keys” and shift CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+B
  6. In Show Commands Containing, type: Build.BuildSolution
  7. Select Build.BuildSolutionfrom the drop down list and hit apply
  8. ???
  9. PROFIT!
user_108503400

In the Visual Studio options window, under "Keyboard", look for the "Build.BuildOnlyProject" command and you can set whatever you want.

Jon_T_3430
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