Disable Shift+Delete Cutting in Visual Studio

Question

I type fast. Often times when programming I will select a line with Shift+End and then press the delete key, but I do this so quickly that my finger hasn't come off of the shift key. This results in replacing clipboard item with what was selected.

This is bad because many times I am deleting code before pasting some other code.

Apparently shift+del is an old school way of cutting.

I am aware of ctrl+shift+v for cycling through clipboard history in visual studio, but this is still terribly annoying.

Is there a way to disable this shortcut in visual studio or windows in general?

score 50 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 25 '11 at 16:10

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Good answer. Although I assume some people will still like to perform the delete operation.

To still perform the wipe of the entire line with SHIFT+DEL but don't add it to the clipboard:

remove (as explained above) the binding of SHIFT+DEL to the Edit.Cut command

AND

bind the SHIFT+DEL combination to the Edit.LineDelete command.

edited Nov 25 '11 at 16:10

Shawn Chin

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answered Nov 25 '11 at 16:07

stvn

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That looks tedious. Why not simply press DEL to delete without adding to clipboard? – bos Nov 25 '11 at 16:25
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Because pressing DEL only deletes 'character by character', SHIFT+DEL deletes the entire line at once, which saved a lot of time and frustration, you should give it a try (: – stvn Jan 05 '12 at 14:01
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I love you :D just the thing I was looking for – AndreaCi May 09 '13 at 07:23
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks from the future! – Chris Bardon Apr 03 '20 at 13:34

score 45 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 20 '12 at 13:06

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The keyboard shortcuts are pretty thoroughly customizable in Visual Studio.

Go to Tools > Options then in the left select Environment > Keyboard

Select the command, select the shortcut you want to remove, click "Remove" and click "OK"

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If you wanted to circumvent this across Windows, you can use a one-line AutoHotkey script to convert Shift+Delete to just plain Delete:

+DELETE::SendInput,{DELETE}

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answered Oct 12 '11 at 19:07

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how do I find my hotkey inbetween those 10000000 entries? – Liquid Core Jul 19 '13 at 10:33
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@user2212907 You can search in the box that says "Show commands containing." If you are trying to find out which command is using a particular hotkey, you can enter that hotkey in the box that says "Press shortcut keys" as though you are going to assign it. At the bottom of a dialog is a dropdown that will show the command(s) to which the hotkey is already assigned. – Jay Jul 19 '13 at 12:44
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Edit.Cut has two shortucts: Ctr+X and Shift+Del. I removed Shift+Dl from cut and assigned it to Edit.LineDelete. – scar80 Apr 16 '18 at 12:58
+1 This answer also works in Programmer's Notepad: Go to `Tools->Options`, select `Keyboard` and scroll down until you find `Edit -> Cut`, then just delete the `Shift+Del` shortcut. – indextwo Apr 21 '19 at 09:53
Not exactly related to question, but I find myself updating clipboard with some random content pretty often. That's why I started to use Ditto (but there are more clipboard managers available), it literally saves lives! – Sebastian Budka Mar 13 '20 at 12:01

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 20 '17 at 21:46

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There is an easier way. The shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+L simply deletes the line you're on. Without having to select it first and without copying it to the clipboard.

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answered Jan 30 '17 at 13:36

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 06 '13 at 08:10

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This autohotkey script solve this globally:

+Delete::
KeyWait Shift
Send {Delete}

shift+insert is okay, but shift+delete is just plain EVIL

I actually often lost code entirely, while being utterly confused where'd it go! :-)

answered Aug 06 '13 at 08:10

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Disable Shift+Delete Cutting in Visual Studio

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