Starting with Visual Studio 2022, the Subword Navigation feature lets you move the caret between parts of an identifier. For example, PascalCaseIdentifier has 3 subwords: Pascal, Case, and Identifier. Subword navigation moves the caret to the next or previous subword with a single keystroke. This also works with other separators, such as _.
#Method 1: Ctrl + Alt + Left and Right
Use Ctrl + Alt + Left and Ctrl + Alt + Right to move the caret to the previous or next subword:
Use Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left and Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Right to select the previous or next subword:
#Method 2: Always enable Subword Navigation
You can configure Visual Studio to always enable Subword Navigation. With this option enabled, Ctrl + Left and Ctrl + Right will navigate to the previous or next subword instead of using the default word navigation.
Visual Studio Options - Subword navigation
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