How To Display Suggestion Menu with USINGS in Visual Studio?

The keyboard-shortcut that shows the suggestion menu with the necessary using statement is Ctrl. or AltShiftF10. The using statement appends to the top of the file after selection.
Here is an example of adding using System.Collections.Generic; after declaring List<string> variable.
display suggestion with usings Visual Studio shortcut
Checked on Visual Studio versions:

  • Visual Studio 2019
  • Visual Studio 2022

You can always setup your custom shortcut Menu Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard -> View.QuickActions(View.QuickActionsForPosition)
set shortcut for using statement

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