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 Alt - Shift - F10. 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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