Visual Studio: Shortcut to scroll solution explorer to current file

In VS 2013 there is a built-in keyboard shortcut (CTRL+\, S)

  1. Press CTRL+backslash
  2. Release both keys
  3. Press the S key

Or click the button highlighted in the image bellow.

Sync with active document

One also has the option to customize the keyboard shortcut if you don't like the default combination :)


In Visual Studio 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022 you can press Ctrl + [ and then s.

This will highlight the file currently being edited in Solution Explorer.

This can be configured via the following keyboard command: SolutionExplorer.SyncWithActiveDocument

To reconfigure, navigate to Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard