Keyboard shortcut to move line up/down in Visual Studio 2012?

Is there a shortcut to move a line up/down?

Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tools had this feature, is it built-in on Visual Studio 2012? Is there perhaps a light extension that adds this feature?

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I found an extension for it: MoveLine

Compatible with VS2012. Moves a line, or group of lines, up or down in the editor using shortcut keys. Press the shortcut keys to move the line under the cursor up or down or select a block of text and press the shortcut keys to move the entire block up or down.

The default shortcut keys are as follows:

• Alt+↑ (Up Arrow) – Moves a line up
• Alt+↓ (Down Arrow) – Moves a line down

To change the shortcut keys:

• In the Visual Studio main menu go to Tools → Options
• Expand Environment
• Select Keyboard
• In the Show commands containing box type Tools.MoveLineUp or Tools.MoveLineDown
• In the Press shortcut keys box press the new shortcut keys
• Click Assign

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Update Visual Studio 2013+

VS 2013+ should have this editor action built in - if you want to assign keybindings, go to:

1. Tools > Options > Keyboard

2. Search for the commands:

   Edit.MoveSelectedLinesUp
   Edit.MoveSelectedLinesDown

3. Set the shortcut keys in "Text Editor" scope

See Also: What's the equivalent for eclipse's ALT+UP/DOWN (move line) in Visual Studio?

Shift+Alt+T moves the current line down. Look for "Edit.LineTranspose" in Pre-defined Keyboard Shortcuts.

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