---
title: "Pure simplicity"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/13/pure-simplicity.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/9/13/pure-simplicity.html"
published: "2003-09-13T14:37:00"
updated: "2003-09-13T14:37:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations", "Tips & Tricks"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "How's this for pure simplicity? In VS.Net - CTRL-X when nothing is selected - Cuts the current line CTRL-C when nothing is selected - Copies the current line I never knew and never tried. Huh. Thanks d0m1 !"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Pure simplicity

By Roy Osherove September 13, 2003 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations), [Tips & Tricks](https://osherove.com/blog/category/tips-tricks)

**Historical article** · Originally published September 13, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

How's this for pure simplicity?

In VS.Net - 

- CTRL-X when nothing is selected - Cuts the current line
- CTRL-C when nothing is selected - Copies the current line

I never knew and never tried. Huh. Thanks [d0m1](http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/d0m1/posts/1560.aspx)!

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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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