Visual Studio
Open a quick watch on an expression
In Visual Studio, Ctrl + Alt + Q will open a quick watch on an expression. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.
Where it works: Debugging
Shift and F9 also opens a quick watch. These are the defaults for Visual Studio's General settings profile. Other profiles change them.
Where this comes from
Keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio - Microsoft Learn
Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.