How can I run the same command in C# interactive in VS?

Question

How can I run the same command in C# interactive in VS?

Usually CLI tools allow just to press the up arrow to get the previously typed command.

Is there a way to do something similar in C# interactive in Visual Studio? Pressing the up arrow just brings me one line up.

Is copy paster the only way to get the last typed command?

E.g. I typed Console.WriteLine(a);, then I pressed Enter. Now I want to execute the same Console.WriteLine(a); again. So, I am pressing the up arrow, but instead of getting the Console.WriteLine(a); typed in automatically, I am just going one line up.

> var a = "foo";
> Console.WriteLine(a);
foo
> 

Answer 1

You probably want alt+up.

Typing #help in the interactive window shows useful keyboard shortcuts:

> #help
Keyboard shortcuts:
  Enter                If the current submission appears to be complete, evaluate it.  Otherwise, insert a new line.
  Ctrl-Enter           Within the current submission, evaluate the current submission.
                       Within a previous submission, append the previous submission to the current submission.
  Shift-Enter          Insert a new line.
  Escape               Clear the current submission.
  Alt-UpArrow          Replace the current submission with a previous submission.
  Alt-DownArrow        Replace the current submission with a subsequent submission (after having previously navigated backwards).
  Ctrl-Alt-UpArrow     Replace the current submission with a previous submission beginning with the same text.
  Ctrl-Alt-DownArrow   Replace the current submission with a subsequent submission beginning with the same text (after having previously navigated backwards).
  Ctrl-K, Ctrl-Enter   Paste the selection at the end of interactive buffer, leave caret at the end of input.
  Ctrl-E, Ctrl-Enter   Paste and execute the selection before any pending input in the interactive buffer.
  Ctrl-A               First press, select the submission containing the cursor.  Second press, select all text in the window.
REPL commands:
  #cls, #clear         Clears the contents of the editor window, leaving history and execution context intact.
  #help                Display help on specified command, or all available commands and key bindings if none specified.
  #reset               Reset the execution environment to the initial state and keep history, with the option to switch the runtime of the host process.
Script directives:
  #r                   Add a metadata reference to specified assembly and all its dependencies, e.g. #r "myLib.dll".
  #load                Load specified script file and execute it, e.g. #load "myScript.csx".
> 

You can change this by changing the keyboard shortcut for InteractiveConsole.HistoryPrevious.