Are you using Visual Studio Code (VS Code) daily? If yes, then you should consider learning some shortcuts. These shortcuts can significantly improve your productivity without switching windows or tabs.
VS Code
VS
Code is a powerful code editor. Its features include syntax
highlighting, code completion, debugging tools, Git support, and much
more. This popular text editor is also free, open-source software
developed by Microsoft.
There are tons of shortcuts available in VS Code.
These shortcuts allow you to perform various tasks faster and easier.
Here are seven of them that every developer should know.
VS Code Shortcuts
General
Ctrl+Shift+P, F1 Show Command Palette
Ctrl+P Quick Open, Go to File…
Ctrl+Shift+N New window/instance
Ctrl+Shift+W Close window/instance
Ctrl+, User Settings
Ctrl+K Ctrl+S Keyboard Shortcuts
Basic Editing
Ctrl+X Cut line (empty selection)
Ctrl+C Copy line (empty selection)
Alt+ ↑ / ↓ Move line up/down
Shift+Alt + ↓ / ↑ Copy line up/down
Ctrl+Shift+K Delete line
Ctrl+Enter Insert line below
Ctrl+Shift+Enter Insert line above
Ctrl+Shift+\ Jump to matching bracket
Ctrl+] / [ Indent/outdent line
Home / End Go to beginning/end of line
Ctrl+Home Go to beginning of file
Ctrl+End Go to end of file
Ctrl+↑ / ↓ Scroll line up/down
Alt+PgUp / PgDn Scroll page up/down
Ctrl+Shift+[ Fold (collapse) region
Ctrl+Shift+] Unfold (uncollapse) region
Ctrl+K Ctrl+[ Fold (collapse) all subregions
Ctrl+K Ctrl+] Unfold (uncollapse) all subregions
Ctrl+K Ctrl+0 Fold (collapse) all regions
Ctrl+K Ctrl+J Unfold (uncollapse) all regions
Ctrl+K Ctrl+C Add line comment
Ctrl+K Ctrl+U Remove line comment
Ctrl+/ Toggle line comment
Shift+Alt+A Toggle block comment
Alt+Z Toggle word wrap
Navigation
Ctrl+T Show all Symbols
Ctrl+G Go to Line...
Ctrl+P Go to File...
Ctrl+Shift+O Go to Symbol...
Ctrl+Shift+M Show Problems panel
F8 Go to next error or warning
Shift+F8 Go to previous error or warning
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Navigate editor group history
Alt+ ← / → Go back / forward
Ctrl+M Toggle Tab moves focus
Search and replace
Ctrl+F Find
Ctrl+H Replace
F3 / Shift+F3 Find next/previous
Alt+Enter Select all occurences of Find match
Ctrl+D Add selection to next Find match
Ctrl+K Ctrl+D Move last selection to next Find match
Alt+C / R / W Toggle case-sensitive / regex / whole word
Multi-cursor and selection
Alt+Click Insert cursor
Ctrl+Alt+ ↑ / ↓ Insert cursor above / below
Ctrl+U Undo last cursor operation
Shift+Alt+I Insert cursor at end of each line selected
Ctrl+L Select current line
Ctrl+Shift+L Select all occurrences of current selection
Ctrl+F2 Select all occurrences of current word
Shift+Alt+→ Expand selection
Shift+Alt+← Shrink selection
Shift+Alt +
(drag mouse)
Column (box) selection
Ctrl+Shift+Alt
+ (arrow key)
Column (box) selection
Ctrl+Shift+Alt
+PgUp/PgDn Column (box) selection page up/down
Rich languages editing
Ctrl+Space, Ctrl+I Trigger suggestion
Ctrl+Shift+Space Trigger parameter hints
Shift+Alt+F Format document
Ctrl+K Ctrl+F Format selection
F12 Go to Definition
Alt+F12 Peek Definition
Ctrl+K F12 Open Definition to the side
Ctrl+. Quick Fix
Shift+F12 Show References
F2 Rename Symbol
Ctrl+K Ctrl+X Trim trailing whitespace
Ctrl+K M Change file language
Editor management
Ctrl+F4, Ctrl+W Close editor
Ctrl+K F Close folder
Ctrl+\ Split editor
Ctrl+ 1 / 2 / 3 Focus into 1st, 2nd or 3rd editor group
Ctrl+K Ctrl+ ←/→ Focus into previous/next editor group
Ctrl+Shift+PgUp / PgDn Move editor left/right
Ctrl+K ← / → Move active editor group
File management
Ctrl+N New File
Ctrl+O Open File...
Ctrl+S Save
Ctrl+Shift+S Save As...
Ctrl+K S Save All
Ctrl+F4 Close
Ctrl+K Ctrl+W Close All
Ctrl+Shift+T Reopen closed editor
Ctrl+K Enter Keep preview mode editor open
Ctrl+Tab Open next
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Open previous
Ctrl+K P Copy path of active file
Ctrl+K R Reveal active file in Explorer
Ctrl+K O Show active file in new window/instance
Display
F11 Toggle full screen
Shift+Alt+0 Toggle editor layout (horizontal/vertical)
Ctrl+ = / - Zoom in/out
Ctrl+B Toggle Sidebar visibility
Ctrl+Shift+E Show Explorer / Toggle focus
Ctrl+Shift+F Show Search
Ctrl+Shift+G Show Source Control
Ctrl+Shift+D Show Debug
Ctrl+Shift+X Show Extensions
Ctrl+Shift+H Replace in files
Ctrl+Shift+J Toggle Search details
Ctrl+Shift+U Show Output panel
Ctrl+Shift+V Open Markdown preview
Ctrl+K V Open Markdown preview to the side
Ctrl+K Z Zen Mode (Esc Esc to exit)
Debug
F9 Toggle breakpoint
F5 Start/Continue
Shift+F5 Stop
F11 / Shift+F11 Step into/out
F10 Step over
Ctrl+K Ctrl+I Show hover
Integrated terminal
Ctrl+` Show integrated terminal
Ctrl+Shift+` Create new terminal
Ctrl+C Copy selection
Ctrl+V Paste into active terminal
Ctrl+↑ / ↓ Scroll up/down
Shift+PgUp / PgDn Scroll page up/down
Ctrl+Home / End Scroll to top/bottom
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