Helpful shortcuts for VSCode

vscode_shortcuts.md

VSCode Shortcuts

List of helpful shortcuts for faster coding

If you have any other helpful shortcuts, feel free to add in the comments of this gist :)

Official List of all commands

• Windows
• Mac

Open/View

Open Command Pallete

Shift+Cmd+P
Shift+Ctrl+P

Access Settings

Cmd+,
Ctrl+,

Toggle Terminal

Ctrl+`
Ctrl+`

Create New Terminal

Shift+Ctrl+`
Shift+Ctrl+`

Toggle Sidebar

Cmd+B 
Ctrl+B

Open New Window/Instance

Shift+Cmd+N 
Shift+Ctrl+N

Close Window

Cmd+W 
Ctrl+W

Working With Files

Sidebar Focus

Shift+Cmd+E
Shift+Ctrl+E

Open File/Folder From Sidebar

Cmd+Down
Ctrl+Down

Change File Tabs

Ctrl+Tab 
Ctrl+PageUP

Quick File Open

Cmd+P
Ctrl+P

Open File From Explorer

Cmd+O
Ctrl+O

New File

Cmd+N
Ctrl+N

Save

Cmd+S
Ctrl+S

Save As

Shift+Cmd+S
Shift+Ctrl+S

Close File

Cmd+W
Ctrl+W

Delete File

Cmd+Delete
Ctrl+Delete

Reopen Files

Shift+Cmd+T
Shift+Ctrl+T

Zoom

Cmd++ # Zoom in
Cmd+- # Zoom out

Ctrl++ # Zoom in
Ctrl+- # Zoom out

Spilt Editor

Cmd+\
Ctrl+\

Code Editing

Go To Start & End Of Line

Cmd+Right
Cmd+Left

Ctrl+Right
Ctrl+Left

home
end

Move By Word

Option+Right
Option+Left

Alt+Right
Alt+Left

Go To Start & End Of File

Cmd+Up
Cmd+Down

Ctrl+Home
Ctrl+End

Cut, Copy & Past Line

Cmd+X #Cut
Cmd+C #Copy
Cmd+V #Paste

Ctrl+X # Cut
Ctrl+C # Copy
Ctrl+V # Paste

Move Line Up & Down

Option+Up
Option+Down

Alt+Up
Alt+Down

Copy Line Up & Down

Shift+Option+Up
Shift+Option+Down

Shift+Alt+Up
Shift+Alt+Down

Remove Line

ShiftCmd+K
Shift+Ctrl+K

Insert Line

Cmd+Enter # Insert below
Shift+Cmd+Enter # Insert above

Ctrl+Enter # Insert below
Shift+Ctrl+Enter # Insert above

Jump To Matching Bracket

Shift+Cmd+\
Shift+Ctrl+\

Add Line Comment

Cmd+/
Ctrl+/

Add Block Comment

Shift+Option+A
Shift+Alt+A

Highlight Code

Shift+Any Direction

Select Next Match

Cmd+D
Ctrl+D

De-select Match

Cmd+U
Ctrl+U

Add Cursor

Option+Click
Alt+Click

Go to Entity (Functions, vars, etc)

Cmd+Shift+O
Ctrl+Shift+O

shift + control + right
Highlight everything between brackets. Use multiple times to keep expanding outward.

shift + control + left
To minimize inward.

Thank you

thanks a lot :-)

Thanks

helpful thank you

Thank you so much for this, Sire.

Really nice collection. Thanks Brad!

Is there an undo commend in Mac?

Very helpful

Thank you very much, these helps me so much while coding and increases my productivity

Im looking How to navigate from 2 opened files in same winows of vscode

Thanks, so useful shortcuts

Thanks very usefull shortcuts 🤝

very helpful thank you

this is awesome thanks

and to zoom and dezoom?

Thank you. Very helpful

ctrl + k + c --> comment out the highlighted section or the line
ctrl + k + u --> uncomment

Nice!

Thanks, very handy.

Thanks. Very helpful

thank you

Zoom In -----> Ctrl +

(De Zoom) Zoom Out -------> Ctrl -

this is helpful, thank you

This is great, thank you very much.

Chrome Shortcuts:

1. Open new tab: Ctrl+T (Windows) or Command+T (Mac)
2. Close current tab: Ctrl+W (Windows) or Command+W (Mac)
3. Reopen last closed tab: Ctrl+Shift+T (Windows) or Command+Shift+T (Mac)
4. Switch between tabs: Ctrl+Tab (Windows) or Command+Tab (Mac)
5. Search within a page: Ctrl+F (Windows) or Command+F (Mac)
6. Open history: Ctrl+H (Windows) or Command+Y (Mac)

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Windows Shortcuts:

1. switch between windows: alt+tab
2. Minimize all windows: Windows Key+D
3. Open task manager: Ctrl+Shift+Esc
4. Open File Explorer: Windows Key+E
5. Take a screenshot: Windows Key+Print Screen

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Ctrl + G - Search for a line

very useful

Thanks for providing us usefull important shortcuts.