Helpful shortcuts for VSCode

vscode_shortcuts.md

VSCode Shortcuts

List of helpful shortcuts for faster coding

• For mac, replace "Ctrl" with "cmd" and "Alt" with "option"

Official List of all commands

• Windows
• Mac

General & File

Open Command Pallete

Ctrl+Shift+P

Open New Window

Ctrl+Shift+N

Close Window

Ctrl+W

Quick File Open

Ctrl+P

Access Settings

Ctrl+,

New File

Ctrl+N

Open File

Ctrl+O

Save

Ctrl+S
Ctrl+Shift+S # Save As

Close File

Ctrl+F4

Change File Tabs

Ctrl+PageUP
Ctrl+PageDown

Open Next File (Dropdown)

Ctrl+Tab # Scroll next
Ctrl+Shift+Tab # Scroll prev

Zoom

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

Toggle Sidebar

Ctrl+B

Toggle Sidebar Focus

Ctrl+Shift+E

Spilt Editor

Ctrl+\

Integrated Terminal

Ctrl+` # Toggle terminal
Ctrl+Shift+` # Create new terminal

Code Editing

Go To Start & End Of Line

home
end

Go To Start & End Of File

Ctrl+Home
Ctrl+End

Cut, Copy & Past Line

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

Move Line Up & Down

Alt+Up
Alt+Down

Copy Line Up & Down

Shift+Alt+Up
Shift+Alt+Down

Remove Line

Ctrl+Shift+K

Insert Line

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

Jump To Matching Bracket

Ctrl+Shift+\

Fold

Ctrl+Shift+[
Ctrl+Shift+]

Fold All

Ctrl+K, Ctrl+0 (zero)
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+J

Add Line Comment

Ctrl+/

Add Block Comment

Shift+Alt+A

Scroll Up & Down

Ctrl+Up
Ctrl+Down

Move By Word

Ctrl+Right
Ctrl+Left

Highlight Code

Shift+Any Direction

Go To Next Match

F3

Select Next Match

Ctrl+D

Select All Matches & Add Cursor

Ctrl+F2

Select All Matches from Find

Alt+Enter

Add Cursor

Alt+Click

Go to Symbol

Ctrl+Shift+O

I really found it helpful, and if there's more plz tell me.

Great info

Really Helpful

A really cool one I found today is Ctrl + Shift + L. If you click a variable, then hit that hotkey, it will allow you to change every occurrence of that variable.

really great, anybody have same thing for linux?

really great, anybody have same thing for linux?

I use linux exclusively, these should all work

Side note for everyone commenting on this, I apologise but I'm not using vscode much at all these days so this is unlikely to be maintained.
If you know of a more current document, please feel free to link it for the benefit of everyone

The code formatting is available in Visual Studio Code through the following shortcuts:
On Windows Shift + Alt + F
On Mac Shift + Option + F