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Vistual Studio Code's Useful Keyboard tips

See keybindings for editor.action.* to find more useful stuff.

User Interface

  • Cycle through open files in each editor group: ⌃ tab
  • Go to symbol in file: Command palette: @... or ⇧ ⌘ O
  • Go to symbol in workspace: ⌘ T
  • Switch between tabs (terminal and editors): ⇧ ⌘ [ and ⇧ ⌘ ]

Editing

  • Rename synbol across all workspace: F2
  • Braces, brackets, and parenthesis matching: ⇧ ⌘ \
  • Move line up or done: ⌥ ↑ or ⌥ ↓
  • New line below or above: ⌘ enter or ⇧ ⌘ enter

Highlighting

  • Expand or shrink selection: ⌃ ⇧ ⌘ → or ⌃ ⇧ ⌘ ←

Moving around:

  • ↑: ⌃ P
  • ↓: ⌃ N
  • →: ⌃ F
  • ←: ⌃ B

Multiple Cursors

  • Exit: ⇧ escape or escape
  • Add cursor to next or previous line: ⌥ ⌘ ↑ or ⌥ ⌘ ↓
  • Add new cursor with mouse: ⌥ click
  • Hightlight word at the cursor: ⌘ D
    • Create cursor at the next matching word: ⌘ D
    • Remove cursor to the previous matching word: ⌘ U
    • Create cursor at all matching words: ⇧ ⌘ L
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