This page contains a reference of basic VSCode shortcuts. Typically I use VSCodeVim but lately I’ve been trying out the built-in VSCode bindings.
General Shortcuts
| Shortcut |
Description |
Ctrl+d |
Select word under cursor, hit multiple times to select more matching words in file and add a cursor |
Ctrl+k Ctrl+s |
Open keyboard shortcuts |
Shift+Alt+f |
Format document |
Ctrl+k Ctrl+f |
Format selection |
Ctrl+Shift+p |
Open command pallette (magically search for things like keyboard shortcuts) |
Ctrl+p |
Fuzzy file search in current workspace |
Ctrl+Shift+f |
Global file search |
Ctrl+Shift+g |
Focus |
Changing View/Layouts
| Shortcut |
Description |
Ctrl+b |
Toggle sidebar |
Ctrl+j |
Show hide the terminal/output panel |
Ctrl+\ |
Split window |
Multicursor Support
| Shortcut |
Description |
Alt+Click |
Add a cursor where you clicked |
Ctrl+d |
Select word under cursor, hit multiple times to add a cursor at each new match |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Up |
Add cursor up |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Up |
Add cursor down |
Ctrl+Shift+l |
Add cursor at each occurrence of highlighted text |
Editing Text
| Shortcut |
Description |
Ctrl+Shift+k |
Delete line |
Ctrl+Enter |
Open line below |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
Open line above |
Ctrl+F2 |
Change all occurrences |
Shift+Alt+Left/Right |
Select in quote/bracket more |
Shift+Alt+Up/Down |
Duplicate line up/down |
Ctrl+] |
Indent line |
Ctrl+[ |
Reduce line indent |
Ctrl+Space |
Show suggestion |
Ctrl+/ |
Comment selection or line |
Moving Around (Zoom Zoom)
| Shortcut |
Description |
Ctrl+Shift+\ |
Jump to bracket (opening/closing) |
In Markdown File
| Shortcut |
Description |
Ctrl+k v |
Preview markdown |
First press Ctrl+Shift+p to bring up the command pallette and select Open Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON).
Add the following to keybindings.json:
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{
"key": "ctrl+shift+a",
"command": "editor.emmet.action.balanceOut"
}
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