List of Shortcut Keys in VS Code
There are lots of shortcuts in VS code. You can try these shortcuts and increase your programming efficiency. You can perform repeated tasks while programming very easily through it.
General
Ctrl+Shift+P and 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
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
Home / End -- Go to beginning/end of line
Ctrl+↑ / ↓ - - Scroll line up/down
Alt+PgUp / PgDn - - Scroll page up/down
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
Shift+F8 - - Go to previous error or warning
Ctrl+Shift+Tab -- Navigate editor group history
Alt+ ← / → - - Go back / forward
Ctrl+M - -Toggle Tab moves the focus
Search and replace
Ctrl+F - - Find
Ctrl+H - - Replace
F3 / Shift+F3 - - Find next/previous
Alt+Enter - - Select all occurrences of Find match
Ctrl+D - - Add selection to next Find match
Ctrl+K Ctrl+D - - Move last selection to next Find match
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 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 1
st, 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 the active file
Ctrl+K R Reveal active file in Explorer
Ctrl+K O Show active file in new window/instance
Display
F11 Toggle fullscreen
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 the active terminal
Ctrl+↑ / ↓ Scroll up/down
Shift+PgUp / PgDn Scroll page up/down
Ctrl+Home / End Scroll to top/bottom
These shortCuts Key will save your time and you can increase your coding efficiency too with them.
