15 VSCode Keyboard Shortcuts to Speed Up Your Code

Published: 07 June 2022
on channel: Coding in Public

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VSCode is a powerful tool made more powerful and quick by a few key keyboard shortcuts. Here are 15 keyboard shortcuts I use every day to be more productive while coding.

🔗 Key Links 🔗
See them an more at https://chrispennington.blog/blog/vs-...

Sidebar
⌘B (toggle sidebar)
⌘⇧E (open file explorer in the sidebar)
⌘⇧F (open search panel in the sidebar)
⌘⇧X (open extensions panel in the sidebar)

Tabs/Files
⌘P (open file)
⌃⌘→ or ⌃⌘← (split/collapse tab to the right or left)
⌥⌘← or ⌥⌘→ (rotate through tabs in a panel)
⌘w (close current tab)

Multi selects
⌘d (select next instance in file)
⌘⇧l (select all instances in file)
⌥⌘↑ or ⌥⌘↓ (add cursor up/down)
⌥ and Click (add/remove cursor)

Symbols/Function Definitions
⌘ (hover to peek definition; click to go to definition)
F2 (rename selected symbol)

Command Palette shortcut
⌘⇧P (open command palette)

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🔗 Additional Links 🔗
Keyboard shortcuts for VSCode in Windows: https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcu...
Keyboard shortcuts for VSCode on macOS: https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcu...

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