VS Code shortcuts

Table of contents

General

Show all commands: > ...

• Win: Shift+Ctr+P || Fn+F1
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+P || Fn+F1

New window/instance:

• Win: Shift+Ctr+N
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+N

Close window/instance:

• Win: Shift+Ctr+W
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+W

New untitled file:

• Win: Ctr+N
• Mac: Cmd+N

Close file:

• Win: Cmd+W
• Mac: Cmd+W

User Settings:

• Win: Ctr+,
• Mac: Cmd+,

Keyboard Shortcuts:

• Win: Ctr+K &Ctr+S
• Mac: Cmd+K &Cmd+S

Line operations

Delete a line

• Win: Ctr+X with cursor on the line || Shift+Ctr+K
• Mac: Ctr+X with cursor on the line || Shift+Cmd+K

Move a line down/up

• Win: Alt+DownArrow/Alt+UpArrow
• Mac: Option+DownArrow/Alt+UpArrow

Copy a line down/up

• Win: Shift+Alt+DownArrow/Shift+Alt+UpArrow
• Mac: Shift+Option+DownArrow/Shift+Alt+UpArrow

Insert a line below/above

• Win: Ctr+Enter/Shift+Ctr+Enter
• Mac: Cmd+Enter/Shift+Cmd+Enter

Indent/outdent a line

• Win: TAB/Shift+TAB
• Mac: TAB/Shift+TAB

Moving the cursor

Jump to matching bracket

• Win: Ctr+Shift+ú (?)
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+\ || ^+Option+Cmd+i (?)

Go to beginning/end of line

• Win: Shift+Home/Shift+End
• Mac: Cmd+LeftArrow/Cmd+RightArrow || Fn+LeftArrow/Fn+RightArrow

Go to beginning/end of file

• Win: Ctr+Home/Ctr+End (?)
• Mac: Cmd+UpArrow/Cmd+DownArrow

Move cursor word by word

• Win: Ctr+LeftArrow/Ctr+RightArrow
• Mac: Alt+LeftArrow/Alt+RightArrow

Comments

Toggle line comment

• Win: Ctr+ü
• Mac: Cmd+K then Cmd+C || Shift_Cmd+6

Toggle block comment

• Win: Shift+Alt+A
• Mac: Shift+Option+A

Toggle word wrap

• Win: Alt+Z
• Mac: Option+Z

Multi-cursor

Insert cursor above

• Win: Alt+Ctr+UpArrow
• Mac: Option+Cmd+UpArrow

Insert cursor below

• Win: Alt+Ctr+DownArrow
• Mac: Option+Cmd+DownArrow

Undo last cursor operation

• Win: Ctr+U
• Mac: Cmd+U

Insert cursor at end of each line selected

• Win: Shift+Alt+I
• Mac: Shift+Option+I

Selection

Select current line

• Win: Ctr+L
• Mac: Cmd+L (?)

Select all occurrences of current selection & place multi-cursor on them

• Win: Shift+Ctr+L
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+L

Select all occurrences of current word (where your cursor is) & place multi-cursor on them

• Win: Ctr+F2
• Mac: Cmd+Fn+F2

Select until the end of the word

• Win: Shift+Alt+LeftArrow/RightArrow
• Mac: Shift+Option+LeftArrow/RightArrow

Select a Column/Box of code with arrow keys

• Win: Ctr+Shift+Alt+LeftArrow/RightArrow/UpArrow/DownArrow
• Mac: Cmd+Shift+Option+LeftArrow/RightArrow/UpArrow/DownArrow

Select a Column/Box of code by mouse drag

• Win: Shift+Alt & drag the mouse
• Mac: Shift+Option & drag the mouse

Fold/unfold

Toggle fold

• Win: Ctr+K & Ctr+L
• Mac: Cmd+K & Cmd+L

Search and replace

Search within the active file

• Win: Ctr+F
• Mac: Cmd+F

Search globally

• Win: Shift+Ctr+F
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+F

Toggle Match Case

• Win: Alt+C
• Mac: Option+Cmd+C

Toggle Match Whole Word

• Win: Alt+W
• Mac: Option+Cmd+W

Toggle Use Regular Expression

• Win: Alt+R
• Mac: Option+Cmd+R

Find and replace sg in current file

• Win: Ctr+H
• Mac: Option+Cmd+F

Replace in files

• Win: Shift+Ctr+H
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+H

Find next

• Win: Ctr+F3
• Mac: Cmd+G

Find previous

• Win: Shift+F3
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+G

Add selection to next Find match

• Win: Ctr+D
• Mac: Cmd+D

Move last selection to next Find match

• Win: Ctr+K & Ctr+D (?)
• Mac: Cmd+K & Cmd+D (?)

Move between Find results in active file

• Win: F3
• Mac: Fn+F3

Select all occurences of Find match

• Win: Alt+Enter
• Mac: Option+Enter

Editing

Toggle between overwrite/insert modes

• Win: Ctr+Shift+P then type “overwrite”
• Mac: Cmd+Shift+P then type “overwrite”

Navigation

Go to Line…: ...

• Win: Ctr+G
• Mac: Ctr+G || Cmd+P then type a :

Quick Open, Go to File: instantly find & open files

• Win: Ctr+P
• Mac: Cmd+P

Quick switch between open files/tabs

• Win: Ctr+TAB
• Mac: Ctr+TAB
  • then keeping Ctr down, TAB/Shift+TAB again to scroll down/up the list
  • OR: Ctr+1 / Ctr+2, etc

Navigate Tab Groups

• to create a split editor by grouping your tab into Tab Groups
  • if the editor group you select in the shortcut is higher than the number of groups currently open
  • or/then navigate between groups in the split editor

* Win: Ctr+1 / Ctr+2 / Ctr+3 etc

• Mac: Cmd+1 / Cmd+2 / Cmd+3 etc

Go to Symbol…in Editor: @ ...

• Win: Shift+Ctr+O
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+O

Go to Symbol … in Workspace: # ...

• Win: highlight symbol, then Ctr+T
• Mac: highlight symbol, then Cmd+T

Go to last edit location

• Win: Ctr+K & Ctr+Q
• Mac: Cmd+K & Cmd+Q

Go to next symbol highlight

• Win: Fn+F7
• Mac: Fn+F7

Go to previous symbol highlight

• Win: Shift+Fn+F7
• Mac: Shift+Fn+F7

Navigate through errors and warnings

• Win: F8 (to check)
• Mac: Fn+F8

Editor management

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File management

New file:

• Win: Ctr+N
• Mac: Cmd+N

Open file

• Win: Ctr+O
• Mac: Cmd+O

Save file

• Win: Ctr+S
• Mac: Cmd+S

Save file as

• Win: Shift+Ctr+S
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+S

Save all

• Win: Ctr+K & S
• Mac: Option+Cmd+S

Close file

• Win: Ctr+W
• Mac: Cmd+W

Close all files

• Win: ?
• Mac: Cmd+K & Cmd+W

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Display

Toggle Primary Sidebar

• Win: Ctr+B
• Mac: Cmd+B

Toggle Secondary Sidebar

• Win: Alt+Ctr+B
• Mac: Option+Cmd+B

Show Explorer / Toggle focus

• Win: Shift+Ctr+E
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+E || Cmd+K & Cmd+E

Show Source Control

• Win: Shift+Ctr+G
• Mac: Cmd+K & Cmd+V

Show Debug

• Win: Shift+Ctr+D
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+D || Cmd+K & Cmd+D

Show Extensions

• Win: Shift+Ctr+X
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+X

Open Markdown previews

• Win: Shift+Ctr+V
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+V

Toggle Problems

• Win: Shift+Ctr+M
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+M

Toggle Debug Console

• Win: Shift+Ctr+Y
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+Y

Toggle Output

• Win: Shift+Ctr+U
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+U

Zoom in

• Win: Ctr+ó
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+=

Zoom out

• Win: Ctr+-
• Mac: Shift+Cmd+-

Show hover

• Win: Ctr+K & Ctr+I (?)
• Mac: Cmd+K & Cmd+I

Debug

Toggle breakpoint

• Win: Fn+F9
• Mac: Fn+F9

Start/Continue

• Win: Fn+F5
• Mac: Fn+F5

Step into

• Win: Fn+F11 (?)
• Mac: Fn+F11 (?)

Step out

• Win: Shift+Fn+F11 (?)
• Mac: Shift+Fn+F11 (?)

Step over

• Win: Fn+F10 (?)
• Mac: Fn+F10 (?)

Stop

• Win: Shift+Fn+F5 (?)
• Mac: Shift+Fn+F5 (?)

Integrated terminal

Toggle Terminal panel

• Win: Ctr+J
• Mac: Cmd+J

Split Terminal

• Win: Ctr+Shift+5 (?)
• Mac: Cmd+\ (?)

Renaming

Rename symbol

• Win: highlight symbol, then Fn+F2
• Mac: highlight symbol, then Fn+F2

Format code

File formatting

• Win: Ctr+Shift+F (?)
• Mac: Option+Shift+F

Selection formatting

• Win: Ctr+K & Ctr+F
• Mac: Cmd+K & Cmd+F

Better coding

Go to definition

• Win: F12
• Mac: Fn+F12

Peek definition (see definition without moving to a different file/line)

• Win: Alt+F12
• Mac: Option+Fn+F12

Show a function’s signature

• Win: Ctr+Shift+spacebar
• Mac: Cmd+Shift+spacebar

Toggle code suggestions (VS Code, Copilot, etc)

• Win: Ctr+I
• Mac: Cmd+I

Sources

• https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-windows.pdf
• https://code.visualstudio.com/shortcuts/keyboard-shortcuts-macos.pdf
• https://www.sitepoint.com/visual-studio-code-keyboard-shortcuts/