VSCode Keyboard Shortcuts

An article describing all important VSCode Key Bindings

I love VSCode Keyboard Shortcuts. This tutorial was created to help you become more productive by using VSCode key bindings. Some of the best tips and tricks are listed here.

Official VSCode documentation is great and everything. But nothing's like learning from someone who actually used Visual Studio Code for years and, like collecting tree branches over time, cherry-picked the absolute best of VSCode keyboard shortcut tactics, based on actual experience with the editor.

Visual Studio Code helps you perform common text editing tasks directly from keyboard. This page was created to help get familiar with some of the most useful VSCode keyboard shortcuts.

How To Open Keyboard Shortcuts Editor

VSCode's shortcuts editor lists all current key bindings and provides ability to change default key combinations to binding of your choice.

To find a specific shortcut, start typing it into search box above, and the list will filter down to those keywords. You can also remove or reset shortcuts to their original values.

To activate Keyboard Shortcuts editor go to the menu hierarchy:

Go to File menu and select Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts option.

It's helpful to note that in addition to Preferences menu, Keyboard Shortcuts editor can be activated by pressing "key of chord" shortcut Ctrl + K, and then pressing Ctrl + S.

What is Key of Chord?

Note, a key of chord shortcut is a special combination that always starts with Ctrl + K. VSCode will then display the following message in status bar:

This means that now you need to enter second key of chord, which is a second keyboard shortcut.

What Is Key of Chord?

Due to vast number of VSCode actions the editor can perform, the idea of "key of chord" was implemented. A key of chord is a double keyboard shortcut: first, you press

Gone are the days of simple key combinations. Key of chord.

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