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VS Code Cheat Sheet

Visual Studio Code is a code editor redefined and optimized for building and
debugging modern web and cloud applications. VS Code Cheat Sheet tries to
provide a basic reference for beginner and advanced developers, lower the entry
barrier for newcomers, and help veterans refresh the old tricks.

VS Code Window – Integrated terminal Cheat Sheet <

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Ctrl+` Show integrated terminal

Ctrl+Shift+` Create new terminal

Ctrl+C Copy selection

Ctrl+V Paste into active terminal

Ctrl+↑ / ↓ Scroll up/down

Shift+PgUp / PgDn Scroll page up/down

Ctrl+Home / End Scroll to top/bottom

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VS Code Window – Debug Cheat Sheet <

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F9 Toggle breakpoint

F5 Start/Continue

Shift+F5 Stop

F11 / Shift+F11 Step into/out

F10 Step over

Ctrl+K Ctrl+I Show hover

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F11 Toggle full screen

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)

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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 a new window/instance

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Ctrl+F4, Ctrl+W Close editor

Ctrl+K F Close folder

Ctrl+\ Split editor

Ctrl+ 1 / 2 / 3 Focus into 1st, 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

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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 the current word

Shift+Alt+→ Expand the 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

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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

Alt+C / R / W Toggle case-sensitive / regex / whole word

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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

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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

F8 Go to the error or warning

Shift+F8 Go to previous error or warning

Ctrl+Shift+Tab Navigate editor group history

Alt+ ← / → Go back / forward

Ctrl+M Toggle Tab moves focus

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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

Ctrl+] / [ Indent/outdent line

Home / End Go to beginning/end of line

Ctrl+Home Go to beginning of file

Ctrl+End Go to end of file

Ctrl+↑ / ↓ Scroll line up/down

Alt+PgUp / PgDn Scroll page up/down

Ctrl+Shift+[ Fold (collapse) region

Ctrl+Shift+] Unfold (uncollapse) region

Ctrl+K Ctrl+[ Fold (collapse) all subregions

Ctrl+K Ctrl+] Unfold (uncollapse) all subregions

Ctrl+K Ctrl+0 Fold (collapse) all regions

Ctrl+K Ctrl+J Unfold (uncollapse) all regions

Ctrl+K Ctrl+C Add line comment

Ctrl+K Ctrl+U Remove line comment

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Shift+Alt+A Toggle block comment

Alt+Z Toggle word wrap

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Ctrl+Shift+P, 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

Ctrl+K Ctrl+S Keyboard Shortcuts

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VS Code Window – Integrated terminal Cheat Sheet

VS Code Window – Debug Cheat Sheet

VS Code Window – Display Cheat Sheet

VS Code Window – File management Cheat Sheet

VS Code Window – Editor management Cheat Sheet

VS Code Window – Multi-cursor and selection Cheat Sheet

VS Code Window – Search and replace Cheat Sheet

VS Code Window – Rich languages editing Cheat Sheet

VS Code Window – Navigation Cheat Sheet

VS Code Window – Editing Cheat Sheet

VS Code Window – General

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