VS Code Keyboard Shortcut

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a popular and powerful code editor that is widely used by developers. One of the things that makes VS Code so efficient is its extensive collection of keyboard shortcuts. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at some of the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts in VS Code, and how they can help you save time and increase your productivity.

Opening and Closing Files

• Ctrl + P (or Cmd + P on a Mac): Quick Open – This shortcut allows you to quickly open files by typing a few letters of their name.
• Ctrl + Shift + T (or Cmd + Shift + T on a Mac): Reopen Closed Editor – This shortcut reopens the last closed file.

Editing

• Ctrl + X (or Cmd + X on a Mac): Cut – This shortcut cuts the selected text to your clipboard.
• Ctrl + C (or Cmd + C on a Mac): Copy – This shortcut copies the selected text to your clipboard.
• Ctrl + V (or Cmd + V on a Mac): Paste – This shortcut pastes text from your clipboard into your code.
• Ctrl + Z (or Cmd + Z on a Mac): Undo – This shortcut undoes the last change you made.
• Ctrl + Shift + Z (or Cmd + Shift + Z on a Mac): Redo – This shortcut redoes the last change you undid.

Searching and Replacing

• Ctrl + F (or Cmd + F on a Mac): Find – This shortcut opens the Find panel, allowing you to search for specific text in your code.
• Ctrl + H (or Cmd + Option + F on a Mac): Replace – This shortcut opens the Replace panel, allowing you to replace specific text in your code.

Selecting and Navigating

• Ctrl + A (or Cmd + A on a Mac): Select All – This shortcut selects all the text in your code.
• Ctrl + Left Arrow (or Cmd + Left Arrow on a Mac): Go to Beginning of Line – This shortcut moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
• Ctrl + Right Arrow (or Cmd + Right Arrow on a Mac): Go to End of Line – This shortcut moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
• Ctrl + Up Arrow (or Cmd + Up Arrow on a Mac): Go to Beginning of File – This shortcut moves the cursor to the beginning of the file.
• Ctrl + Down Arrow (or Cmd + Down Arrow on a Mac): Go to End of File – This shortcut moves the cursor to the end of the file.

View

• Ctrl + B (or Cmd + B on a Mac): Toggle Side Bar – This shortcut opens and closes the side bar.
• Ctrl + Shift + E (or Cmd + Shift + E on a Mac): Show Explorer – This shortcut opens the explorer panel, allowing you to navigate your files.
• Ctrl + Shift + F (or Cmd + Shift + F on a Mac): Show Search – This shortcut opens the search panel, allowing you to search your code.

Debugging

• F5: Start Debugging – This shortcut starts the debugging process.
• F10: Step Over – This shortcut steps over the next function call.
• F11: Step Into