Applications/macos/vscode-macos-shortcuts.md

VSCode shortcuts

• MacOS vscode keyboard shortcuts
• Howto vscode custom shortcuts
• Learn vscode keyboard shortcuts

Side Menu

shortcut	description
⌘ + B	Hide show side menu
⌘ + ⇧ + E	Explorer window
⌘ + ⇧ + F	Find window
⌘ + ⇧ + J	Find in files window
⌃ + ⇧ + G	Git window
⌘ + ⇧ + D	Debug window
⌘ + ⇧ + X	Extension window

Multi-Cursor Editing

shortcut	description
⌘ + ⌥ + ↓	add a new cursor below
⌥ + Click	add a new cursor at the mouse click
⌘ + ⇧ + L	add new cursor behind all instances of a word

Split editor

shortcut	description
⌘ + \	split

Split Window focusing

shortcut	description
⌘ + 0	explorer panel
⌘ + 1	1st window split window
⌘ + 2	2nd window split window
⌃ + ~	terminal window
^ + tab	switch between tabs
⌘ + ~	switch between VS code editor windows

IntelliSense

shortcut	description
⌃ + Space	to invoke IntelliSense

Line Action

shortcut	description
⇧ + ⌥ + ↓	copy the line and insert below
⇧ + ⌥ + ↑	copy the line and insert above
⌥ + ↓	move entire line below
⌥ + ↑	move entire line above
⌘ + ⇧ + K	delete entire line

Rename Refactoring

shortcut	description
F2 (Fn + F2)	Rename Symbol in the current project
Right Mouse Click -> Rename Symbol	Rename Symbol in the current project

Formatting

shortcut	description
⇧ + ⌥ + F	format entire document
⌘ + K and ⌘ F	format selected text

Transform selected

shortcut	description
^ + ⇧ + ⌥ + L	transform selected to lower
^ + ⇧ + ⌥ + U	transform selected to upper
^ + ⇧ + ⌥ + S	transform selected to snake
^ + ⇧ + ⌥ + T	transform selected to titelcase

Code Folding

shortcut	description
⌘ + ⌥ + [	fold
⌘ + ⌥ + ]	unfold
⌘ K and ⌘ 0	fold all
⌘ K and ⌘ J	unfold all
⌘ K and ⌘ 1	fold 1 level
⌘ K and ⌘ 2	fold 2 levels
⌘ K and ⌘ 5	fold 5 levels

Errors and Warnings

shortcut	description
F8	navigate across errors