Cassidy Williams

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Keybindings I use in VS Code


I use VS Code for… code, heh. Because I present a lot and have tried to make the experience overall a bit more mouse-free, here’s the keybindings I particularly like to use:

  • Ctrl/Cmd + b: Toggle the file explorer
  • Ctrl/Cmd + backtick: Open the terminal (I’m writing out the word backtick because markdown doesn’t like it when I use the actual backtick character, but you know what I mean)
  • Ctrl/Cmd + l: Highlight current line
  • Ctrl/Cmd + p: Quickly open a file when you type its name
  • Ctrl/Cmd + p (then) >: Quickly run a command (like saving without formatting, changing a color scheme, running an extension, that sort of thing)
  • Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + f: Search across workspace
  • Ctrl/Cmd + i: Toggle inline Copilot chat
  • Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + i: Toggle Copilot chat sidebar
  • Alt + Up: Move line up
  • Alt + Left: Move line down
  • Ctrl/Cmd + /: Comment out current line/selection

There’s probably more, but these are the ones that came to mind first! You can also check out the docs for others.


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