VS Code Shortcut reference/cheat-sheet (Windows)Okereke Chinweotito·Jan 11, 2021·7 min readBelow is a complete reference of all VS code keyboard shortcuts (Visual Studio code for Windows). Like and share ! General 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 Basic editing 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 Ctrl+/ - Toggle line comment Shift+Alt+A - Toggle block comment Alt+Z - Toggle word wrap Navigation 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 next 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 Search and replace Ctrl+F Find - Find Ctrl+H Replace - Replace F3 / Shift+F3 - Find next/previous Alt+Enter - Select all occurences 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 - Multi-cursor and selection 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 current word Shift+Alt+→ - Expand 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 Rich languages editing 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 Editor management 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 File management 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 active file Ctrl+K R - Reveal active file in Explorer Ctrl+K O - Show active file in new window/instance Display 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) Debug F9 - Toggle breakpoint F5 - Start/Continue Shift+F5 - Stop F11 / Shift+F11 - Step into/out F10 - Step over Ctrl+K Ctrl+I - Show hover Integrated terminal Ctrl+ ` - Show integrated 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 Ctrl+Shift+ ` - Create new terminal Other operating systems’ keyboard shortcuts and additional unassigned shortcuts available at aka.ms/vscodekeybindings Visual Studio Codevscode extensionsWindowsIDEsJavaScript