You can open a new tab by hitting command + t. The original keyboard shortcut is command + option + 0. To do so, you use the toggle editor group command. You can also toggle between horizontal or vertical split layouts in VS Code. To switch keyboard shortcuts, you can open up the keyboard shortcut editor by opening the command palette, type the keyboard shortcut, then click the pencil icon to the left of the command and enter your new command. The original keyboard shortcut for split editor is 123. To split the editor, you can use the split editor command. You can bring up to three different editor views in VS Code. When I code, I usually split the screen into two. If a keyboard shortcut exists, VS Code will show you the shortcut too. You can type any task you want to complete and VS Code will search for the task for you. To bring up the command palette, you use command + shift + p. The command palette lets you execute tasks in VS code. To jump to a symbol in your project workspace, you use command + shift + r. To jump to a symbol in VS Code, you use command + r, then look for the symbol you want. Alternatively, you can also open the go to file menu with command + p first, then type :, then type your line number. To go to a line in the file, you use ctrl + g, then type a line number. This should help you locate files quickly.

To go to a file, you use command + p, then type the name of the file you’re looking for. My shortcut to bring up iTerm is option + space.

When I need a dedicated terminal, I switch over to my iTerm. I tend to use the VS code terminal for simple one-off commands. VS Code has a built-in terminal that navigates to the project’s folder. To switch between workspaces, use ctrl + r, then select the workspace you want. VS Code keeps tracks of folders you opened automatically. To open the VS Code marketplace, you can use command + shift + x. To open the file explorer, you can use command + shift + e. To close or open the sidebar, you can use command + b. When I made the switch, I installed the Sublime Text Keymap extensios, which preserves Sublime Text shortcuts. This is because I used Sublime Text before I switched to VS Code. Second, some of the shortcuts you’ll see in this video may not be native VS Code shortcuts.

If that doesn’t work, you may have to google for the right shortcut. If you’re on a Windows machine, you you can use most shortcuts I’m going to talk about by replacing command with ctrl. Two things before we dive into the shortcuts.įirst, I use a mac, so I’m only going to share the Mac keyboard shortcuts with you. Here’s a list of what we’re going to go through: Today, I want to share vs code shortcuts I use on a daily basis.

Useful visual studio shortcuts