VS Code Keyboard Shortcuts: The Ultimate Quick Reference Guide

A comprehensive and organized list of essential keyboard shortcuts for Visual Studio Code to boost your coding productivity.
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⌨️ VS Code Keyboard Shortcuts

⚙️ General & Settings

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + , Open settings
Ctrl + K Ctrl + S Open Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl + Shift + X Open Extensions view
Ctrl + Q Quit application

📁 File Management

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + N New file
Ctrl + Shift + N New Window/Instance
Ctrl + O Open file / folder
Ctrl + S Save
Ctrl + Shift + S Save As…
Ctrl + Alt + S Save All
Ctrl + W Close editor / window

📝 Edit

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo
Ctrl + X Cut line (empty selection)
Ctrl + C Copy line (empty selection)
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + Shift + F Find in files (Global Search)
Ctrl + / Toggle line comment

✂️ Selection & Cursor

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + A Select all
Shift + Alt + Right Expand selection
Shift + Alt + Left Shrink selection
Ctrl + Alt + Up Add cursor above
Ctrl + Alt + Down Add cursor below
Ctrl + D Add selection to next Find match
Alt + Up Move line up
Alt + Down Move line down
Shift + Alt + Up Copy line up
Shift + Alt + Down Copy line down

👁️ View & Layout (Panels & Splits)

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + B Toggle Primary Side Bar visibility
Ctrl + J Toggle Panel visibility (Terminal/Output)
`Ctrl + `` Toggle integrated terminal
Ctrl + \ Split editor
Ctrl + 1 / 2 / 3 Focus into 1st, 2nd or 3rd editor group
Ctrl + Shift + E Explorer view / focus
Ctrl + Shift + G Source Control view
Ctrl + Shift + D Run and Debug view
Ctrl + Shift + M Problems panel

🚀 Navigation & Go To

Shortcut Action
Alt + Left Go back in history
Ctrl + Shift + P Show Command Palette
Ctrl + P Quick Open, Go to File…
Ctrl + Shift + O Go to Symbol in Editor…
Ctrl + G Go to Line…
F12 Go to Definition
Ctrl + F12 Go to Implementation
Shift + F12 Show References
F8 Go to next error or warning
Shift + F8 Go to previous error or warning
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