Short and fast keystrokes that the power user lies within.
General
Action | Keystroke |
Show Command Palette | ⇧ + ⌘ + P | F1 |
Quick Open, Go to File | ⌘ + P |
New window / instance | ⇧ + ⌘ + N |
Close window / instance | ⌘ + W |
User Settings | ⌘ + , |
Keyboard Shortcuts | ⌘ + K ⌘ + S |
Basic Editing
Action | Keystroke |
Cut line (empty selection) | ⌘ + X |
Copy line (empty selection) | ⌘ + C |
Move line down / up | ⇧ + ⌥ + ↓ / ⇧ + ⌥ + ↑ |
Copy line down / up | ⇧ + ⌥ + ↓ / ⇧ + ⌥ + ↑ |
Delete line | ⇧ + ⌘ + K |
Insert line below / above | ⌘ + ↩ / ⇧ + ⌘ + ↩ |
Jump to matching bracket | ⇧ + ⌘ + \ |
Indent / outdent line | ⌘ + ] / ⌘ + [ |
Go to begining / end of line | Home / End |
Go to begining / end of file | ⌘ + ↑ / ⌘ + ↓ |
Scroll line up / down | ⌃ + PgUp / ⌃ + PgDn |
Scroll page up / down | ⌘ + PgUp / ⌘ + PgDn |
Fold / unfold region | ⌥ + ⌘ + [ / ⌥ + ⌘ + ] |
Fold all subregions | ⌘ + K ⌘ + [ |
Unfold all subregions | ⌘ + K ⌘ + ] |
Fold all regions | ⌘ + K ⌘ + 0 |
Unfold all regions | ⌘ + K ⌘ + J |
Add line comment | ⌘ + K ⌘ + C |
Remove line comment | ⌘ + K ⌘ + U |
Toggle line comment | ⌘ + / |
Toggle block comment | ⇧ + ⌥ + A |
Toggle word wrap | ⌥ + Z |
Multi-cursor and selection
Action | Keystroke |
Insert cursor | ⌥ + click |
Insert cursor above | ⌥ + ⌘ + ↑ |
Insert cursor below | ⌥ + ⌘ + ↓ |
Undo last cursor operation | ⌘ + U |
Insert cursor at end of each line selected | ⇧ + ⌥ + I |
Select current line | ⌘ + I |
Select all occurrences of current selection | ⇧ + ⌘ + L |
Select all occurrences of current word | ⌘ + F2 |
Expand selection | ⌃ + ⇧ + ⌘ + → |
Shrink selection | ⌃ + ⇧ + ⌘ + ← |
Column (box) selection | ⇧ + ⌥ + drag mouse |
Column (box) selection up | ⇧ + ⌥ + ⌘ + ↑ |
Column (box) selection down | ⇧ + ⌥ + ⌘ + ↓ |
Column (box) selection left | ⇧ + ⌥ + ⌘ + ← |
Column (box) selection right | ⇧ + ⌥ + ⌘ + → |
Column (box) selection page up | ⇧ + ⌥ + ⌘ + PgUp |
Column (box) selection page down | ⇧ + ⌥ + ⌘ + PgDn |
Search and Replace
Action | Keystroke |
Find | ⌘ + F |
Replace | ⌥ + ⌘ + F |
Find next | ⌘ + G |
Find previous | ⇧ + ⌘ + G |
Select all occurrences of Find match | ⌥ + ↩ |
Add selection to next Find match | ⌘ + D |
Move last selection to next Find match | ⌘ + K ⌘ + D |
Rich langauges editing
Action | Keystroke |
Find | ⌘ + F |
Replace | ⌥ + ⌘ + F |
Find next | ⌘ + G |
Find previous | ⇧ + ⌘ + G |
Select all occurrences of Find match | ⌥ + ↩ |
Add selection to next Find match | ⌘ + D |
Move last selection to next Find match | ⌘ + K ⌘ + D |
Navigation
Action | Keystroke |
Show all Symbols | ⌘ + T |
Go to line | ⌃ + G |
Go to file | ⌘ + P |
Go to Symbol | ⇧ + ⌘ + O |
Show Problems panel | ⇧ + ⌘ + M |
Go to next / previous error or warning | F8 / ⇧ + F8 |
Navigate editor group history | ⌃ + ⇧ + ⇥ |
Go back | ⌃ + - |
Go forward | ⌃ + ⇧ + - |
Toggle Tab moves focus | ⌃ + ⇧ + M |
Editor management
Action | Keystroke |
Close editor | ⌘ + W |
Close folder | ⌘ + K F |
Split editor | ⌘ + \ |
Focus into 1st, 2nd, 3rd editor group | ⌘ + 1 / ⌘ + 2 / ⌘ + 3 |
Focus into previous editor group | ⌘ + K ⌘ + ← |
Focus into next editor group | ⌘ + K ⌘ + → |
Move editor left | ⌘ + K ⇧ + ⌘ + ← |
Move editor right | ⌘ + K ⇧ + ⌘ + → |
Move active editor group left | ⌘ + K ← |
Move active editor group right | ⌘ + K → |
File management
Action | Keystroke |
New File | ⌘ + N |
Open File | ⌘ + O |
Save | ⌘ + S |
Save As | ⇧ + ⌘ + S |
Save All | ⌥ + ⌘ + S |
Close | ⌘ + W |
Close All | ⌘ + K ⌘ + W |
Reopen closed editor | ⇧ + ⌘ + T |
Keep preview mode editor open | ⌘ + K ↩ |
Open next | ⌃ + ⇥ |
Open previous | ⌃ + ⇧ + ⇥ |
Copy path of active file | ⌘ + K P |
Reveal active file in Explorer | ⌘ + K R |
Show active file in new window / instance | ⌘ + K O |
Display
Action | Keystroke |
Toggle full screen | ⌃ + ⌘ + F |
Toggle editor layout (horizontal / vertical) | ⌥ + ⌘ + 0 |
Zoom in | ⌘ + = |
Zoom out | ⇧ + ⌘ + - |
Toggle Sidebar visibility | ⌘ + B |
Show Explorer / Toggle focus | ⇧ + ⌘ + E |
Show Search | ⇧ + ⌘ + F |
Show Source Control | ⌃ + ⇧ + G |
Show Debug | ⇧ + ⌘ + D |
Show Extensions | ⇧ + ⌘ + X |
Replace in files | ⇧ + ⌘ + H |
Toggle Search details | ⇧ + ⌘ + J |
Show Output panel | ⇧ + ⌘ + U |
Open Markdown preview | ⇧ + ⌘ + V |
Open Markdown preview to the side | ⌘ + K V |
Zen Mode (Esc Esc to exit) | ⌘ + K Z |
Debug
Action | Keystroke |
Toggle breakpoint | F9 |
Start / Continue | F5 |
Step into / out | F11 | ⇧ + F11 |
Step over | F10 |
Stop | ⇧ + F5 |
Toggle breakpoint | ⌘ + F8 |
Show hover | ⌘ + K ⌘ + I |
Integrated terminal
Action | Keystroke |
Show integrated terminal | ⌃ + ` |
Create new terminal | ⌃ + ⇧ + ` |
Copy selection | ⌘ + C |
Scroll up / down | ⌘ + ↑ / ⌘ + ↓ |
Scroll page up / page down | PgUp / PgDn |
Scroll to top / bottom | ⌘ + Home / ⌘ + End |