Visual Studio Code Shortcuts

In Visual Studio Code, you can perform many operations directly from the keyboard. This is a collection of useful shortcuts. It does not cover every shortcut.

General

General shortcuts that are not tied to a specific file type. Much of this information comes from Key Bindings for Visual Studio Code.

Basic Editing

Operation	Key(s)
Cut	Ctrl + X
Copy	Ctrl + C
Paste	Ctrl + V
Move Line Down	Alt + Down
Move Line Up	Alt + Up
Copy Line Down	Shift + Alt + Down
Copy Line Up	Shift + Alt + Up
Undo	Ctrl + Z
Redo	Ctrl + Y
Undo last cursor operation	Ctrl + U
Insert cursor at end of each line selected	Shift + Alt + I
Select current line	Ctrl + L
Insert Cursor Below	Ctrl + Alt + Down
Insert Cursor Above	Ctrl + Alt + Up
Go to Beginning of Line	Home
Go to End of Line	End
Go to Beginning of File	Ctrl + Home
Go to End of File	Ctrl + End
Scroll Line Down	Ctrl + Down
Scroll Line Up	Ctrl + Up
Scroll Page Down	Ctrl + Page Down
Scroll Page Up	Ctrl + Page Up
All Line Comment	Ctrl + K and Ctrl + C
Remove Line Comment	Ctrl + K and Ctrl + U
Toggle Word Wrap	Alt + Z

Rich Languages Editing

Operation	Key(s)
Format Document	Shift + Alt + F
Format Selection	Ctrl + K and Ctrl + F
Go to Definition	F12
Peek Definition	Alt + F12
Open Definition to the Side	Ctrl + K and F12
Go to References	Shift + F12
Rename Symbol	F2

Navigation

Operation	Key(s)
Show All Symbols	Ctrl + T
Go to Line...	Ctrl + G
Go to File...	Ctrl + P
Go to Symbol...	Ctrl + Shift + O
Show All Commands	Ctrl + Shift + P or F1
Go Back	Alt + Left
Go Forward	Alt + Right

Editor/Window Management

Operation	Key(s)
New Window	Ctrl + Shift + N
Close Window	Alt + F4
Close Editor	Ctrl + W
Split Editor	Ctrl + \ (Ctrl + |)

File Management

Operation	Key(s)
New File	Ctrl + N
Open File...	Ctrl + O
Save	Ctrl + S
Save All	Ctrl + K and S
Save As	Ctrl + Shift + S
Close	Ctrl + W
Close Group	Ctrl + K and W
Close All	Ctrl + K and Ctrl + W
Show Opened File in New Window	Ctrl + K and O

Display

Operation	Key(s)
Toggle Full Screen	F11
Toggle Zen Mode	Ctrl + K and Z
Leave Zen Mode	Esc and Esc
Zoom in	Ctrl + = (Ctrl + +)
Zoom out	Ctrl + -
Reset Zoom	Ctrl + Numpad0
Open New Command Prompt	Ctrl + Shift + C
Open Preview to the Side	Ctrk + K and V
Toggle Terminal	Ctrl + ` (Ctrl + Ø)

Search

Operation	Key(s)
Find	Ctrl + F
Find in Files	Ctrl + Shift + F
Replace	Ctrl + H
Replace in Files	Ctrl + Shift + H
Find Next	Enter
Find Previous	Shift + Enter
Find All References	Shift + Alt + F12
Show Call Hierarchy	Shift + Alt + H

Preferences

Operation	Key(s)
Open Settings	Ctrl + ,
Open Keyboard Shortcuts	Ctrl + K and Ctrl + S
Select Colour Theme	Ctrl + K and Ctrl + T

Debug

Operation	Key(s)
Toggle Breakpoint	F9
Start	F5
Continue	F5
Start (without debugging)	Ctrl + F5
Pause	F6
Step Into	F11

C/C++

These shortcuts require Microsoft's C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code.

Operation	Key(s)
Switch Header/Source	Alt + O