Productivity Tips

In this Visual Studio Code tutorial, we describe Visual Studio Code features that help increase your coding productivity. Learning just a few tips can speed up your workflow and help you discover the full power of the VS Code editor.

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• Double Shift

  • Assign the double kbstyle(Shift) keyboard shortcut for often-used commands in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor (Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts command)

• Side Bar focus with keyboard shortcuts

  • Press kb(workbench.action.focusSideBar) to put the focus in the Primary Side Bar
  • Press kb(workbench.action.focusFirstEditorGroup) to put the focus back in the editor

• Copy Paste

  • Press kb(editor.action.clipboardCopyAction) to copy the entire line
  • Press kb(editor.action.clipboardPasteAction) to paste the entire line

• Multiple cursors

  • Press kb(editor.action.insertCursorAtEndOfEachLineSelected) to add a cursor to the end of each selected line

• Multiple terminal windows

  • Drag terminal windows in the editor
  • Switch between open terminals in the editor with kb(workbench.action.quickOpen)

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