Top Tips & Shortcuts for Visual Studio Code (VS CODE)

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a popular open-source code editor developed by Microsoft. It is widely used for a variety of programming tasks, including web development, data science, and machine learning. To make it easier to use, VSCode offers a variety of keyboard shortcuts that allow you to quickly perform common actions. Here are the top twenty keyboard shortcuts for VSCode:

Ctrl + Shift + P: Open the command palette.

Ctrl + Shift + N: Open a new window.

Ctrl + Shift + W: Close the current window.

Ctrl + S: Save the current file.

Ctrl + Shift + S: Save all open files.

Ctrl + F: Find in the current file.

Ctrl + H: Replace in the current file.

Ctrl + G: Go to a specific line in the current file.

Ctrl + Shift + F: Find in all open files.

Ctrl + P: Go to a file by name.

F12: Go to the definition of a symbol.

Shift + F12: Find all references to a symbol.

Alt + Left: Go back to the previous location.

Alt + Right: Go forward to the next location.

Ctrl + Shift + M: Open the Markdown preview.

Ctrl + Shift + E: Open the Explorer pane.

Ctrl + Shift + D: Open the Debug pane.

Ctrl + Shift + X: Open the Extensions pane.

Ctrl + Shift + A: Open the Source Control pane.

Ctrl + Shift + T: Reopen the last closed tab.

These keyboard shortcuts can save you a lot of time and effort when working in VSCode, and they are well worth learning and using regularly.

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