- Easy to remember.
- Easy to type. Keep fingers close to home position.
- For keyboards with the ctrl key next to the a key and the shift and alt(orcmd) keys near each thumb.
ℹ️ For mac, alt is cmd.
- ctrl + n: ⬆️ Cursor (N)ext Line. Cursor down
- ctrl + p: ⬇️ Cursor (P)revious Line. Cursor up
- ctrl + f: ➡️ Cursor (f)orward
- ctrl + b: ⬅️ Cursor (b)ack
- ctrl + a: ⬅️⬅️ Cursor line start(=a)
- ctrl + e: ➡️➡️ Cursor line (e)nd
- ctrl + l: 🔙 Go to (L)ast Edit Location
- ctrl + [:
Go to Bracket - ctrl + v: ⏬ Page down.
cursorPageDown
- ctrl + h: Delete left
- alt + h: Delete left word
- ctrl + d: Delete right
- alt + d: Delete right word
- ctrl + k:
Delete All Right - alt + k:
Delete All Left
- ctrl + ;:
Expand Selection.
editor.action.smartSelect.grow - ctrl + shift + ;:
Shrink Selection.
editor.action.smartSelect.shrink - ctrl + ]:
Select to Bracket - ctrl + space: Start or End Selection
- ctrl + g:
cancelSelection
- ctrl + w: Cut
- alt + w: Copy
- ctrl + y: Paste
- alt + y: Cyclic paste from history with multiclip
- ctrl + x, y: Select and paste from history with multiclip
- ctrl + x, f: Go to File...
- ctrl + x, ctrl + f: Open File
- ctrl + x, s: Save All
- ctrl + x, 2: Split Editor Vertically
- ctrl + x, 3: Split Editor horizontally
- ctrl + x, o: Focus Next Editor Group
- ctrl + x, b: Quick Switch Editor in Group
- ctrl + 0: Close Current Editor
- ctrl + shift + 0: Close All Editor
- ctrl + alt + 0: Close Other Editor
- ctrl + ?: Common
- ctrl + shift + ?: Code Operations, e.g. Generation, Refactoring
- ctrl + alt + ?: Jump
- alt + shift + ?: Display, Inspect or Peek informations
- ctrl + . or ,: Code Folding
- alt + number: Views / Focus
- ctrl + x, number: Git Operations
- ctrl + x, ?: Misc
- ctrl + /: Suggest
- ctrl + r: (R)ename Symbol
- ctrl + s: (S)earch
- ctrl + c: Toggle Line (C)omment
- ctrl + shift + c: Toggle Block (C)omment
- ctrl + shift + r: (R)efactor...
- ctrl + shift + l: (L)int, i.e. Format Document
- ctrl + shift + f: Quick (F)ix...
- ctrl + shift + s: (S)ource ACtion...
- ctrl + shift + o: Organize Imports
- ctrl + alt + b: Go (B)ack
- ctrl + alt + f: Go (F)orward
- ctrl + alt + g: (G)o to Definition
- ctrl + alt + d: Go to (D)eclaration
- ctrl + alt + i: Go to (I)mplementations
- ctrl + alt + r: Go to (R)eferences
- ctrl + alt + t: Go to (T)ype Definition
- ctrl + alt + e: Go to Next Problem ((E)rror, Warning, Info)
- ctrl + alt + shift+ e: Go to Next Problem in Files((E)rror, Warning, Info)
- ctrl + alt + s: Go to (S)ymbol in Editor...
- ctrl + alt + shift + s: Go to (S)ymbol in Workspace...
- ctrl + alt + l: Go to (L)ast Edit Location
- ctrl + alt + e: Go to (E)ditor
- ctrl + alt + j: Open Breadcrumbs and Selet and (J)ump
- ctrl + alt + n: Go to (n)ext edge of current indent block
- ctrl + alt + n: Go to (p)rev edge of current indent block
- alt + shift + d: Peek (D)efinition
- alt + shift + i: Peek (I)mplementations
- alt + shift + r: Peek (R)eferences
- alt + shift + t: Peek (T)ype Definition
- alt + shift + h: Show (H)over
- alt + shift + p: (P)arameter Hints
- alt + shift + c: Show (C)all Hierarchy
- ctrl + .: Fold
- ctrl + ,: Unfold
- ctrl + shift + .: Fold All
- ctrl + shift + ,: Unfold All
- ctrl + alt + .: Fold Recursively
- ctrl + alt + ,: Unfold Recursively
- alt + 0: Toggle Side Bar
- alt + shift + 0: Toggle Panel Bar
- alt + 1: Focus File Explorer
- alt + 2: Focus Comment Anchors
- alt + 3: Focus Search View
- alt + 4: Toggle Debug Console
- alt + 5: Toggle Problems
- alt + 8: Toggle Terminal
- alt + 9: Toggle Source Control
- alt + e: Focus (E)ditor
- ctrl + x, 4: View Git Graph (git log)
- ctrl + x, 5: Git Checkout to...
- ctrl + x, 6: Git Fetch (Prune)
- ctrl + x, 7: Git Pull
- ctrl + x, 8: Git Commit All
- ctrl + x, 9: Git Push
- ctrl + x, 0: Git Discard All Changes
- ctrl + x, r: Run Debugging
- ctrl + x, t: Run Task
- alt + x: Show and Run Commands
- shift, shift: Show and Run Commands