VS Code Tutorial: 11 Keyboard Shortcuts to Increase Productivity

toggle side bar and terminal

ctrl + B, Ctrl + J

Zen Mode

Ctrl + K Z Press esc twice to come out.

Quick Comment

ctrl + /

Side by side editing

Ctrl + \

Move to explorer window

Ctrl + Shift + E

Reveal in explorer

Shift + Alt + R

Close currently open folder

ctrl + W

Navigating files

Ctrl + Tab Alt + Left Alt + Right

Multi cursor selection

Alt + Click Ctrl + D Ctrl + Alt + Up Ctrl + Alt + Down Shift + Alt + Mouse

Copy line above, below

Shift + Alt + Down Shift + Alt + Up

Move line up, down

Alt + Up Alt + Down

Expand and fold block of Code

Ctrl Shift + [ Ctrl Shift + ]

Navigate to a specific line

Ctrl + G

Transform command

Select text and in command pallette type transform

Select current line

Ctrl + L