Terminal Basics - Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code includes a full featured integrated terminal that starts at the root of your workspace. It provides integration with the editor to support features like links and error detection. The integrated terminal can run commands such as mkdir and git just like a standalone terminal. You can open a terminal as follows:

Code Navigation

VS Code provides two powerful commands to navigate in and across files with easy-to-use keyboard shortcuts. Hold Ctrl and press Tab to view a list of all files open in an editor group. To open one of these files, use Tab again to pick the file you want to navigate to, then release Ctrl to open it.

Python environments in VS Code

To create local environments in VS Code using virtual environments or Anaconda, you can follow these steps: open the Command Palette (⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)), search for the Python: Create Environment command, and select it. The command presents a list of environment types: Venv or Conda.

Manage context for AI - Visual Studio Code

In this article, you learn how to manage context in chat, including how to use #-mentions to reference files, folders, and symbols, how to reference web content, or how you can use custom instructions to guide the AI's responses. VS Code automatically provides context to the chat prompt based on your current activity.

Default keyboard shortcuts reference - Visual Studio Code

VS Code comes with a set of default keyboard shortcuts. This article lists the default keyboard shortcuts in VS Code. You can also view the default shortcuts in the product: Open the Keyboard Shortcuts editor, and then select Show System Keybindings in the More Actions (...) menu.

Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined

Use your favorite shell whether it's zsh, pwsh, or git bash, all inside the editor. Run and debug your code without leaving your editor. Built-in support for git and many other source control providers. Run tools and analyze their results from within VS Code. Never lose your changes with automatically tracked local history.

Manage Jupyter Kernels in VS Code

Each Jupyter kernel has a Jupyter kernel specification, or Jupyter kernelspec, which contains a JSON file (kernel.json) with details about the kernel—name, description, and CLI information required to launch a process as a kernel.

AI language models in VS Code

Copilot in Visual Studio Code offers different built-in language models that are optimized for different tasks. You can also bring your own language model API key to use models from other providers. This article describes how to change the language model for chat or code completions, and how to use your own API key.

Getting Started with Java in VS Code - Visual Studio Code

To use Java within Visual Studio Code, you need to install a Java Development Kit (JDK) on your local environment. JDK is a software development environment used for developing Java applications. The Extension Pack for Java supports Java version 1.8 or above. Note: To configure JDKs for your projects, see Configure Runtime for Projects.

Default settings reference - Visual Studio Code

You can also view the default values in the Settings editor or see a read-only version of the defaultSettings.json via the Preferences: Open Default Settings (JSON) command in the Command Palette (⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)).