Keyboard shortcuts for Visual Studio Code

VS Code provides a rich keyboard shortcut editing experience with the Keyboard Shortcuts editor. The editor lists all available commands with and without keyboard shortcuts, and enables you to change, remove, or reset their keyboard shortcuts using the available actions.

May 2025 (version 1.101) - Visual Studio Code

Welcome to the May 2025 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include: Expand your agent coding flow with support for prompts, resources, and sampling (Show more). Access MCP servers that require authentication (Show more).

Visual Studio Code tips and tricks

Become familiar with the powerful editing, code intelligence, and source code control features and learn useful keyboard shortcuts. Make sure to explore the other in-depth topics in Getting Started and the User Guide to learn more.

Personalize VS Code

VS Code lets you perform most tasks directly from the keyboard. When you install VS Code, it comes with a set of default keyboard shortcuts. Hover over a UI element in the VS Code interface to see its keyboard shortcut, if one's available. The Command Palette also shows the keyboard shortcut for commands that have a shortcut.

November 2022 (version 1.74) - Visual Studio Code

Welcome to the November 2022 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include: Customize Explorer auto reveal - Decide which files scroll into view in the Explorer. Hide Activity bar and Panel badges - Simplify the editor UI by toggling state badges.

Built-in Commands | Visual Studio Code Extension API

Read the Commands guide for how to use the commands API. The following is a sample of how to open a new folder in VS Code: Note: You can review the full set of VS Code commands via the Keyboard Shortcuts editor File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcuts for Linux - Visual Studio Code

work on some Linux distributions. You can change the modifier key for the Insert cursor command to Ctrl+Click with the “edi.

June 2025 (version 1.102) - Visual Studio Code

Welcome to the June 2025 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include: Explore and contribute to the open sourced GitHub Copilot Chat extension (Read our blog post). Generate custom instructions that reflect your project's conventions (Show more).

July 2019 (version 1.37) - Visual Studio Code

Welcome to the July 2019 release of Visual Studio Code. There are a number of updates in this version that we hope you will like, some of the key highlights include: Full product icon refresh - New modern icons across all of VS Code. Edit string arrays in the Settings UI - Add to string arrays directly from the Settings editor.

Basic editing - Visual Studio Code

Keyboard Shortcuts Reference - Learn the most commonly used and popular keyboard shortcuts by downloading the reference sheet. Install a Keymap extension - Use the keyboard shortcuts of your old editor (such as Sublime Text, Atom, and Vim) in VS Code by installing a Keymap extension.