VS Code Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P	Command Palette
Ctrl+P / Cmd+P	Quick Open file
Ctrl+Shift+N / Cmd+Shift+N	New window
Ctrl+W / Cmd+W	Close editor
Ctrl+Shift+W / Cmd+Shift+W	Close window
Ctrl+, / Cmd+,	Open Settings
Ctrl+K Ctrl+S / Cmd+K Cmd+S	Keyboard Shortcuts editor
Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X	Extensions panel
Ctrl+B / Cmd+B	Toggle sidebar
Ctrl+J / Cmd+J	Toggle panel (terminal/output)
Ctrl+Shift+E / Cmd+Shift+E	Explorer panel
Ctrl+K Z / Cmd+K Z	Zen Mode
Ctrl+\ / Cmd+\	Split editor

Editing

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+X / Cmd+X	Cut line (empty selection)
Ctrl+C / Cmd+C	Copy line (empty selection)
Ctrl+Shift+K / Cmd+Shift+K	Delete line
Alt+Up / Opt+Up	Move line up
Alt+Down / Opt+Down	Move line down
Shift+Alt+Up / Shift+Opt+Up	Copy line up
Shift+Alt+Down / Shift+Opt+Down	Copy line down
Ctrl+Enter / Cmd+Enter	Insert line below
Ctrl+Shift+Enter / Cmd+Shift+Enter	Insert line above
Ctrl+] / Cmd+]	Indent line
Ctrl+[ / Cmd+[	Outdent line
Ctrl+/ / Cmd+/	Toggle line comment
Shift+Alt+A / Shift+Opt+A	Toggle block comment
Ctrl+Shift+\ / Cmd+Shift+\	Jump to matching bracket
Ctrl+D / Cmd+D	Select next occurrence
Ctrl+Shift+L / Cmd+Shift+L	Select all occurrences
Ctrl+H / Cmd+H	Find and replace
Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z	Redo
Alt+Z / Opt+Z	Toggle word wrap

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+G / Cmd+G	Go to line
Ctrl+P / Cmd+P	Go to file
Ctrl+Shift+O / Cmd+Shift+O	Go to symbol in file
Ctrl+T / Cmd+T	Go to symbol in workspace
F12	Go to definition
Alt+F12 / Opt+F12	Peek definition
Shift+F12	Find all references
Ctrl+Shift+F12 / Cmd+Shift+F12	Peek references
Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Tab	Switch between open editors
Ctrl+- / Cmd+-	Navigate back
Ctrl+Shift+- / Cmd+Shift+-	Navigate forward
Ctrl+Home / Cmd+Up	Go to beginning of file
Ctrl+End / Cmd+Down	Go to end of file
Ctrl+Shift+M / Cmd+Shift+M	Show Problems panel
F8	Go to next error/warning
Ctrl+K Ctrl+Q / Cmd+K Cmd+Q	Go to last edit location

Search

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+F / Cmd+F	Find in file
Ctrl+H / Cmd+H	Replace in file
Ctrl+Shift+F / Cmd+Shift+F	Search across files
Ctrl+Shift+H / Cmd+Shift+H	Replace across files
F3 / Cmd+G	Find next
Shift+F3 / Cmd+Shift+G	Find previous
Alt+Enter / Opt+Enter	Select all matches
Alt+C / Opt+C	Toggle case-sensitive
Alt+R / Opt+R	Toggle regex
Alt+W / Opt+W	Toggle whole word

Debug

Shortcut	Action
F5	Start / Continue debugging
Shift+F5	Stop debugging
Ctrl+Shift+F5 / Cmd+Shift+F5	Restart debugging
F9	Toggle breakpoint
F10	Step over
F11	Step into
Shift+F11	Step out
Ctrl+Shift+D / Cmd+Shift+D	Debug panel
Ctrl+K Ctrl+I / Cmd+K Cmd+I	Show hover (debug info)

Terminal

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+` / Cmd+`	Toggle integrated terminal
Ctrl+Shift+` / Cmd+Shift+`	Create new terminal
Ctrl+Shift+5 / Cmd+Shift+5	Split terminal
Ctrl+PgUp / Cmd+Shift+[	Previous terminal
Ctrl+PgDn / Cmd+Shift+]	Next terminal
Ctrl+C / Cmd+C	Copy (or kill process)
Ctrl+V / Cmd+V	Paste into terminal
Ctrl+Up / Cmd+Up	Scroll up
Ctrl+Down / Cmd+Down	Scroll down

Multi-Cursor

Shortcut	Action
Alt+Click / Opt+Click	Add cursor at click position
Ctrl+Alt+Up / Cmd+Opt+Up	Add cursor above
Ctrl+Alt+Down / Cmd+Opt+Down	Add cursor below
Ctrl+D / Cmd+D	Add selection to next find match
Ctrl+Shift+L / Cmd+Shift+L	Add cursors to all occurrences
Ctrl+U / Cmd+U	Undo last cursor operation
Shift+Alt+I / Shift+Opt+I	Add cursors to end of each selected line
Ctrl+K Ctrl+D / Cmd+K Cmd+D	Skip current and select next match