01-05-2021

Visual Studio Code Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

HTML in Visual Studio Code. Visual Studio Code provides basic support for HTML programming out of the box. There is syntax highlighting, smart completions with IntelliSense, and customizable formatting. VS Code also includes great Emmet support. As you type in HTML, we offer suggestions via HTML IntelliSense. This page lists the default command shortcuts for the General profile, which you might have chosen when you installed Visual Studio. No matter which profile you chose, you can identify the shortcut for a command by opening the Options dialog box, expanding the.

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You can navigate in Visual Studio more easily by using the shortcuts in this article. These shortcuts include keyboard and mouse shortcuts as well as text you can enter to help accomplish a task more easily.

For a complete list of command shortcuts, see Default keyboard shortcuts.

Note

This topic applies to Visual Studio on Windows. For Visual Studio for Mac, see Common keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio for Mac.

Window management

Task	Shortcut
Maximize floating window	Double-click on title bar
Maximize/minimize windows	Win+Up arrow / Win+Down arrow
Redock floating window	Ctrl+double-click on title bar
Move/dock floating windows	Win+Left arrow / Win+Right arrow
Close active document	Ctrl+F4
Show open file list	Ctrl+Alt+Down arrow
Show all floating windows	Ctrl+Shift+M
Show jump list	Win+Alt+N
Start new instance	Win+Shift+N
Switch between windows	Win+N

Search

Vscode Cheat Sheet

Task	Shortcut
Solution Explorer search	Ctrl+;
Place focus in search box in any tool window (except editor)	Alt+` when the tool window has focus
Search Visual Studio	Ctrl+Q
Search box results filter	@opt - Options @cmd - Commands @mru - Most recently used @doc - Open documents
Search in Tools Options	Ctrl+E

Find in the editor

Vs Code Windows Shortcuts

Visual studio code shortcuts cheat sheet mac

Task	Shortcut
Quick Find	Ctrl+F
Quick Find Next Result	Enter
Quick Find Previous Result	Shift+Enter
Quick Find Expand Drop Down	Alt+Down arrow
Dismiss Find	Esc
Quick Replace	Ctrl+H
Quick Replace - Replace Next	Alt+R
Quick Replace - Replace All	Alt+A
Find in Files	Ctrl+Shift+F
Replace in Files	Ctrl+Shift+H

Code editor

Task	Shortcut
Go To All	Ctrl+T
Go to recent files	Ctrl+T,R
Multi-caret multiple insertion points	Ctrl+Alt+click
Multi-caret add matching selection	Shift+Alt+Ins
Format Document	Ctrl+K,D
IntelliSense suggestion mode	Ctrl+Alt+Space (Toggle)
Force show IntelliSense	Ctrl+J
Quick Actions	Ctrl+.
Snippet picker	Ctrl+K,X or ?,Tab (Visual Basic)
Surround With	Ctrl+K,S
Show Quick Info	Ctrl+K,I
Navigate To	Ctrl+,
Navigate highlighted references	Ctrl+Shift+Up (Previous) Ctrl+Shift+Down (Next)
Editor zoom	Ctrl+Shift+> (In) Ctrl+Shift+< (Out)
Block selection	Hold Alt and drag mouse Shift+Alt+Arrow keys
Move line up/down	Alt+Up arrow / Alt+Down arrow
Duplicate line	Ctrl+E,V
Expand selection	Shift+Alt+=
Contract selection	Shift+Alt+-
Go To Definition	F12
Peek Definition	Alt+F12
Go To Definition stack	Ctrl+Shift+8 (Back) Ctrl+Shift+7 (Forward)
Close the Peek Definition window	Esc
Promote the Peek Definition window to a regular document tab	Ctrl+Alt+Home
Navigate between multiple Peek Definition windows	Ctrl+Alt+- and Ctrl+Alt+=
Navigate between multiple Peek results	F8 and Shift+F8
Toggle between the code editor window and the Peek Definition window	Shift+Esc
Go to enclosing block	Ctrl+Alt+Up arrow
Go to next/previous issue	Alt+PgUp / Alt+PgDn
Contextual navigation menu	Alt+`

Toolbars

Task	Shortcut
Add buttons	Select the toolbar overflow button
Find combo in standard toolbar	Ctrl+D
Find textbox command mode	Type >
Create new alias	Type alias <new alias> <command> in the Command window

Debugging