VSCode Cheat Sheet and Knowledgebase

Application Wide Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Shift + P	Command palette
Ctrl + ,	Open settings
Ctrl +	Zoom in
Ctrl -	Zoom out
Ctrl + K Ctrl + T	Theme selector

Editor Shortcuts

Window Control

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + 1	Go to first editor panel
Ctrl + 2 / 3	Go to second / third editor panel, create one if not present
Ctrl + ^	Split editor panel
Ctrl + W	Close file
Ctrl + Shift + T	Reopen last closed file
Ctrl + Tab	Next tab
Ctrl + B	Toggle sidebar visibility

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Alt + ↑/↓	Move line up/down
Shift + Alt + ↑/↓	Duplicate line up/down
Ctrl + Shift + K	Delete line
Ctrl + Z	Undo

Multi Cursor Editing

Shortcut	Action
Alt + Click	Add cursor
Ctrl + D	Multi-select word
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + ↑/↓	Add second cursor in the line above or below

Coding

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + #	Comment / Uncomment line
Shift + Alt + F	Format document
Ctrl + Space	Show suggestions

File Management

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + #	Comment / Uncomment line
Shift + Alt + F	Format document
Ctrl + Space	Show suggestions

Terminal Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + ö / Ctrl + `	Toggle terminal panel / Switch to terminal panel, if in editor
Ctrl + Shift + ö	Create second terminal tab
Ctrl + L	Clear Terminal
Ctrl + Shift + 5	Split Terminal

VSCode Configuration

If not specified otherwise in the following sections always go to Settings first or press Ctrl + ,.

Visibility in Explorer

Hiding or making files or folders visible is implemented with excludes in VSCode.

Go to section: Files: Exclude for all excluding options or specifically for Files Exclude.

Don't Show Suggestions

Section Editor: Quick Suggestions

Disable all for Intellisense. By CTRL + SPACE it can be show again

Don't Show Parameter Hover

Section: Editor > Parameter Hints: Enabled

Suggest Function Parameters with Parenthesis

Section: JavaScript > Suggest: Complete Function Calls

Activate: Complete functions with their parameter signature.

Disable File Switcher List on Ctrl + Tab

Open keybindings.json and add:

[  
    { 
        "other configurations" : "..." 
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+tab",
      "command": "workbench.action.nextEditorInGroup"
    },
    {
      "key": "ctrl+shift+tab",
      "command": "workbench.action.previousEditorInGroup"
    }
]

Indentations / Tab Size

For changing default tab size from 4 to 2 in Settings go to section: Editor > Tab Size

Make sure to change it in all profiles or set it in user profile, click on the gear wheel and set to all profiles.

Formatting / Indentation for autoformatting Python with autopep8

Go to section: Extensions > autopep8

Add to args:

--indent-size=2

Troubleshooting

Sluggish / Laggy Input Performance on Fedora Linux 42

Variant 1 (Successful):

export ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT=wayland
code

Variant 2 (Successful):

code --ozone-platform=wayland

Variant 3 (Uncertain):

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/code.desktop

Add --ozone-platform=wayland to Exec line resulting in:

Exec=/usr/share/code/code--ozone-platform=wayland %F