VSCode Cheat Sheet and Knowledgebase

Application Wide Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + Shift + P	Commant Palette
Ctrl + ,	Open settings
Ctrl +	Zoom in
Ctrl -	Zoom out

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

Visibility in Explorer

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

Go to: Settings

Search for Exclude for all excluding options or specifically for Files Exclude.