Boost Your Productivity with These 50 Essential VS Code Shortcuts 🚀

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a powerful and versatile code editor, and mastering its shortcuts can greatly enhance your coding efficiency. Here are 50 essential VS Code shortcuts that every developer should know.

General Shortcuts

1. Open Command Palette: Ctrl+Shift+P or F1 🎨
2. Quick Open: Ctrl+P 🔍
3. New Window: Ctrl+Shift+N 🆕
4. Close Window: Ctrl+Shift+W ❌

Basic Editing

1. Cut Line: Ctrl+X ✂️
2. Copy Line: Ctrl+C 📋
3. Move Line Up/Down: Alt+Up/Down 🔼🔽
4. Duplicate Line: Shift+Alt+Up/Down 📑
5. Delete Line: Ctrl+Shift+K 🗑️
6. Undo: Ctrl+Z ↩️
7. Redo: Ctrl+Y ↪️

Navigation

1. Go to File: Ctrl+P 📁
2. Go to Line: Ctrl+G 📏
3. Go to Symbol: Ctrl+Shift+O 🔣
4. Show Problems Panel: Ctrl+Shift+M ❗
5. Toggle Terminal: Ctrl+` ⌨️

Search and Replace

1. Find: Ctrl+F 🔎
2. Replace: Ctrl+H 🔄
3. Find in Files: Ctrl+Shift+F 📂
4. Replace in Files: Ctrl+Shift+H 🗃️

Multi-Cursor and Selection

1. Add Cursor Above/Below: Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down ⬆️⬇️
2. Select All Occurrences of Current Selection: Ctrl+Shift+L 🔄
3. Select All Occurrences of Current Word: Ctrl+F2 💬

File Management

1. New File: Ctrl+N 🆕
2. Open File: Ctrl+O 📂
3. Save: Ctrl+S 💾
4. Save As: Ctrl+Shift+S 🖫
5. Save All: Ctrl+K S 🖧
6. Close: Ctrl+W ❌
7. Close All: Ctrl+K W 🚪

Code Editing

1. Format Document: Shift+Alt+F 🖊️
2. Format Selection: Ctrl+K Ctrl+F ✏️
3. Comment Line: Ctrl+/ 💬
4. Block Comment: Shift+Alt+A 🗯️

Version Control

1. Open Git: Ctrl+Shift+G 🗃️
2. Stage Changes: Ctrl+Shift+S 📝
3. Commit: Ctrl+Enter ✅

Debugging

1. Start Debugging: F5 🐞
2. Stop Debugging: Shift+F5 🛑
3. Step Over: F10 🔄
4. Step Into: F11 ⬇️
5. Step Out: Shift+F11 ⬆️
6. Toggle Breakpoint: F9 ⛔
7. Show Debug Console: Ctrl+Shift+Y 🖥️

Integrated Terminal

1. Create New Terminal: Ctrl+` ➕
2. Kill Terminal: Ctrl+Shift+` ❌
3. Toggle Terminal: Ctrl+` ↔️

Extension Management

1. Show Extensions: Ctrl+Shift+X 🔧
2. Install Extension: Ctrl+P, then type ext install 📦
3. Uninstall Extension: Ctrl+P, then type ext uninstall 🗑️

Conclusion

Knowing these shortcuts can make your coding experience in VS Code much smoother and more efficient. Start integrating them into your daily workflow and watch your productivity soar! 🚀

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