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Discussion on: Code navigation in Visual Studio Code

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Renan Lourençoni Nobile • Edited

Great post, shortcuts are THE BOMB.

I consider myself a avid shortcut user and here are some more:

  • ctrl + r: open recent project
  • ctrl + q: open views panel (release ctrl to select)
  • ctrl + b: toggle side panel
  • ctrl + shift + g: open source control
  • ctrl + shift + x: open extensions panel
  • ctrl + shift + e: open project explorer
  • ctrl + shift + f: open search panel
  • ctrl + \`: toggle terminal
  • ctrl + shift + \`: open new terminal
  • ctrl + p: go to file
  • ctrl + n: start new file
  • ctrl + shift + n: start new VS Code instance
  • ctrl + shift + c: open external terminal on current project root
  • ctrl + w: close current file
  • ctrl + pageup/pagedown: navigate to next/previus opened file

There are a lot more shortcuts, but these are the ones I use the most.

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Joe Strouth

These are great. Another one I use if using split view:

  • ctrl + [1, 2, 3...]: Focus the [first, second, third...] open panel. Splits to create another panel if one doesn't exist.