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Simply shortcuts I use to make life easy

February 21, 2022/2 min read

I’ll jump straight to the points and list down the shortcuts I use which have/will save me years of time in coding.

Command Palette ctrl + shift + P : This Palette is your one-stop-shop for every setting in VS Code

Remove the > key to access files from workspace

2. Rename Symbols (everywhere) : Hit F2 on a variable. (We have a bad habit to name variables a , b , x instead of understandable words)

3. Integrated Terminal ctrl + ~ : quickly get focus or close/open your terminal

4. Toggle Side Bar Visibility ctrl + B : toggle editor’s side bar

Use these commands together to clean up the editor swiftly.

5. Move code/codes of line : alt + ⬆ or ⬇

want to move a code inside a function? Stop cut-paste

6. Delete one or more lines (customized) ctrl + D :

7. Copy line/lines : shift + alt+ ⬆ or ⬇:

8. Multi cursor editing : alt + click OR ctrl + alt + ⬆ or ⬇

9. Split/Unsplit tabs ctrl + alt + ➡ or ⬅ :

10. Word Wrap alt+ z : Very handy word wrap for smaller code windows

11. Create a directory and file in it at the same time : Click on new file and enter folder name followed by / and file name (with extension)

12. Browser shortcuts : Yes, many browser shortcuts work in VS code like

The definitions in intellisense will save you the time from googling them

It is turned on by default, but you can invoke it manually using ctrl + space

Let me know if I missed out any handy shortcut or if you have customized them in a different way.

Thanks for reading!