Press Alt and click. This works on Windows and Linux*, and it should work on Mac, too. More multi-cursor features are now available in Visual Studio Code 0.2: Multi cursor improvements Ctrl+D (Cmd+D on Mac) selects next occurrence of word under cursor or of the current selection Ctrl+K Ctrl+D moves last added cursor to next … Read more
Fold All: Windows and Linux: Ctrl + K Ctrl + 0 Mac: ⌘ + K ⌘ + 0 Unfold All: Windows and Linux: Ctrl + K Ctrl + J Mac: ⌘ + K ⌘ + J To see all available shortcuts in the editor: Windows and Linux: Ctrl + K Ctrl + S Mac: ⌘ … Read more
Visual Studio (full version) is a “full-featured” and “convenient” development environment. Visual Studio (free “Express” versions – only until 2017) are feature-centered and simplified versions of the full version. Feature-centered meaning that there are different versions (Visual Studio Web Developer, Visual Studio C#, etc.) depending on your goal. Visual Studio (free Community edition – since … Read more
I had accidentally enabled a different mode for the tab key. Fixed it by pressing Cmd+Shift+M (for Mac), or Ctrl+M (for Windows). From the Visual Studio Code Keybinding docs: | Key | Command | Command id | | Ctrl + M | Toggle Use of Tab Key for Setting Focus | editor.action.toggleTabFocusMode | The current … Read more
What is a workspace? A project that consists of one or more root folders, along with all of the Visual Studio Code configurations that belong to that project. These configurations include: settings that should be applied when that project is open recommended extensions for the project (useful when sharing the configuration files with colleagues) project-specific … Read more
You can enable whitespace trimming at file save time from settings: Open Visual Studio Code User Settings (menu File → Preferences → Settings → User Settings tab). Click the icon in the top-right part of the window. This will open a document. Add a new “files.trimTrailingWhitespace”: true setting to the User Settings document if it’s … Read more
On Windows, you hold Ctrl+Alt while pressing the up ↑ or down ↓ arrow keys to add cursors. Mac: ⌥ Opt+⌘ Cmd+↑/↓ Linux: Shift+Alt+↑/↓ Note that third-party software may interfere with these shortcuts, preventing them from working as intended (particularly Intel’s HD Graphics software on Windows; see comments for more details). If you experience this … Read more
You can configure patterns to hide files and folders from the explorer and searches. Open VS User Settings (Main menu: File > Preferences > Settings). This will open the setting screen. Search for files:exclude in the search at the top. Configure the User Setting with new glob patterns as needed. In this case add this … Read more
1. Make sure you drag the Visual Studio Code application into the Applications folder Otherwise (as noted in the comments), you’ll have to go through this process again after a reboot. 2. Next, open Visual Studio Code Open the Command Palette via ⇧ + ⌘ + P and type shell command to find the Shell … Read more
Using Go to File… which is under the Go menu or using keyboard shortcut: On Windows Ctrl+p or Ctrl+e On macOS Cmd ⌘+p On Linux Ctrl+p or Ctrl+e Then type the file name. Also be sure to checkout that you can set your own keybindings and that there are cheatsheets available for Windows, macOS and … Read more