Essential Keyboard Shortcuts

There are a lot of keyboard shortcuts in VS Code. You don't need to know them all. You do need to know a few key ones before you can get started with the workshop.

On Mac, the Command, or Cmd key is used as the primary control key. On Windows, the Control, or Ctrl key is the primary control key. I will represent these as Mac/Windows respectively; Cmd/Ctrl

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Toggle Sidebar	Cmd/Ctrl + B
Open Command Palette	Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P
Open File Switcher	Cmd/Ctrl + P
Toggle Integrated Terminal	Cmd/Ctrl + `
Open Settings	Cmd/Ctrl + ,