# Essential navigation shortcuts

VS Code has a keyboard shortcut for virtually anything that you can do with a mouse. The more of these that you can use, the faster you will be. In addition to the 5 core keyboard shortcuts from the start of this workshop, these are the essential keyboard shortcuts for navigating around the editor without a mouse.

| Action                   | Shortcut             |
| ------------------------ | -------------------- |
| Jump to previous file    | Cmd/Ctrl + P + P     |
| Set focus to Sidebar     | Cmd/Ctrl + 0         |
| Set focus to Editor      | Cmd/Ctrl + 1         |
| Open Explorer View       | Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + E |
| Open Debug View          | Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + D |
| Open Source Control View | Ctrl + Shift + G     |
| Open Extensions View     | Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + X |