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 |
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