20 VS Code shortcuts to speed up your flow

In this article I want to share some of my favorite and most used VS Code shortcuts that help me save time, make my life a little easier and, as a heavy keyboard user, also allow me to stay in my developer flow.

You may be familiar with some of them already but hopefully you will discover a new shortcut that you can introduce into your workflow starting right now.

I jotted down the key combinations for Mac users. If youre a Windows or Linux user, you can find the key bindings for your OS here.

Alright then, so without needing to select the entire line first...

• X - cut a line
• C- copy a line
• K - delete a line
• L - select the line

And while your cursor is on a specific line..

• Enter - insert a new line below it
• Enter - insert a new line above it
• and - move the line up/down
• and - duplicate line on the line above/below it
• ] and [ - indent and outdent the line
• / - (un)comment out the line

Or within a specific file..

• D - find other instances of selected code
• Z - toggle word wrap

Lastly, for some editor/window management..

• P - find and go to file (quick open)
• N - new editor
• W - close editor
• B - toggle visibility of the side panel
• ` - toggle visibility of the integrated terminal
• 2 - split screen into two editor groups
• T - reopen recently closed editor
• and - view editor tab on the left/right

Happy coding!