{"id":1539,"date":"2019-07-17T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/vscode-editor\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:31:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:31:44","slug":"vscode-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/blog\/dev-setup\/vscode-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"VSCode: Editor Settings and Shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 id=\"basic-editing\">Basic Editing<\/h1>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Alt<\/kbd> + <kbd>Up\/Down<\/kbd>: Move Line Up\/Down <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>Alt<\/kbd> + <kbd>Up\/Down<\/kbd>: Copy Line Down\/Up <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>: Delete Line <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>L<\/kbd>: Select whole line (expandLineSelection) <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>Alt<\/kbd> + <kbd>Left\/Right<\/kbd>: Shrink\/Expand Selection <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>\/<\/kbd>: Toggle Line Comment <\/div>\n<p>Custom shortcuts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>Control Shift J<\/code>: Join Lines<\/li>\n<li>Change End Of Line Sequence<\/li>\n<li>Change File Encoding<\/li>\n<li>Convert Indentation to Spaces\/Tabs<\/li>\n<li>Detect Indentation from Content<\/li>\n<li>Copy With Syntax Highlighting (Also see extension <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/octref\/polacode\">octref\/polacode<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Sort Lines Ascending\/Descending<\/li>\n<li>Transform to Lowercase \/ Title Case \/ Uppercase<\/li>\n<li>View: Toggle Control Characters<\/li>\n<li>View: Toggle Render Whitespace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"settings\">Settings<\/h1>\n<pre><code class=\"language-javascript\">\/\/ settings.json\n\/\/ There is (extensive) intellisense for each setting key and its valid values!\n\/\/ Some Control Shift P actions:\n\/\/ Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)\n\/\/ Preferences: Open Default Settings (JSON)\n{\n    \"files.encoding\": \"utf8\",\n    \"files.autoGuessEncoding\": false,\n    \"files.eol\": \"auto\",\n\n    \/\/ Fira Code: Monospaced font with programming ligatures\n    \/\/ https:\/\/github.com\/tonsky\/FiraCode\n    \"editor.fontFamily\": \"Fira Code, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace\",\n    \"editor.fontLigatures\": true,\n\n    \"editor.fontSize\": 14,\n    \"editor.cursorStyle\": \"line\",\n    \"editor.cursorBlinking\": \"blink\",\n    \"editor.cursorWidth\": 4,\n    \"editor.letterSpacing\": 0,\n\n    \/\/ Whitespace\n    \"editor.tabSize\": 4,\n    \"editor.autoIndent\": true,\n    \"editor.detectIndentation\": true,\n    \"editor.insertSpaces\": true, \/\/ Ignored when detectIndentation is true\n    \"files.insertFinalNewline\": true,\n    \"files.trimFinalNewlines\": false,\n    \"files.trimTrailingWhitespace\": true,\n    \"[markdown]\": {\n        \"files.trimTrailingWhitespace\": false,\n    },\n    \"editor.renderWhitespace\": \"all\",\n\n    \/\/ Look\n    \"breadcrumbs.enabled\": false,\n    \"editor.minimap.enabled\": false,\n    \"editor.wordWrap\": \"off\",\n    \"editor.wordWrapColumn\": 140, \/\/ when wordWrap is wordWrapColumn or bounded\n    \"editor.rulers\": [120, 180],\n\n    \/\/ Feel\n    \"editor.autoClosingBrackets\": \"always\",\n    \"editor.autoClosingQuotes\": \"always\",\n    \"editor.autoSurround\": \"languageDefined\",\n\n    \"files.defaultLanguage\": \"\",\n    \"files.associations\": {\n        \"*.ini.php\": \"ini\",\n    },\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h1 id=\"file-management\">File Management<\/h1>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>, <kbd>S<\/kbd>: File: Save All <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>, <kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>W<\/kbd>: View: Close All Editors <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>, <kbd>F<\/kbd>: File: Close Workspace <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>, <kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>O<\/kbd>: File: Open Folder&#8230; 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(Extract selection to method\/constant) <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>R<\/kbd>: Refactor&#8230; <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>, <kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>I<\/kbd>: Show Hover <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>\u00b2<\/kbd>: Toggle Quote (Extension BriteSnow.vscode-toggle-quotes) <\/div>\n<h4 id=\"problems\">Problems<\/h4>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>M<\/kbd>: View: Toggle Problems Panel (Errors, Warnings, &#8230;) <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>F8<\/kbd>: Cycle through errors (Shift to reverse cycle) <\/div>\n<h1 id=\"editor-groups\">Editor Groups<\/h1>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>Enter<\/kbd>: In Side Bar Explorer: Open to the Side (Or: Alt + Click) <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>, <kbd>Arrow<\/kbd>: View: Move Editor Group <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>, <kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>Left\/Right<\/kbd>: View: Focus Left\/Right Editor Group <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>Alt<\/kbd> + <kbd>Left\/Right<\/kbd>: View: Move Editor into Prev\/Next Group <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>PageUp\/Down<\/kbd>: View: Move Editor (Tab) Left\/Right <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>Tab<\/kbd>: View: Open Next Recently Used Editor <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>Alt<\/kbd> + <kbd>\u00e0<\/kbd>: View: Toggle Vertical\/Horizontal Editor Layout <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>1 \/ 2 \/ 3<\/kbd>: View: Focus 1st \/ 2nd \/ 3rd Editor Group <\/div>\n<h4 id=\"closing-them\">Closing them<\/h4>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>, <kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>W<\/kbd>: View: Close All Editors <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>, <kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>W<\/kbd>: View: Close All Editor Groups <\/div>\n<p> Custom shortcuts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>View: Grid Editor Layout (2&#215;2)<\/li>\n<li>View: Split Editor<\/li>\n<li>View: Two\/Three Rows\/Columns Editor Layout<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre><code class=\"language-javascript\">\/\/ settings.json\n{\n    \"workbench.editor.showTabs\": true,\n    \"workbench.editor.highlightModifiedTabs\": true,\n    \"workbench.editor.labelFormat\": \"default\",\n    \"workbench.editor.tabCloseButton\": \"off\",\n    \"workbench.editor.tabSizing\": \"shrink\",\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h1 id=\"formatting\">Formatting<\/h1>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>Alt<\/kbd> + <kbd>F<\/kbd>: Format Document <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>, <kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>F<\/kbd>: Format Selection <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>Alt<\/kbd> + <kbd>O<\/kbd>: Organize Imports <\/div>\n<pre><code class=\"language-javascript\">\/\/ settings.json\n{\n    \"editor.defaultFormatter\": null,\n\n    \"editor.formatOnPaste\": true,\n    \"editor.formatOnSaveTimeout\": 750,\n\n    \"editor.formatOnSave\": false,\n    \"editor.codeActionsOnSave\": {},\n    \"editor.codeActionsOnSaveTimeout\": 750,\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h1 id=\"markdown\">Markdown<\/h1>\n<p>I guess this is here because I\u2019ve done mostly markdown &#8211; writing this \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>K<\/kbd>, <kbd>V<\/kbd>: Markdown: Open Preview to the Side <\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Control<\/kbd> + <kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>V<\/kbd>: Markdown: Open Preview <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/yzhang-gh\/vscode-markdown\" class=\"github\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/github\/stars\/yzhang-gh\/vscode-markdown.svg?style=social&amp;label=Star\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/yzhang-gh\/vscode-markdown\">yzhang-gh\/vscode-markdown<\/a>: Add intuitive keyboard shortcuts, TOC, table formatter, autocompletion and more! <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/davidanson\/vscode-markdownlint\" class=\"github\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/github\/stars\/davidanson\/vscode-markdownlint.svg?style=social&amp;label=Star\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/davidanson\/vscode-markdownlint\">davidanson\/vscode-markdownlint<\/a>: Markdown linting and style checking<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/streetsidesoftware\/vscode-spell-checker\" class=\"github\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.shields.io\/github\/stars\/streetsidesoftware\/vscode-spell-checker.svg?style=social&amp;label=Star\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/streetsidesoftware\/vscode-spell-checker\">streetsidesoftware\/vscode-spell-checker<\/a>: Source code spell checker<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-javascript\">{\n    \"markdown.preview.scrollPreviewWithEditor\": true,\n    \"markdown.preview.scrollEditorWithPreview\": true,\n\n    \/\/ davidanson.vscode-markdownlint\n    \"markdownlint.config\": {\n        \"default\": true,\n\n        \/\/ https:\/\/github.com\/DavidAnson\/vscode-markdownlint#rules\n        \"single-title\": false,\n    },\n\n    \/\/ yzhang.vscode-markdown\n    \"markdown.extension.italic.indicator\": \"*\", \/\/ or -\n    \"markdown.extension.list.indentationSize\": \"inherit\",\n    \"markdown.extension.preview.autoShowPreviewToSide\": false,\n    \"markdown.extension.toc.githubCompatibility\": true,\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h1>Also in this series<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Part 1: <a href=\"\/dev-setup\/pragmatic-tip-22-use-a-single-editor-well\/\">Pragmatic Tip #22 : Use A Single Editor Well<\/a><\/li>\n<li>This Part: VSCode: Editor Settings and Shortcuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Extras<\/h1>\n<p><b>Other interesting reads<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1> Package Versions <i class=\"fa fa-info-circle\" style=\"float: right; 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