Visual Studio Code Hotkeys

This page lists 234 keyboard shortcuts for Visual Studio Code, organized into 11 sections: Basic editing, Debug, Display, Editor management, File management, General, Integrated terminal, Multi-cursor and selection, Navigation, Rich languages editing, and Search and replace. It covers both macOS and Windows bindings.

Start with Basic editing and Navigation - those shortcuts come up constantly during everyday coding. Multi-cursor and selection is worth learning early too, since it saves a lot of repetitive edits. Debug and Rich languages editing are more situational and can wait until you need them.

Most shortcuts follow the same pattern but substitute Cmd for Ctrl on macOS. A few shortcuts have no direct equivalent on the other platform, so this page shows both side by side where they differ.

General, Basic editing, Navigation, and Integrated terminal are things most developers use daily. Editor management and Display are handy to glance at when arranging your workspace. Debug, Rich languages editing, and Search and replace tend to be looked up as needed rather than memorized.