• Command Line Interface (CLI) command
• VSCode command
• Command palette
• Git integration
• Installed extension
• Recommended extension
• See also

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a lightweight Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that can become super powerful with extensions and plugins installed.

Command Line Interface (CLI) command

• Open a file.
  • code <FILE_NAME>
• Open a directory.
  • code <DIRECTORY_NAME>

VSCode command

• Move cursor by word.
  • Ctrl + Left / Right
• Cut line.
  • Ctrl + X
• Highlight line.
  • Ctrl + L
• Highlight lines.
  • Shift + Up / Down
• Move line.
  • Alt + Up / Down
• Toggle comment.
  • Highlight lines and then Ctrl + /
• Highlight words matching the current word.
  • Ctrl + D
  • Press D multiple times to highlight multiple occurrences.
• Set cursors.
  • Alt + Left click
    • Click multiple times to set multiple cursors.
  • Alt + Shift + Up / Down
    • Set multiple cursors at the same position across lines.
• Open terminal.
  • Ctrl + `
• Clear terminal (not working for me).
  • Ctrl + K

Command palette

• Open the command palette.
  • Ctrl + P
• Search for a file.
  • Type the file name on the command palette.
• Search for a supported command.
  • Ctrl + Shift + P
  • If already on the command palette, type > (Shift + .).
  • Search for a command like toggle minimap.
• Search for a symbol.
  • Ctrl + Shift + .
  • If already on the command palette, type @.
• Search for a global symbol.
  • If already on the command palette, type #.
• Go to a line.
  • Ctrl + G
  • If already on the command palette, type :.
• Manage tasks.
  • If already on the command palette, type >tasks.
• Manage snippets.
  • If already on the command palette, type >snippets.
• Rename variable or function (not working for me).
  • Shift + Alt + F12
  • Rename every reference at once.

Git integration

• Deeply nested file
  • Use \ between directories and files to create a deeply nested file.

Installed extension

• Code Spell Checker
• Prettier - Code formatter
• HTML Format
• HTML CSS Support
• Python
• Pylance
• Python Debugger

Recommended extension

• Docker
• Docker DX
• Quokka: Execute and show the output of JavaScript inline code.
• Auto rename tag: Auto rename paired HTML tag.
• Add jsdoc comments: Add jsdoc @param and @return tags for selected functions.
• Better comments: Improve code commenting by annotating with alert.
• GitLens: Supercharge the Git capabilities.
• Remote repositories: Remotely browse and edit a GitHub repository.
• Remote SSH: Open any folder on a remote machine using SSH.
• Remote containers: Open any folder inside a Docker container.
• Flutter snippet: Use snippets to reduce repetitive work.
• Paste JSON as code: Copy JSON and paste as TypeScript, Go, C++, and more.

See also