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Productivity Tips

In this Visual Studio Code tutorial, we describe Visual Studio Code features that help increase your coding productivity. Learning just a few tips can speed up your workflow and help you discover the full power of the VS Code editor.

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  • Double Shift

    • Assign the double Shift keyboard shortcut for often-used commands in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor (Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts command)

  • Side Bar focus with keyboard shortcuts

    • Press ⌘0 (Windows, Linux Ctrl+0) to put the focus in the Primary Side Bar
    • Press ⌘1 (Windows, Linux Ctrl+1) to put the focus back in the editor

  • Copy Paste

    • Press ⌘C (Windows, Linux Ctrl+C) to copy the entire line
    • Press ⌘V (Windows, Linux Ctrl+V) to paste the entire line

  • Multiple cursors

    • Press ⇧⌥I (Windows, Linux Shift+Alt+I) to add a cursor to the end of each selected line

  • Multiple terminal windows

    • Drag terminal windows in the editor
    • Switch between open terminals in the editor with ⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+P)

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