Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcuts use the Windows key names shown below. Modifier keys must match the binding exactly. For example, Ctrl+Shift+S is not Save.

Keys	Action
`Left` / `Right`; `Ctrl+Left` / `Ctrl+Right`	Move by character; move by word
`Up` / `Down`; `PgUp` / `PgDn`	Move by line; move by page
`Home`; `End`	Move to first non-blank, then line start; move to line end
`Ctrl+Home`; `Ctrl+End`	Move to start; move to end of file
`Shift` + any movement key; `Shift`+click	Extend the selection
`Ctrl+A`; `Esc`	Select all; collapse selections
Double-click; triple-click	Select a word; select a line
`Backspace` / `Delete`; `Ctrl+Backspace` / `Ctrl+Delete`	Delete a character; delete a word
`Enter`	Insert a line break and keep indentation
`Tab`; `Shift+Tab`	Insert indentation; indent or outdent selected lines
`Ctrl+]`; `Ctrl+[`	Indent; outdent the touched lines (also for a caret)
`Alt+Up` / `Alt+Down`	Move the touched lines up / down
`Shift+Alt+Up` / `Shift+Alt+Down`	Copy the touched lines up / down
`Ctrl+Shift+K`	Delete the touched lines
`Ctrl+Enter`; `Ctrl+Shift+Enter`	Insert a line below; above
`Ctrl+G`	Go to line: `N`, `N:C` or `N,C`, `-N` from the end (`Esc` restores)
`Insert`	Toggle overtype mode
`Ctrl+Z`; `Ctrl+Y` / `Ctrl+Shift+Z`	Undo; redo
`Ctrl+C` / `Ctrl+X` / `Ctrl+V`	Copy; cut; paste. Copy or cut the current line when nothing is selected.
`Ctrl+S`	Save
`Ctrl+K P`	Copy the full path of the file
`Ctrl+W`; `Ctrl+F4`	Close the file and return to the empty state (unsaved changes ask first)
`Alt+F4`; `Ctrl+Shift+W`	Quit the application (unsaved changes ask first)
`Ctrl+Shift+P`; `F1`	Open the Command Palette
`Ctrl+P`	Show recent and favorite commands
`Ctrl+Space` (palette)	Add or remove the selected command from favorites
`Up` / `Down` / `PgUp` / `PgDn` (palette)	Move through palette entries
`Enter` or click (palette); `Esc`	Run the selected command; close the palette
Wheel; `Ctrl+Up` / `Ctrl+Down`	Scroll vertically
`Alt+PgUp` / `Alt+PgDn`	Scroll a page; the caret stays
Drag the slider; press the strip at the right edge	Scroll; jump to that place
`Shift`+wheel	Scroll horizontally
`Ctrl+=` / `Ctrl+Shift+=` / `Ctrl+Numpad+`; `Ctrl+-` / `Ctrl+Numpad-`; `Ctrl+0`	Zoom in; zoom out; reset zoom
`Ctrl`+wheel	Zoom in or out
`F11`	Toggle full screen (the status line stays)
`Ctrl+K Ctrl+S`	Show the keyboard shortcuts

Mouse clicks place the caret. Shift+click extends the current selection. Commands without a shortcut are available by name in the Command Palette, for example File: Copy File Name, which copies the file name.

Search and Replace

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+F`; `Ctrl+H`	Open the search box; open it with the replace field
`Enter` / `Shift+Enter`; `F3` / `Shift+F3`	Next / previous match
`Alt+Enter`	Select all matches
`Alt+C`; `Alt+W`	Toggle Match Case; toggle Whole Word
`Alt+G`; `Alt+R`	Toggle Glob; toggle RegEx. Both off is Text.
`Alt+L`	Toggle Find in Selection
`Enter` or `Ctrl+Shift+1` (replace field)	Replace the current match and go to the next
`Ctrl+Alt+Enter`	Replace all matches in one undo step
`Alt+P`	Toggle Preserve Case
`Esc`	Close the search box

Glob: ? matches one character; * matches the shortest text within a line, and a trailing * matches the rest of the line. Replacements use the VS Code syntax: $1, $<name>, $0, $$, \n, \t, \u, \l, \U and \L.

Multiple Cursors

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+D`; `Ctrl+K Ctrl+D`	Add the next occurrence; move the last selection to it
`Ctrl+Shift+L`; `Ctrl+F2`	Select all occurrences
`Ctrl+Alt+Up` / `Ctrl+Alt+Down`	Add a cursor above / below
`Shift+Alt+I`	Add cursors to the ends of the selected lines
`Ctrl+L`	Select the line, then extend by lines
`Ctrl+U`	Undo the last cursor operation
`Alt`+click	Add or remove a cursor
`Shift+Alt`+drag; middle-drag	Column selection
`Ctrl+Shift+Alt` + arrows / `PgUp` / `PgDn`	Column selection by keys

At most editor.multiCursorLimit selections (10,000 by default) are created; larger requests are refused with a message on the status line.

Code

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+K M`	Change Language Mode (or Plain Text)
`Ctrl+/`	Toggle Line Comment (block comments per line in CSS, HTML, XML, Markdown)
`Ctrl+K Ctrl+C`; `Ctrl+K Ctrl+U`	Add Line Comment (also to commented lines); Remove Line Comment
`Shift+Alt+A`	Toggle Block Comment
`Ctrl+Shift+\`	Go to the matching bracket
`Shift+Alt+Right`; `Shift+Alt+Left`	Expand the selection to the enclosing syntax node; shrink it back
`Ctrl+Shift+O`	Go to a symbol of the file
`(` `[` `{` `"` `'` (language-dependent)	Insert the closing character; with a selection, wrap it
`Backspace` between an empty pair	Delete both characters
`Enter` after `(`, `[`, `{` (and `:` in Python and YAML)	New line indented one level

Spelling

With spelling on (View: Toggle Spelling, spelling.enabled):

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+.`	Suggestions for the misspelled word, then Add to Dictionary and Ignore
`Enter` (Spelling palette)	Replace the word with the selected suggestion (one undo step)
`F8`; `Shift+F8`	Select the next; previous misspelled word (wraps)