Visual Studio For Mac Key Bindings

Once installed, Visual Studio for Mac will prompt you to personalize your installation by signing in and selecting the key bindings that you'd like to use: If you have network trouble while installing in a corporate environment, review the installing behind a firewall or proxy instructions. Learn more about the changes in the release notes. Visual Studio Code - Key Bindings (Mac). GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets. Issue Type: Feature Request You can set Visual Studio on mac to use same key bindings as Visual Studio on windows. It would be nice if you could configure Visual Studio Code on mac + windows to use the same key bindings as Visual Studio. Key Bindings for Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code lets you perform most tasks directly from the keyboard. This page lists out the default bindings (keyboard shortcuts) and describes how you can update them. Note: If you visit this page on a Mac, you will see the key bindings for the Mac.

Visual Studio Code keyboard Shortcuts helps developers maximize their productivity by allowing them to work faster and more efficiently. Here I am listing down all the keyboard shortcuts and cheats of Visual Studio Code editor for Windows, Mac and Linux Operating systems. Give a shot.

Visual Studio Code – and the caption is Code Editing Redefined

It does exactly what it quotes. I can say this visual studio code is a combination of classic lightweight text editor and Microsoft visual studio IDE.

It’s free, open-source and cross-platform.

Most of the developers around the world started using Visual Studio Code. It’s good to know some useful keyboard shortcuts for this beautiful editor.

The good thing is if you are familiar with other text editors like sublime, vim, atom, eclipse etc. You can install corresponding editor keyboard bindings through extensions. there are lots of extensions available for keyboard mappings

Open Visual Studio Code and

Navigate to File->Preferences->Keymap Extensions install your choice of keymappings.

You can press Ctrl+Shift+P or F1 (windows and Linux users) and ⇧⌘P or F1 (Mac users) to open the command Palette and search for required keyboard shortcuts.

And also we can add our own keyboard bindings, at the end of this post I will explain how to change keyboard shortcuts for visual studio code. We can customize bindings for language types also.

General Shortcuts:

Command Action	Windows keyboard Shortcut	Mac keyboard Shortcut	Linux keyboard Shortcut
To Show Command Palette	Ctrl+Shift+P, F1	⇧⌘P, F1	Ctrl+Shift+P, F1
To Open or Go to File..	Ctrl+P	⌘P	Ctrl+P
New visual code window or instance	Ctrl+Shift+N	⇧⌘N	Ctrl+Shift+N
To Close window or instance	Ctrl+Shift+W	⌘W	Ctrl+Shift+W
To open User Settings	Ctrl+,	⌘,	Ctrl+,
To open Keyboard Shortcuts	Ctrl+K Ctrl+S	⌘K ⌘S	Ctrl+K Ctrl+S

Basic Editing Shortcuts:

Command Action	Windows Keyboard Shortcut	Mac Keyboard Shortcut	Linux Keyboard Shortcut
Cut line (empty selection)	Ctrl+X	⌘X	Ctrl+X
Copy line (empty selection)	Ctrl+C	⌘C	Ctrl+C
Move line up/down	Alt+ ↑ / ↓	⌥↓ / ⌥↑	Alt+ ↑ / ↓
Copy line up/down	Shift+Alt + ↓ / ↑	⇧⌥↓ / ⇧⌥↑	Shift+Alt + ↓ / ↑
Delete line	Ctrl+Shift+K	⇧⌘K	Ctrl+Shift+K
Insert line below	Ctrl+Enter	⌘Enter	Ctrl+Enter
Insert line above	Ctrl+Shift+Enter	⇧⌘Enter	Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Jump to matching bracket	Ctrl+Shift+	⇧⌘	Ctrl+Shift+
Indent/outdent line	Ctrl+] / [	⌘] / ⌘[	Ctrl+] / [
Go to beginning/end of line	Home / End	Home / End	Home / End
Go to beginning of file	Ctrl+Home	⌘↑	Ctrl+Home
Go to end of file	Ctrl+End	⌘↓	Ctrl+End
Scroll line up/down	Ctrl+↑ / ↓	⌃PgUp / ⌃PgDn	Ctrl+↑ / ↓
Scroll page up/down	Alt+PgUp / PgDn	⌘PgUp /⌘PgDn	Alt+PgUp / PgDn
Fold/unfold region	Ctrl+Shift+ [ / ]	⌥⌘[ / ⌥⌘]	Ctrl+Shift+ [ / ]
Fold/unfold all subregions	Ctrl+K Ctrl+ [ / ]	⌘K ⌘[ / ⌘K ⌘]	Ctrl+K Ctrl+ [ / ]
Fold/Unfold all regions	Ctrl+K Ctrl+0 / Ctrl+K Ctrl+J	⌘K ⌘0 / ⌘K ⌘J	Ctrl+K Ctrl+0 / Ctrl+K Ctrl+J
Add line comment	Ctrl+K Ctrl+C	⌘K ⌘C	Ctrl+K Ctrl+C
Remove line comment	Ctrl+K Ctrl+U	⌘K ⌘U	Ctrl+K Ctrl+U
Toggle line comment	Ctrl+/	⌘/	Ctrl+/
Toggle block comment	Shift+Alt+A	⇧⌥A	Shift+Alt+A
Toggle word wrap	Alt+Z	⌥Z	Alt+Z

Navigation Shortcuts:

Command Action	Windows Keyboard Shortcut	Mac Keyboard Shortcut	Linux Keyboard Shortcut
Show all Symbols	Ctrl+T	⌘T	Ctrl+T
Go to Line..	Ctrl+G	⌃G	Ctrl+G
Go to File..	Ctrl+P	⌘P	Ctrl+P
Go to Symbol..	Ctrl+Shift+O	⇧⌘O	Ctrl+Shift+O
Show Problems panel	Ctrl+Shift+M	⇧⌘M	Ctrl+Shift+M
Go to next/previous error or warning	F8 /Shift+F8	F8 / ⇧F8	F8 /Shift+F8
Navigate editor group history	Ctrl+Shift+Tab	⌃⇧Tab	Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Go back/forward	Alt+ ← / →	⌃- / ⌃⇧-	Alt+ ← / →
Toggle Tab moves focus	Ctrl+M	⌃⇧M	Ctrl+M

Search and replace Shortcuts:

Command Action	Windows Keyboard Shortcut	Mac Keyboard Shortcut	Linux Keyboard Shortcut
Find	Ctrl+F	⌘F	Ctrl+F
Replace	Ctrl+H	⌥⌘F	Ctrl+H
Find next/previous	F3 / Shift+F3	⌘G / ⇧⌘G	F3 / Shift+F3
Select all occurrences of Find match	Alt+Enter	⌥Enter	Alt+Enter
Add selection to next Find match	Ctrl+D	⌘D	Ctrl+D
Move last selection to next Find match	Ctrl+K Ctrl+D	⌘K ⌘D	Ctrl+K Ctrl+D

Multi-cursor and selection Shortcuts:

Command Action	Windows keyboard Shortcut	Mac keyboard Shortcut	Linux keyboard Shortcut
Insert cursor	Alt+Click	⌥ + click	Alt+Click
Insert cursor above / below	Shift+Alt+ ↑ / ↓	⌥⌘↑ / ⌥⌘↓	Shift+Alt+ ↑ / ↓
Undo last cursor operation	Ctrl+U	⌘U	Ctrl+U
Insert cursor at end of each line selected	Shift+Alt+I	⇧⌥I	Shift+Alt+I
Select current line	Ctrl+I	⌘I	Ctrl+I
Select all occurrences of current selection	Ctrl+Shift+L	⇧⌘L	Ctrl+Shift+L
Select all occurrences of current word	Ctrl+F2	⌘F2	Ctrl+F2
Expand selection	Shift+Alt+→	⌃⇧⌘→	Shift+Alt+→
Shrink selection	Shift+Alt+←	⌃⇧⌘←	Shift+Alt+←
Column (box) selection	Shift+Alt + (drag mouse) Or Ctrl+Shift+Alt + ↑ / ↓	⇧⌥ + (drag mouse) or ⇧⌥⌘↑ / ↓	Shift+Alt + (drag mouse) or Ctrl+Shift+Alt + ↑ / ↓
Column (box) selection page up/down	Ctrl+Shift+Alt +PgUp/PgDn	⇧⌥⌘PgUp / PgDn	Ctrl+Shift+Alt +PgUp/PgDn

Rich languages editing Shortcuts:

Command Action	Windows keyboard Shortcut	Mac keyboard Shortcut
Trigger suggestion	Ctrl+Space	Ctrl+Space
Trigger parameter hints	Ctrl+Shift+Space	Ctrl+Shift+Space
Emmet expand abbreviation	Tab	Tab
Format document	Shift+Alt+F	Ctrl+Shift+I
Format selection	Ctrl+K Ctrl+F	Ctrl+K Ctrl+F
Go to Definition	F12	F12
Peek Definition	Alt+F12	Ctrl+Shift+F10
Open Definition to the side	Ctrl+K F12	Ctrl+K F12
Quick Fix	Ctrl+.	Ctrl+.
Show References	Shift+F12	Shift+F12
Rename Symbol	F2	F2
Trim trailing whitespace	Ctrl+K Ctrl+X	Ctrl+K Ctrl+X
Change file language	Ctrl+K M	Ctrl+K M

Editor management Shortcuts:

Command Action	Windows keyboard Shortcut	Mac keyboard Shortcut	Linux keyboard Shortcut
Close editor	Ctrl+F4, Ctrl+W	⌘W	Ctrl+W
Close folder	Ctrl+K F	⌘K F	Ctrl+K F
Split editor	Ctrl+	⌘	Ctrl+
Focus into 1 st, 2nd or 3rd editor group	Ctrl+ 1 / 2 / 3	⌘1 / ⌘2 / ⌘3	Ctrl+ 1 / 2 / 3
Focus into previous/next editor group	Ctrl+K Ctrl+ ←/→	⌘K ⌘← / ⌘K ⌘→	Ctrl+K Ctrl+ ←/→
Move editor left/right	Ctrl+Shift+PgUp / PgDn	⌘K ⇧⌘← / ⌘K ⇧⌘→	Ctrl+Shift+PgUp / PgDn
Move active editor group	Ctrl+K ← / →	⌘K ← / ⌘K →	Ctrl+K ← / →

File management Shortcuts:

Command Action	Windows keyboard Shortcut	Mac keyboard Shortcut	Linux keyboard Shortcut
New File	Ctrl+N	⌘N	Ctrl+N
Open File..	Ctrl+O	⌘O	Ctrl+O
Save	Ctrl+S	⌘S	Ctrl+S
Save As..	Ctrl+Shift+S	⇧⌘S	Ctrl+Shift+S
Save All	Ctrl+K S	⌥⌘S	Ctrl+K S
Close / Close All	Ctrl+F4 / Ctrl+K Ctrl+W	⌘W / ⌘K ⌘W	Ctrl+W / Ctrl+K Ctrl+W
Reopen closed editor	Ctrl+Shift+T	⇧⌘T	Ctrl+Shift+T
Keep preview mode editor open	Ctrl+K Enter	⌘K Enter	Ctrl+K Enter
Open next	Ctrl+Tab	⌃Tab	Ctrl+Tab
Open previous	Ctrl+Shift+Tab	⌃⇧Tab	Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Copy path of active file	Ctrl+K P	⌘K P	Ctrl+K P
Reveal active file in Explorer	Ctrl+K R	⌘K R	Ctrl+K R
Show active file in new window/instance	Ctrl+K O	⌘K O	Ctrl+K O

Display Shortcuts:

Command Action	Windows keyboard Shortcut	Mac keyboard Shortcut	Linux keyboard Shortcut
Toggle full screen	F11	⌃⌘F	F11
Toggle editor layout (horizontal/vertical)	Shift+Alt+1	⌥⌘1	Shift+Alt+1
Zoom in/out	Ctrl+ = / -	⌘= / ⇧⌘-	Ctrl+ = / -
Toggle Sidebar visibility	Ctrl+B	⌘B	Ctrl+B
Show Explorer / Toggle focus	Ctrl+Shift+E	⇧⌘E	Ctrl+Shift+E
Show Search	Ctrl+Shift+F	⇧⌘F	Ctrl+Shift+F
Show Source Control	Ctrl+Shift+G	⌃⇧G	Ctrl+Shift+G
Show Debug	Ctrl+Shift+D	⇧⌘D	Ctrl+Shift+D
Show Extensions	Ctrl+Shift+X	⇧⌘X	Ctrl+Shift+X
Replace in files	Ctrl+Shift+H	⇧⌘H	Ctrl+Shift+H
Toggle Search details	Ctrl+Shift+J	⇧⌘J	Ctrl+Shift+J
Show Output panel	Ctrl+Shift+U	⇧⌘U	Ctrl+K Ctrl+H
Open Markdown preview	Ctrl+Shift+V	⇧⌘V	Ctrl+Shift+V
Open Markdown preview to the side	Ctrl+K V	⌘K V	Ctrl+K V
Zen Mode (Esc Esc to exit)	Ctrl+K Z	⌘K Z	Ctrl+K Z

Debug Shortcuts:

Command Action	Windows keyboard Shortcut	Mac keyboard Shortcut	Linux keyboard Shortcut
Toggle breakpoint	F9	F9	F9
Start/Continue	F5	F5	F5
Stop	Shift+F5	⇧F5	Shift+F5
Step into/out	F11 / Shift+F11	F11 / ⇧F11	F11 / Shift+F11
Step over	F10	F10	F10
Show hover	Ctrl+K Ctrl+I	⌘K ⌘I	Ctrl+K Ctrl+I

Integrated terminal Shortcuts:

Command Action	Windows keyboard Shortcut	Mac keyboard Shortcut	Linux keyboard Shortcut
Show integrated terminal	Ctrl+`	⌃`	Ctrl+`
Create new terminal	Ctrl+Shift+`	⌃⇧`	Ctrl+Shift+`
Copy selection	Ctrl+C	⌘C	Ctrl+C
Paste into active terminal	Ctrl+V	⌘V	Ctrl+V
Scroll up/down	Ctrl+↑ / ↓	⌘↑ / ↓	Ctrl+↑ / ↓
Scroll page up/down	Shift+PgUp / PgD	PgUp / PgDn	Shift+PgUp / PgD
Scroll to top/bottom	Ctrl+Home / End	⌘Home / End	Ctrl+Home / End

Changing Keyboard Shortcuts for Visual Studio Code:

To change the keyboard shortcuts for visual studio code follow the below steps

Open Visual Studio Code and navigate to File>>Preferences>>Keyboard Shortcut

Click on edit keybindings.json You will see two files Default bindings and keybindings.json side by side as shown below.

And now click on define keybindings

I am adding “Ctrl+a” shortcut to open a file by adding below json setting in keybindings.json file

And property “when” is optional. For instance, The new command to open a file Ctrl+a applicable only when language is typescript.

Now Ctrl+a and Ctrl+o both can be used to open a file (If the language is typescript).

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For information about keyboard accessibility, see How to: Use Keyboard Navigation.

You can access a variety of commands in Visual Studio for Mac by using the appropriate keyboard shortcut. This document lists the default shortcuts for the Visual Studio for Mac key binding scheme. For more information about how to change the key binding scheme, see Customizing the IDE. You can also customize shortcuts for a command using the Visual Studio for Mac > Preferences menu item and choosing Environment > Key Bindings in the Preferences window.

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The keyboard shortcuts displayed in this document, and the key binding preferences in Visual Studio for Mac, are presented using the symbols commonly used in macOS. If you are unsure of a symbol, review the macOS key symbols loopkup table.

Downloadable quick ref pdfs

We have compiled the most used, and most useful, keyboard shortcuts into a downloadable pdf file. We have two versions,one that shows shortcuts for Visual Studio for Mac, and a version that shows Visual Studio shorts side-by-side for usersthat have prior experience with Visual Studio when using Windows.

Code Navigation

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
Find References	⇧⌘R, F12
Go to Declaration	⌘D, F12
Next Error	⌥⇧⇟, ⇧⌘F12
Next Issue in File	⌥⇟
Previous Error	⌥⇧⇞
Previous Issue in File	⌥⇞

Debug

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
Enable or Disable Breakpoint	⌥⌘/, ⌘F9
Pause	⌥⌘P, ⌥⌘L5
Remove All Breakpoints	⇧⌘F9
Run To Cursor	⌘F10
Set Next Statement	⇧⌘F10
Show Next Statement	⌥*
Step Into	⇧⌘I, ⌘F11
Step Out	⇧⌘U, ⇧⌘F11
Step Over	⇧⌘O, F10
Toggle Breakpoint	⌘, F9
View Breakpoints	⌥⌘B

Designer

Visual Studio Code For Mac

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
Switch between related files	⌃⌘↑

Edit

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
Constraint Editing Mode	⌘E
Copy	⌘C
Cut	⌘X
Delete	⌘⌫
Format Document	⌃I
Indent Selection	⌘]
Paste	⌘V
Preferences	⌘,
Redo	⇧⌘Z
Rename	⌘R, F2
Select All	⌘A
Show Code Generation	⌘I
Toggle All Folds	⌥⇧⌘↑
Toggle Definitions	⌥⇧⌘↓
Toggle Fold	⌥⇧⌘←
Toggle Line Comment(s)	⌘/
Undo	⌘Z
Unindent Selection	⌘[
Update Frame from Constraints	⇧⌘R

F# Integration

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
Clear F# Interactive	⌃⌥C
F# Interactive	⌃⌥F
Restart F# Interactive	⌃⌥R
Send line to F# Interactive	⌃⌥L
Send references to F# Interactive	⌃⌥P
Send selection to F# Interactive	⌃⏎

File

Visual Studio Keybinds

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
Close All	⇧⌘W
Close File	⌘W
Close Workspace	⌥⌘W
New File	⌘N
New Solution	⇧⌘N
Open	⌘O
Print	⌘P
Quit	⌘Q
Revert	⌘U
Save	⌘S
Save All	⇧⌘S

Help

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
API Documentation	⌥⌘?
Unity API Reference	⌘'

Other

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
Implement Unity Messages	⇧⌘M
Inspect	⌥⌘I

Project

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
Add Files	⌥⌘A
Build	⌘K, ⇧F6
Build All	⌘B, F6
Clean	⇧⌘K
Rebuild	⌃⌘K
Rebuild All	⌃⌘B
Start Debugging	⌘⏎, F5
Start Without Debugging	⌥⌘⏎, ⌃F5
Stop	⇧⌘⏎, ⇧F5

Refactoring

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
Import Symbol	⌃⌥␣
Quick Fix	⌥⏎

Search

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
Command	⇧⌘P
Find in Files	⇧⌘F
Find Next	⌘G, F3
Find Next Like Selection	⌘E, ⌘F3
Find Previous	⇧⌘G, ⇧F3
Find Previous Like Selection	⇧⌘F3
Find	⌘F
Go to File	⇧⌘D
Go to Line	⌘L
Go to Type	⇧⌘T
Navigate To	⌘.
Replace in Files	⌥⇧⌘F
Replace	⌥⌘F

Text Editor

Commands	Keyboard shortcuts
Complete Word	⌃␣
Delete left character	⌃H
Delete next subword	⌃⌦
Delete next word	⌥⌦
Delete previous subword	⌃⌫
Delete previous word	⌥⌫
Delete right character	⌃D
Delete to end of line	⌃K
Dynamic abbrev	⌃/
Expand selection	⌥⇧↓
Expand selection	⌥⇧↑
Expand selection to document end	⇧⌘↓, ⇧⌘↘
Expand selection to document start	⇧⌘↑, ⇧⌘↖
Expand selection to line end	⇧↘, ⇧⌘→
Expand selection to line start	⇧↖, ⇧⌘←
Expand selection to next line	⇧↓
Expand selection to next word	⌥⇧→
Expand selection to page down	⇧⇟
Expand selection to page up	⇧⇞
Expand selection to previous line	⇧↑
Expand selection to previous word	⌥⇧←
Expand selection to the left	⇧←
Expand selection to the right	⇧→
Find caret	⌘\|
Go left one character	⌃B
Go right one character	⌃F
Go to beginning of document	⌘↑
Go to beginning of line	⌘←, ⌃A
Go to end of document	⌘↓
Go to end of line	⌘→, ⌃E
Go to Matching Brace	⇧⌘
Go to next line	⌃N
Go to next word	⌥→
Go to previous line	⌃P
Go to previous word	⌥←
Insert line break after the caret	⌃O
Move caret to EOL and insert new line	⇧⏎
Move the line or highlighted selection down	⌥↓
Move the line or highlighted selection up	⌥↑
Move to next usage	⌃⌥⌘↓
Move to prev usage	⌃⌥⌘↑
Show Parameter List	⌃⇧␣
Show quick info	⌘F1
Show Scopes	⌥⇧⌘P
Transpose characters	⌃T
Wrap with <div>	⌥⇧W