Vistual Studio Code's Useful Keyboard tips

See keybindings for editor.action.* to find more useful stuff.

User Interface

• Cycle through open files in each editor group: ⌃ tab
• Go to symbol in file: Command palette: @... or ⇧ ⌘ O
• Go to symbol in workspace: ⌘ T
• Switch between tabs (terminal and editors): ⇧ ⌘ [ and ⇧ ⌘ ]

Editing

• Rename synbol across all workspace: F2
• Braces, brackets, and parenthesis matching: ⇧ ⌘ \
• Move line up or done: ⌥ ↑ or ⌥ ↓
• New line below or above: ⌘ enter or ⇧ ⌘ enter

Highlighting

• Expand or shrink selection: ⌃ ⇧ ⌘ → or ⌃ ⇧ ⌘ ←

Moving around:

• ↑: ⌃ P
• ↓: ⌃ N
• →: ⌃ F
• ←: ⌃ B

Multiple Cursors

• Exit: ⇧ escape or escape
• Add cursor to next or previous line: ⌥ ⌘ ↑ or ⌥ ⌘ ↓
• Add new cursor with mouse: ⌥ click
• Hightlight word at the cursor: ⌘ D
  • Create cursor at the next matching word: ⌘ D
  • Remove cursor to the previous matching word: ⌘ U
  • Create cursor at all matching words: ⇧ ⌘ L