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# Command Palette Name Description Default Shortcut (Windows/Linux)
1 Go to File… Quickly open a file by typing its name Ctrl + P
2 Go to Symbol in Editor… Navigate to symbols (functions, variables) in the current file Ctrl + Shift + O
3 Go to Symbol in Workspace… Navigate to symbols across the entire workspace Ctrl + T
4 Go to Line… Jump to a specific line in the current file Ctrl + G
5 Find in Files Search for text across all files in the workspace Ctrl + Shift + F
6 Replace in Files Replace text across all files in the workspace Ctrl + Shift + H
7 Toggle Line Comment Comment or uncomment the selected lines Ctrl + /
8 Toggle Block Comment Comment or uncomment a block of code Shift + Alt + A
9 Format Document Format the entire document according to language rules Shift + Alt + F
10 Format Selection Format the selected code Ctrl + K Ctrl + F
11 Trim Trailing Whitespace Remove trailing spaces from lines (No default)
12 Change Language Mode Set the language mode for the current file (No default)
13 Open Settings (UI) Open the settings editor Ctrl + ,
14 Open Keyboard Shortcuts Customize keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + K Ctrl + S
15 Split Editor Split the editor view Ctrl + \
16 Close Editor Close the current editor tab Ctrl + W
17 Toggle Terminal Show or hide the integrated terminal Ctrl + `
18 Terminal: Create New Terminal Create a new terminal instance (No default)
19 Git: Clone Clone a Git repository (No default)
20 Git: Init Initialize a new Git repository (No default)
21 Git: Commit Commit staged changes (No default)
22 Git: Stage All Changes Stage all modified files for commit (No default)
23 Git: Pull Pull changes from remote repository (No default)
24 Git: Push Push local changes to remote repository (No default)
25 Git: Sync Sync local and remote repositories (pull then push) (No default)
26 Git: Checkout to… Switch to a different branch (No default)
27 Extensions: Install Extensions Install new extensions from the marketplace (No default)
28 Extensions: Show Installed Extensions View and manage installed extensions (No default)
29 Debug: Start Debugging Start a debugging session F5
30 Debug: Stop Debugging Stop the current debugging session Shift + F5
31 Debug: Restart Restart the debugging session Ctrl + Shift + F5
32 Run Without Debugging Run code without attaching debugger Ctrl + F5
33 Tasks: Run Task Run a defined task from tasks.json (No default)
34 Tasks: Run Build Task Run the default build task Ctrl + Shift + B
35 Toggle Problems Show or hide the Problems panel Ctrl + Shift + M
36 Toggle Output Show or hide the Output panel Ctrl + Shift + U
37 Toggle Debug Console Show or hide the Debug Console Ctrl + Shift + Y
38 Toggle Zen Mode Enter distraction-free Zen mode Ctrl + K Z
39 Toggle Full Screen Toggle full screen mode F11
40 Toggle Sidebar Visibility Show or hide the sidebar Ctrl + B
41 Toggle Word Wrap Enable or disable word wrapping Alt + Z
42 Add Cursor Above Add a multi-cursor above the current one Ctrl + Alt + Up
43 Add Cursor Below Add a multi-cursor below the current one Ctrl + Alt + Down
44 Move Line Up Move the current line up Alt + Up
45 Move Line Down Move the current line down Alt + Down
46 Copy Line Up Duplicate the current line above Shift + Alt + Up
47 Copy Line Down Duplicate the current line below Shift + Alt + Down
48 Delete Line Delete the current line Ctrl + Shift + K
49 Fold All Fold all regions in the editor Ctrl + K Ctrl + 0
50 Unfold All Unfold all regions in the editor Ctrl + K Ctrl + J

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