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Aug 28, 2020 VS Code is an excellent editor in the vein of modern cross-platform editors that don't entirely blend in with the Mac. It actually isn't quite fair to say that, as it does a much better job than many of them, but definitely still has its quirks. Jul 07, 2020 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. Visual Studio endpoints; Next steps. Installing Visual Studio for Mac allows you to start writing code for your apps. The following guides are provided to guide you through the next steps of writing and deploying your projects. Hello, iOS; Device Provisioning(To run your application on device). Using the Xamarin Android SDK Manager. For Mac OSX: There is a way to install Visual Studio Code through Brew-Cask. First, install 'Homebrew' from here. Now run following command and it will install latest Visual Studio Code on your Mac. $ brew cask install visual-studio-code. Above command should install Visual Studio Code and also set up the command-line calling of Visual Studio. Visual Studio Code vs. Visual Studio: How to choose Deciding between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio may depend as much on your work style as on the language support and features you need.
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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.
Tip
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.
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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
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
Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
---|---|
Close All | ⇧⌘W |
Close File | ⌘W |
Close Workspace | ⌥⌘W |
New File | ⌘N |
New Solution | ⇧⌘N |
Open | ⌘O |
⌘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 |
View
Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
---|---|
Center and Focus Document | ⌃L |
Focus Document | F7 |
Full Screen | ⌃⌘F |
Move to Next Notebook | ⌥⌘→ |
Move to Previous Notebook | ⌥⌘← |
Navigate Back | ⌃⌘← |
Navigate Forward | ⌃⌘→ |
Normal Size | ⌘0 |
One Editor Column | ⌥⌘1 |
Show Next | ⌥⌘↓, F8 |
Show Previous | ⌥⌘↑, ⇧F8 |
Two Editor Columns | ⌥⌘2 |
Zoom In | ⌘+, ⌘= |
Zoom Out | ⌘-, ⌘_ |
Window
Commands | Keyboard shortcuts |
---|---|
Activate 1 | ⌘1 |
Activate 2 | ⌘2 |
Activate 3 | ⌘3 |
Activate 4 | ⌘4 |
Activate 5 | ⌘5 |
Activate 6 | ⌘6 |
Activate 7 | ⌘7 |
Activate 8 | ⌘8 |
Activate 9 | ⌘9 |
Hide Others | ⌥⌘H |
Hide Visual Studio | ⌘H |
Minimize | ⌘M |
Next Document | ⌘}, ⌘F6 |
Previous Document | ⌘{, ⇧⌘F6 |
Switch to next document | ⌃⇥ |
Switch to next pad | ⌃⌥⇥ |
Switch to previous document | ⌃⇧⇥ |
Switch to previous pad | ⌃⌥⇧⇥ |
macOS key symbols lookup
Symbol | Key |
---|---|
⌘ | Command (cmd) |
⌥ | Option (alt) |
⇧ | Shift |
⌃ | Control (ctrl) |
⇞ | Page Up (Pg Up) |
⇟ | Page Down (Pg Dn) |
⌫ | Delete (Backspace) |
⌦ | Forward Delete |
⏎ | Return |
←→↑↓ | Arrow Keys |
↖ | Home |
↘ | End |
␣ | Space Bar |
⇥ | Tab |