Tips and Tricks

VSCode Shortcuts and “Hacks” every Programmer should know

“A shortcut a day keeps the fingers at bay“ — Me

Let’s start easy — If you’re into shortcuts, you’d better know the shortcut to the VSCode shortcut configuration page.

VSCode Shortcuts Page (Image by Author)

Alright, I hope you passed that one. Here’s the answer:

Mac: Cmd[⌘]-K Cmd[⌘]-S
Windows: Ctrl-K Ctrl-S

VSCode Shortcut Menu — GIF by author

Okay, that wasn’t exactly easy I suppose. Let me break this article into three different sections:

1) Pfft, you’d probably already knew that…right?
2) I think you might not know this yet…
3) I bet you didn’t know that!

Do note that in all shortcuts on VSCode seen below can in fact be customised via the above shown configuration page.

Pfft, You’d Probably Already Knew That…Right?

These are probably the simplest day-to-day shortcuts that all programmers should know at the tip of their fingers with muscle-like memory because they improve our quality-of-life so much with so little.