Visual Studio Code Tips

Jump right in and learn how to get started with Visual Studio Code (VSC), the latest integrated development environment (IDE) for Salesforce.

Basic/Essential editing keyboard shortcuts in VSCode – Windows

  • Ctrl+X Cut line (empty selection)
  • Ctrl+C Copy line (empty selection)
  • Alt+ ↑ / ↓ Move line up/down
  • Shift+Alt + ↓ / ↑ Copy line up/down
  • Ctrl+Shift+K Delete line
  • Ctrl+Enter Insert line below
  • Ctrl+Shift+Enter Insert line above
  • Ctrl+Shift+\ Jump to matching bracket
  • Ctrl+] / [ Indent/outdent line
  • Home / End Go to beginning/end of line
  • Ctrl+Home Go to beginning of file
  • Ctrl+End Go to end of file
  • Ctrl+↑ / ↓ Scroll line up/down
  • Alt+PgUp / PgDn Scroll page up/down
  • Ctrl+Shift+[ Fold (collapse) region
  • Ctrl+Shift+] Unfold (uncollapse) region
  • Ctrl+K Ctrl+[ Fold (collapse) all subregions
  • Ctrl+K Ctrl+] Unfold (uncollapse) all subregions
  • Ctrl+K Ctrl+0 Fold (collapse) all regions
  • Ctrl+K Ctrl+J Unfold (uncollapse) all regions
  • Ctrl+K Ctrl+C Add line comment
  • Ctrl+K Ctrl+U Remove line comment
  • Ctrl+/ Toggle line comment
  • Shift+Alt+A Toggle block comment
  • Alt+Z Toggle word wrap

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