Some of tips and tricks for this great editor.
Duplicate Row
- Copy Lines Down: Shift + Alt + down
- Copy Lines Up: Shift + Alt + up
- Delete Lines: Ctrl + Shift + k
Move Line up and down
- Alt + up
- Alt + down
Vertical Selection
- Ctrl + Alt + Down
- Shift + Alt + Mouse
Comment /* */
- Shift + Alt + a
Country Language
- Run the Code program with the parameter --locale=xx
- Exampe: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" --locale=en
Navigate the code already visited
- Back: Alt + Left
- Forwared: Alt + right
EMMET tab-key
if does not works tab to expand stuff emmet like div#myid>h3>ul>li*7 ...
..it would be expansed to
<div id="myid">
<h3>
<ul>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
</h3>
</div>
- Open the preferences and set triggerExpansionOnTab=true
Folders (windows)
- %appdata%\Code
%userprofile%\.vscode
Settings Folders/Files Path (windows)
- %appdata%\Code\User
- settings.json
- keybindings.json
- local.json
- workspaceStorage
- Snippets
- %userprofile%\.vscode
- Extensions
- Extensions
VS Code copy Settings and Extensions to another PC
In order to copy the config I used to do the following:
- New clean VS Code installation
- Copy all files from %appdata%\Code\User
- Copy all files from %userprofile%\.vscode\Extensions
note: settings and extensions are compatible between Windows and Linux.
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