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Command Line Options
- code .
- Opens Visual Studio Code (in the current folder).
- code filename.extension (-r)
- Opens a specific file (or creates a specific file if it is not already present) within the current window. This also works for folders.
- code filename.extension -n
- Opens a specific file (or creates a specific file if it is not already present) within a new window. This also works for folders.
- code filename.extension:linenumber -g
- Opens a specific file at a specific line number.
Shortcuts
- Ctrl+P
- Opens command palette (navigation mode) allowing you to easily search folders for a specific file. Typing the > character changes the mode to full command palette.
- Ctrl+Shift+P
- Opens command palette
- ?
- When the command prompt is open typing ? displays a list of all available commands.
- Emmet
- Visual Studio Code has built in support for emmet shortcuts.
- Multi Cursor
- When you have your cursor within a word or tag you can type ctrl+f2 and it will select all instances of the word
- Selecting a block and typing shift+ctrl+l selects all occurrences of current selection
- Alt+click allows you to add multiple cursors wherever you want