LaTeX Shortcuts

Quick and elegant keyboard shortcuts for LaTeX formatting in Visual Studio Code.

You think that VS Code is not adapted for LaTeX ? Well if you are reading this README, it means that you are not sure about it. Well if it is because VS Code's shortcuts overwrite the LaTeX ones, this extension is for you ! Moreover, compared to Latex editors like Overleaf, I added some shortcuts that we always wanted like $...$ , $$...$$, \left(...\right), \underline{...}...

Features

This extension provides simple keyboard shortcuts to wrap selected text in LaTeX formatting commands:

Shortcut	Output
`Cmd+B` (Mac) / `Ctrl+B` (Win)	`\textbf{...}`
`Cmd+I` (Mac) / `Ctrl+I` (Win)	`\textit{...}`
`Ctrl+M` (Mac/Win)	$...$ (inline math)
`Ctrl+Shift+M` (Mac/Win)	`$$...$$` (display math)
`Cmd+U` (Mac) / `Ctrl+U` (Win)	`\underline{...}`
`Cmd+Shift+9` (Mac) / `Ctrl+Shift+9` (Win)	`\left(...\right)` (left-right delimiters)

Supported File Types

.tex files (editorLangId == 'latex')

How to Use

Open a .tex file.
Select the text you want to format.
Press the shortcut (e.g., Cmd+B).
The selected text will be wrapped accordingly.

Why?

Using LaTeX in VS Code should be fast. This extension lets you format expressions without typing \textbf{} manually.

Install

Search for LaTeX Shortcuts in the Extensions Marketplace.

Or install via CLI:

code --install-extension naela.latex-shortcuts

Author

Publisher: naela (a.k.a. Axel Delaval)