🚀 Pro VSCode Keybindings
Professional, productivity-focused keyboard shortcuts for Visual Studio Code — organized by workflow: editor, terminal, explorer, git, debug, AI and navigation.
Features
- ⚡ 46 curated shortcuts covering the whole daily workflow
- 🧩 Organized into logical groups (editor, terminal, explorer, git, debug, AI, navigation)
- ⌨️ Consistent
Ctrl+Alt+<letter> scheme so shortcuts are easy to remember
- 🤖 Includes shortcuts for inline suggestions / Copilot Chat (no-op if you don't have an AI extension installed)
Note: some bindings intentionally override VS Code defaults (e.g. Ctrl+1..0 normally focus editor group N). See the tables below for the full mapping.
Keybindings
Editor
| Key |
Command |
Action |
Ctrl+1 |
editor.action.commentLine |
Comment / uncomment line |
Ctrl+2 |
editor.action.copyLinesDownAction |
Duplicate line down |
Ctrl+3 |
editor.action.deleteLines |
Delete line |
Ctrl+5 |
editor.action.formatDocument |
Format document |
Ctrl+6 |
workbench.action.files.saveAll |
Save all files |
Ctrl+Alt+J |
editor.action.joinLines |
Join lines |
Ctrl+Alt+U |
editor.action.transformToUppercase |
Transform selection to UPPERCASE |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U |
editor.action.transformToLowercase |
Transform selection to lowercase |
Terminal
| Key |
Command |
Action |
Ctrl+4 |
workbench.action.terminal.toggleTerminal |
Toggle terminal |
Ctrl+Alt+T |
workbench.action.terminal.new |
New terminal |
Ctrl+Alt+C |
workbench.action.terminal.clear |
Clear terminal |
Ctrl+Alt+K |
workbench.action.terminal.kill |
Kill terminal |
Ctrl+Alt+→ |
workbench.action.terminal.focusNext |
Focus next terminal |
Ctrl+Alt+← |
workbench.action.terminal.focusPrevious |
Focus previous terminal |
Explorer
| Key |
Command |
Action |
Ctrl+Alt+E |
workbench.view.explorer |
Focus Explorer |
Ctrl+Alt+B |
workbench.action.toggleSidebarVisibility |
Toggle sidebar |
Ctrl+Alt+N |
explorer.newFile |
New file |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N |
explorer.newFolder |
New folder |
Ctrl+Alt+R |
renameFile |
Rename file |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E |
workbench.files.action.collapseExplorerFolders |
Collapse all folders |
Git
| Key |
Command |
Action |
Ctrl+Alt+G |
workbench.view.scm |
Focus Source Control |
Ctrl+Alt+M |
git.commit |
Commit |
Ctrl+Alt+S |
git.stageAll |
Stage all changes |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S |
git.unstageAll |
Unstage all changes |
Ctrl+Alt+P |
git.push |
Push |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P |
git.pull |
Pull |
Ctrl+Alt+Y |
git.sync |
Sync |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B |
git.createBranch |
Create branch |
Debug
| Key |
Command |
Action |
Ctrl+7 |
workbench.action.debug.start |
Start debugging |
Ctrl+8 |
workbench.action.debug.stop |
Stop debugging |
Ctrl+9 |
workbench.action.debug.stepOver |
Step over |
Ctrl+0 |
editor.debug.action.toggleBreakpoint |
Toggle breakpoint |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I |
workbench.action.debug.stepInto |
Step into |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O |
workbench.action.debug.stepOut |
Step out |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R |
workbench.action.debug.restart |
Restart debugging |
AI
| Key |
Command |
Action |
Ctrl+Alt+I |
editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger |
Trigger inline suggestion |
Ctrl+Alt+] |
editor.action.inlineSuggest.showNext |
Show next suggestion |
Ctrl+Alt+[ |
editor.action.inlineSuggest.showPrevious |
Show previous suggestion |
Ctrl+Alt+Enter |
inlineChat.start |
Start inline chat |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Enter |
workbench.action.chat.open |
Open chat |
AI shortcuts rely on VS Code's built-in inline suggestion API and Chat feature. inlineChat.start / workbench.action.chat.open do nothing unless you have GitHub Copilot Chat (or another chat participant) installed.
Navigation
| Key |
Command |
Action |
F1 |
workbench.action.openSettingsJson |
Open settings.json |
Ctrl+Alt+Z |
workbench.action.toggleZenMode |
Toggle Zen Mode |
Ctrl+Alt+\ |
workbench.action.splitEditor |
Split editor |
Ctrl+Alt+, |
workbench.action.togglePanel |
Toggle bottom panel |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W |
workbench.action.closeAllEditors |
Close all editors |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T |
workbench.action.reopenClosedEditor |
Reopen closed editor |
Installation
Install from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace — search for Pro VSCode Keybindings.
Project structure
pro-vscode-keybindings/
│
├── package.json # Extension manifest (contributes.keybindings is generated)
├── README.md
├── CHANGELOG.md
├── LICENSE
├── images/
│ └── icon.png
│
├── src/ # Source of truth, one file per category
│ ├── editor.json
│ ├── terminal.json
│ ├── explorer.json
│ ├── git.json
│ ├── debug.json
│ ├── ai.json
│ └── navigation.json
│
├── scripts/
│ └── build.js # Merges src/*.json, validates for key collisions,
│ # writes dist/keybindings.json and updates package.json
│
└── dist/
└── keybindings.json # Generated, read-only reference build output
VS Code only reads keybindings from contributes.keybindings in package.json — it can't load an external file. scripts/build.js is the single source of truth pipeline: edit the category files under src/, then run the build so both dist/keybindings.json and package.json stay in sync.
Development
npm run build # merge src/*.json -> dist/keybindings.json + package.json
To add or change a shortcut, edit the matching file under src/, run npm run build, and reload the Extension Development Host (F5) to try it out. The build script fails fast if two entries claim the same key combination.
Publishing (maintainers)
One-time setup:
npm install -g @vscode/vsce
vsce login alvarosiles
Requires a Personal Access Token from an Azure DevOps organization linked to the alvarosiles publisher.
Then, for each release, use scripts/publish.ps1 — it builds, bumps the version, commits and packages a .vsix:
./scripts/publish.ps1 -Message "Add debug shortcuts"
This does not push or publish by default. Add -Push to push the commit and/or -Publish to publish to the Marketplace once you're satisfied with the local .vsix:
./scripts/publish.ps1 -Message "Add debug shortcuts" -Bump minor -Push -Publish
Or do it manually:
npm run build # also runs automatically via vscode:prepublish
vsce package
vsce publish
License
MIT License
