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Back & Forth

Back & Forth

Nick Rudenko

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Adds go back/forward buttons for easier navigation
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Back & Forth

This small extension for VSCode adds go back/forward buttons to the title bar for easier navigation through recent edit locations and opened files.

They do the same as these default shortcuts:

Command Keybindings (Windows) Keybindings (Mac) Keybindings (Linux)
Go back Alt + ← Ctrl + - Ctrl + Alt + -
Go forward Alt + → Ctrl + Shift + - Ctrl + Shift + -
Go to the last edit location Ctrl + K Ctrl + Q Ctrl + K Ctrl + Q Ctrl + K Ctrl + Q

How it works

Demo

Settings

Name Options Default
back-n-forth.iconStyle Changes type of icons "arrow" / "chevron" "arrow"
back-n-forth.withLastEditLocation Adds "Go to the Last Edit Location" icon true / false false

Release Notes

3.1.0

  • Add ability to use extension without installing on remote

3.0.x

  • Add "Go to the Last Edit Location"
  • Mess up semantic versioning

0.2.0

  • Add ability to change icon style

0.1.0

  • Initial release 🎉

Enjoy!

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