Nifty Workspace Keybindings

Keybindings per project: put them in .vscode/keybindings.json and they work only in that workspace, shared with your team through Git. Something VS Code doesn't do on its own.

Maintained. No sign-in. No telemetry. Works in VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium and other editors that use Open VSX.

Features

VS Code has workspace settings, tasks and launch configurations, but no workspace keybindings: every shortcut applies everywhere. This extension adds them.

• Put keybindings in .vscode/keybindings.json, in the same format as your own keybindings.json, with when clauses and args. You get completion and validation for command names too. Commit the file and your whole team gets the shortcuts.
• They only work in that workspace. The extension copies them into your user keybindings.json, each limited by a condition that is only true while this workspace is open (nifty.wk.1a2b3c4d && …). Other projects never see them, and your own keybindings are never touched.
• Edits apply straight away. Change .vscode/keybindings.json and the copies update.
• Safe by default. The first time a workspace has keybindings you're asked before they're used. They're never applied in untrusted workspaces, and Stop Using This Workspace's Keybindings removes them again.
• Tidy. The status bar shows how many are active. Remove Keybindings of Other Workspaces cleans out the copies from projects you no longer open.

// .vscode/keybindings.json
[
    { "key": "f5", "command": "workbench.action.tasks.runTask", "args": "dev", "when": "!inDebugMode" },
    { "key": "ctrl+alt+t", "command": "workbench.action.tasks.test" }
]

Removing a default shortcut ("-command") can't be limited to one workspace, because of how VS Code matches removals. Bind the key to another command instead, which overrides the default in that workspace.

Commands

Settings

Install

• VS Code: search for "Nifty Workspace Keybindings" in the Extensions view, or install from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
• Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium, Kiro, Antigravity: install from Open VSX.

Privacy

This extension collects no telemetry and needs no account.

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