Visual Studio Code
Microsoft's lightweight yet powerful code editor supporting development in any language with rich extensions and excellent IntelliSense
UI operation shortcuts for quickly switching between various editor panels and features
Ctrl+Shift+E
Show Explorer / Toggle focus
Shows Explorer or toggles focus.
💡 Hint: Explorer
🎯 Display file tree to quickly understand project structure
Ctrl+Shift+F
Show Search
Shows the global search panel.
💡 Hint: Find
🎯 Perform text search across entire project to find target locations in all code
Ctrl+Shift+G
Show Source Control
Shows the Source Control (Git) panel.
💡 Hint: Git
🎯 Check Git change status to streamline version control work
Ctrl+Shift+D
Show Debug
Shows the Debug panel.
💡 Hint: Debug
🎯 Display debug panel to manage breakpoints and variable states
Ctrl+Shift+X
Show Extensions
Shows the Extensions panel.
💡 Hint: eXtensions
🎯 Access extension management screen to expand editor functionality
Ctrl+B
Toggle Sidebar visibility
Toggles sidebar visibility.
💡 Hint: Bar (sidebar)
🎯 Toggle sidebar display to maximize coding area
Ctrl+`
Show integrated terminal
Shows/hides the integrated terminal.
💡 Hint: Backtick (`) is terminal symbol
🎯 Use terminal within editor to access command execution environment
Ctrl+Shift+`
Create new terminal
Creates a new terminal instance.
💡 Hint: Shift + backtick for new terminal
🎯 Manage multiple terminal sessions to streamline parallel work