Keyboard Shortcuts for Writing Code

In this lesson, let’s take a look at some handy keyboard shortcuts that are useful when writing code.

Links

• Keybindings For Visual Studio Code
• Keybindings Cheat Sheet (Mac)
• Keybindings Cheat Sheet (Windows)
• Keybindings Cheat Sheet (Linux)

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Jump words (Left or Right)
  • Option + Left or Right Arrow (Mac)
  • Ctrl + Left or Right Arrow (Windows)
• Select Words (Left or Right)
  • Shift + Option + Left or Right Arrow (Mac)
  • Shift + Ctrl + Left or Right Arrow (Windows)
• Jump to Beginning or End of Line
  • Cmd + Left or Right Arrow (Mac)
• Select from Current Position To Beginning/End of Line
  • Shift + Cmd + Right or Left Arrow (Mac)
• Copy
  • Cmd + C (Mac)
  • Ctrl + C (Windows)
• Paste
  • Cmd + V (Mac)
  • Ctrl + V (Windows)
• Duplicate Line (Up or Down)
  • Shift + Option + Up or Down Arrow (Mac)
  • Shift + Alt + Up or Down Arrow (Windows)
• Move Line (Up or Down)
  • Option + Up or Down Arrow (Mac)
  • Alt + Up or Down Arrow (Windows)
• Select Multiple (one at a time)
  • Cmd + d (Mac)
  • Ctrl + d (Windows)
• Add Mutli-Cursor (Up or Down)
  • Cmd + Option + Up or Down (Mac)
• Place Multi-Cursor
  • Option + Mouse Click (Mac)
• Place Multi-Cursor Columns
  • Shift + Option + Mouse Click (Mac)