15 Essential VSCode Productivity Tips and Keyboard Shortcuts
Boost your coding speed with must-know shortcuts and workflow hacks
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About this course
In this video, you’ll learn 15 essential Visual Studio Code tips, tricks, and keyboard shortcuts that will dramatically improve your productivity and coding speed. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced developer, these shortcuts will help you navigate faster, write code more efficiently, and reduce repetitive tasks in VS Code.
We’ll cover everything from powerful navigation shortcuts and multi-cursor editing to Git integration, custom snippets, and hidden productivity features that many developers overlook. By the end of this video, you’ll be able to work smarter, faster, and more confidently in Visual Studio Code.
If you want to level up your daily workflow and code like a pro, this video is for you.
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📚 Chapters 👇
00:00 Intro
01:00 VS Code CLI
03:00 Command Palette (Ctrl + P)
03:59 Run Commands Quickly
07:07 Find Symbols with @
10:18 Toggle Sidebar
11:47 Multi-Select Editing
18:12 Toggle Terminal
19:25 Move Around Your Code Faster
20:59 Comment Lines Efficiently
22:39 Collapse Lines of Code
24:03 Switch Between Open Files
25:21 Add Multiple Cursors
27:36 Highlight & Edit with Multiple Cursors
28:48 Git Commit Inside VS Code
30:43 Create Custom Snippets
36:23 Bonus: Auto-Create Directories
💡 Who this video is for
Beginner & intermediate developers
Web developers, frontend & backend engineers
