You can also toggle Tab trapping from the Command Palette ( ⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)) with the Toggle Tab Key Moves Focus action. When default Tab trapping is off, you will see an indicator in the Status Bar.
You can toggle the trapping of Tab with ⌃⇧M (Windows, Linux Ctrl+M) and subsequent Tab keys will move focus out of the file.
Tab trappingīy default, pressing the Tab within a source code file inserts the Tab character (or spaces depending on your Indentation setting) and does not leave the open file. Once the focus is on a toolbar or a tab list, you can use the arrow keys to navigate within them. As you tab through the UI controls, you can see an indicator around the UI element once the element gains focus.Īll elements in the workbench support tab navigation, but workbench toolbars and tab lists have only one tab stop, to avoid having too many. You can use the Tab key to jump between VS Code UI controls. To make it easier to start and end selection using the keyboard we have four commands: Set Selection Anchor ( ⌘K ⌘B (Windows, Linux Ctrl+K Ctrl+B)), Select From Anchor to Cursor ( ⌘K ⌘K (Windows, Linux Ctrl+K Ctrl+K)), Cancel Selection Anchor ( Escape) and Go to Selection Anchor. See Key Bindings for more details on customizing or adding your own keyboard shortcuts.įor a quick navigation across the workbench, we recommend using Focus Next Part ( F6) and Focus Previous Part ( ⇧F6 (Windows, Linux Shift+F6)) commands. File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts ( ⌘K ⌘S (Windows, Linux Ctrl+K Ctrl+S)) brings up the Keyboard Shortcuts editor where you can discover and modify keybindings for VS Code actions. You can also set your own keyboard shortcuts. These are displayed to the right of the command in the Command Palette. VS Code also has many preset keyboard shortcuts for commands. Press ⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P) then type a command name (for example 'git') to filter the list of commands. You will find that VS Code provides an exhaustive list of commands in the Command Palette ( ⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)) so that you can run VS Code without using the mouse. Use File > Preferences > Color Theme ( ⌘K ⌘T (Windows, Linux Ctrl+K Ctrl+T)) to display the Select Color Theme dropdown and select the High Contrast theme. We support a High Contrast color theme on all platforms.
The default value is 0 and each increment/decrement changes the zoom level by 20%. When you adjust the zoom level with the View > Zoom In / Out commands, the zoom level is persisted in the window.zoomLevel setting. View > Appearance > Reset Zoom ( ⌘Numpad0 (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Numpad0)) - reset the Zoom level to 0.View > Appearance > Zoom Out ( ⌘- (Windows, Linux Ctrl+-)) - decrease the Zoom level.View > Appearance > Zoom In ( ⌘= (Windows, Linux Ctrl+=)) - increase the Zoom level.The zoom level increases or decreases by 20% each time a Zoom command is executed. You can adjust the Zoom level in VS Code with the View > Appearance > Zoom commands. Zoom and High Contrast colors improve editor visibility, keyboard-only navigation allows use without a mouse, and the editor has been optimized for screen readers. Visual Studio Code has many features to help make the editor accessible to all users. Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling.