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VS Code Journey

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This is document with things I`ve learned and change in VS code to adapt it to my work flow for more efficiency and speed.

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short cuts

A way to close and open the terminal

ctrl+j

making terminal fullscreen presing again changes back to editor

- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48511956/toggle-between-fullscreen-editor-and-terminal-in-vs-code

ctrl+shift+m this I had to add into the keybinding.json file.

{
    "key": "ctrl+alt+m",
    "command": "workbench.action.toggleMaximizedPanel"
 }

focus editor terminal

  • https://superuser.com/questions/1270103/how-to-switch-the-cursor-between-terminal-and-code-in-vscode

ctrl+< switching focus between terminal and editor. Json link below

    {
        "key": "ctrl+oem_102",
        "command": "workbench.action.focusActiveEditorGroup",
        "when": "terminalFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+oem_102",
        "command": "terminal.focus",
        "when": "!terminalFocus"
    },

remapping using auto hotkey or power toys

Adding code block you have to use this topcomma ` a lot its not on my keyboard so ive remapped it I used the question mark but can now see its a problem. topic on this matter

alt 96 `

come back to it later right now it's unresolved

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/alt-codes-special-characters-keyboard-symbols-windows-list/