Search files - ctrl + P 2. Search settings - ctrl + shift + P 5. change all occurrences - ctrl + F2 rename symbol - F2 6. Delete a line - ctrl + L 7. Duplicate a line - ctrl + D 9. Replace in a file - ctrl + H 12 Split editor - ctrl + \

Surround

A simple yet powerful extension to add wrapper snippets around your code blocks

Features

Supports language identifiers 🚀New!
Supports multi selections
Fully customizable
Custom wrapper snippets
You can assign shortcuts for each wrapper snippets separately
Nicely formatted (Preserves indentations 🚀New!)
Sorts recently used snippets on top 🚀New!

Demo 1: Choosing a wrapper snippet from quick pick menu

Demo 2: Wrapping multi selections

How To Use

After selecting the code block, you can

right click on selected code
OR press (ctrl+shift+T) or (cmd+shift+T)

to get list of commands and pick one of them.

Hint

Each wrapper has a separate command so you can define keybindings for your favorite wrappers by searching surround.with.commandName in the 'Keyboard Shortcuts' section.

List of commands

Command	Snippet
`surround.with` (ctrl+shift+T)	List of all the enabled commands below
`surround.with.if`	if ($condition) { ... }
`surround.with.ifElse`	if ($condition) { ... } else { $else

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Brahma Teja Ponnuru • Jul 28 '21

For #7 Duplicate line -> Alt + Shift + Down Arrow to create a duplicate line.

MightyCoderX • Jul 28 '21

Yeah I thought of writing that, but you did it first, thank you. This is two times faster and doesn't overwrite your clipboard, that's why I always use it!

Extra trick!
You can move lines up and down by using Ctrl+Arrow Down/Up, which is faster than using Ctrl + X and Ctrl + V, or Ctrl dragging with the mouse, when you need to move the line nearby!

Darryl Noakes • Aug 2 '21 • Edited

Moving lines is Alt + Down/Up by default.

leob • Jul 31 '21 • Edited

You forgot what might be THE most powerful shortcut/feature in VSCode: navigate back/forward! (navigation history, not 100% sure what it's really called)

So, it works like this:

You move around in the code, e.g. you jump to a method, perform a search, go to the top of a file, go to the bottom of a file, open a new file, and so on and so on, anything that changes your "location" in the source code - now "navigate back" let's you instantly go back to the previous "places" where you've been (and "navigate forward" to move in the other direction).

I'd call it "super powers", if you learn only one shortcut, then learn this one.

P.S. and the second most useful feature is that you can override all of these keyboard shortcuts - I find some of them way too complicated and impossible to remember (especially having worked with IDEs before, which has similar actions but different keys for them) - so I just redefine a bunch of them.

Darryl Noakes • Aug 2 '21

VS Code calls this "cursor undo/redo". I really need to use this more often 😄.
The default for undo is Ctrl + U. Redo has no binding by default.

leob • Aug 2 '21

Not sure if that's what it's called, but I've (re)defined it like this, in keybindings.json:

{
    "key": "ctrl+up",
    "command": "workbench.action.navigateBack"
},
{
    "key": "ctrl+down",
    "command": "workbench.action.navigateForward"
},

The internal name is "workbench.action.navigateBack" and "workbench.action.navigateForward", and I've assigned "control-up" and "control-down" to it (left and right would have been more logical, but somehow that didn't work).

This is incredibly powerful and I have the impression that not a lot of people know or use it, it's kind of tucked away and doesn't even have default key bindings.

Sorry, I mixed up the two. I found cursor undo/redo in the keybindings menu, and thought it was that. It is like a much more toned-down version of Navigation. It only changes your cursor position, and skips to the beginning of the file if the "history stack" is empty.

Navigation is so much better!, as it navigates between files, and works at all times, not just when an editor is focused.

My VS Code keybindings for Navigation:

workbench.action.navigateBack: Alt + LeftArrow (default)
workbench.action.navigateForward: Alt + RightArrow (default)
workbench.action.navigateToLastEditLocation: Alt + K (default was Ctrl + K, Ctrl + Q)

leob • Aug 3 '21

Ah nice, I didn't know about the other one, but yeah "navigation" is indeed brilliant because it also navigates backwards/forwards across files ...

Darryl Noakes • Aug 3 '21 • Edited

left and right would have been more logical, but somehow that didn't work

Ctrl + LeftArrow/RightArrow don't work because they are Windows keyboard controls (also in pretty much all OSes). They navigate to the left and right of words.
For example (| represents cursor):
"I am some tex|t." => LeftArrow => "I am some |text."
"I am| some text." => RightArrow => "I am some| text."

leob • Aug 4 '21

Yeah that's why I chose different key combos for nav prev/next :)

Manohar Reddy Poreddy • Jul 30 '21 • Edited

If you have installed notepad++ keymap like me:

marketplace.visualstudio.com/items... then

Alternate commands (Windows verified)

My delete line is Ctrl + Shift + K, which VS Code says is the default.
Duplicate line's default is Shift + Alt + Down/Up.

Manohar Reddy Poreddy • Aug 2 '21 • Edited

Oh .. my bad
This notepad++ keymap I have installed:
marketplace.visualstudio.com/items...

Programming with Shahan • Jul 31 '21

Yeah, I use this alternate commands.

Manohar Reddy Poreddy • Aug 1 '21

Cool ( some of the main commands didn't work for me :) )

Programming with Shahan • Aug 1 '21

Yep, me too.

Dhruv garg • Jul 29 '21

My favourite is CTRL+D multi-cursor select same words.

Mehmet Yatkı • Jul 29 '21

Hey @domagojvidovic , thanks for the guide.. It's not supported natively but you can also check this little extension of mine. It gives you CTRL + SHIFT + T shortcut to surround your codeblocks with snippets.

yatki / vscode-surround

🔥A simple yet powerful extension to add wrapper templates around your code blocks

Command	Snippet
`surround.with` (ctrl+shift+T)	List of all the enabled commands below
`surround.with.if`	if ($condition) { ... }
`surround.with.ifElse`	if ($condition) { ... } else { $else

View on GitHub

Cheers, 🚀🖖

Haritsinh Gohil • Jul 30 '21

In my windows pc Ctrl + G is for Goto Line not search for next occurence, is it default?

Yes, that is the default.
You can go to the keyboard shortcuts settings menu (shortcut: Ctrl + K, Ctrl + S), find it there (either the key combo or the command), and look at the Source column.
Default is VS Code's default binding, User is one you added or edited, and Extension is one added by an extension.

Haritsinh Gohil • Aug 4 '21

ok thanks dude.

KUMAR HARSH • Jul 27 '21

Very useful post Domagoj.

Domagoj Vidovic • Jul 27 '21

Thanks mate!

Abdullah Adeel • Jul 31 '21 • Edited

To duplicate a line or any block of code, if it line you can shift + alt with up or down arrow. Same shortcut is for block of code when selected. ✌🏼