VS Code configuration

Wide range of available editors.

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Appearance

• Color palette (Ayu, Dracula, GitHub etc.)
• Icon pack (Ayu, Material, etc.)
• Font size, line height
• Zoom level (ctrl + / ctrl -)
• Side Bar(s) (ctrl b)
• Integrated terminal (ctrl ö)

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Keyboards shortcuts

Leaving the keyboard and touching the mouse is extra time!

Keyboard ref page: (ctrl k + ctrl r)
(For english Keyboard)

Command palette (ctrl shift p): From there basically everything is available!

Page layout, navigation

• Open-close side bar: (ctrl b)
• Open-close terminal: (ctrl ö)
• Navigate between files: (alt 1 / alt 2 / alt leftarrow / alt rightarrow)
• File explorer (ctrl shit E)
• GIT explorer (ctrl shit G + G)
• Search in the full project (ctrl shit F)

Code editing

• Toggle comment (ctrl ü)
• Move line (alt uparrow / alt downarrow)
• Copy line (alt shift uparrow / alt shift downarrow)
• Delete line (ctrl shit K)
• Add cursor (ctrl alt uparrow / ctrl alt uparrow) (alt click)
• Select next occurrence (ctrl D)
• Select all occurrences (ctrl shit L)
• Toggle suggestion (ctrl space)
• Format file (ctrl space)

How to learn them?
Practice!
“Help / Editor Playground” option is a good place to start.

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Extensions

Basics:

• Python
• Jupyter
• Git
• Spell checker

• Docstring generator

• Markdown
• TODO tree

Open external files:

• PDF
• Excel

Syntax highlighting:

• Ansys APDL
• Abaqus
• LsDyna

AI:

• Github
• Copilot

Fun:

• Pets
• touch-grass-reminder
• Power mode

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Profiles / Settings

Profiles are a great way to switch between different configurations.
Settings stored in JSON file:

• global settings
• workspace settings

Important settings:

• format on save
• organize imports on save
• trim trailing whitespace on save

Other useful settings:

• merge editor
• command center
• editor minimap
• menu bar background

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Other capabilities

• Debugging
• Run tests
• Git integration
• Remote development
• Snippets
• …