--- title: 14 VS Code Shortcuts to Supercharge Your Productivity description: Software engineers tend to be extremely efficient beings. Our goal is to optimize everything, not just the code. We don't want to spend 10 seconds looking for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/14-vs-code-shortcuts-to-supercharge-your-productivity-7ccs6zry3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 14 VS Code Shortcuts to Supercharge Your Productivity | daily.dev og:description: Software engineers tend to be extremely efficient beings. Our goal is to optimize everything, not just the code. We don't want to spend 10 seconds looking for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/14-vs-code-shortcuts-to-supercharge-your-productivity-7ccs6zry3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7ccs6ZRY3.png og:image:alt: 14 VS Code Shortcuts to Supercharge Your Productivity og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 14 VS Code Shortcuts to Supercharge Your Productivity **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 3 min read · 62 upvotes · 8 comments ## Summary Software engineers tend to be extremely efficient beings. Our goal is to optimize everything, not just the code. We don't want to spend 10 seconds looking for something on the GUI. Why would we, when we can do it in 0,1s by using the powerful keyboard shortcuts? Let me share with you the shortcuts I use every day. I bet you don't know many of them! ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@codestix** · 2 upvotes > Don't forget Ctrl+D, it selects the next occurance of the selected word. Very useful! **@ashutoshmishra** · 1 upvotes > 1. Search files by name  - cmd + P (Mac) / ctrl + P (Windows) > 2. Search settings - cmd + P (Mac) / ctrl + P (Windows) > 3. Multiple cursors - alt + mouse click anywhere > 4. Multiple cursors v2 - cmd option + arrow up/down (Mac) / ctrl alt + arrow up/down > 5. Select all occurrences - cmd shift + L (Mac) / ctrl shift + L (Windows) > 6. Delete a line - cmd shift + K (Mac) / ctrl shift + K (Windows) > 7. Duplicate a line - cmd + C, then cmd + V (Mac) / ctrl + C, then ctrl + V (Windows) > 8. Search in a file - cmd + F (Mac) / ctrl + F (Windows) > 9. Replace in a file - cmd option + G (Mac) / crtl shift + G... **@lorezz** · 1 upvotes > Cool, personally I use sublime text key binding from years cause in my opinion are less complicated. Anyway now I'll check your suggestions. Thanks **@norbekov** · 0 upvotes > Ctrl + K + 0 > > to collapse everything **@melvynx** · 0 upvotes > I discover new thing ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple), [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/14-vs-code-shortcuts-to-supercharge-your-productivity-7ccs6zry3) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"14 VS Code Shortcuts to Supercharge Your Productivity","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/14-vs-code-shortcuts-to-supercharge-your-productivity-7ccs6zry3","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/14-vs-code-shortcuts-to-supercharge-your-productivity-7ccs6zry3"},"datePublished":"2021-07-28T05:59:13.352Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T06:18:26.332Z","description":"Software engineers tend to be extremely efficient beings. 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Very useful!","datePublished":"2021-07-28T09:22:07.977Z","dateModified":"2021-07-28T09:22:31.460Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7ccs6ZRY3#c-oQWF64NiK","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Stijn Rogiest","url":"https://daily.dev/codestix","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/44407295?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Search files by name  - cmd + P (Mac) / ctrl + P (Windows)\n\n\nSearch settings - cmd + P (Mac) / ctrl + P (Windows)\n\n\nMultiple cursors - alt + mouse click anywhere\n\n\nMultiple cursors v2 - cmd option + arrow up/down (Mac) / ctrl alt + arrow up/down\n\n\nSelect all occurrences - cmd shift + L (Mac) / ctrl shift + L (Windows)\n\n\nDelete a line - cmd shift + K (Mac) / ctrl shift + K (Windows)\n\n\nDuplicate a line - cmd + C, then cmd + V (Mac) / ctrl + C, then ctrl + V (Windows)\n\n\nSearch in a file - cmd + F (Mac) / ctrl + F (Windows)\n\n\nReplace in a file - cmd option + G (Mac) / crtl shift + G (Windows)\n\n\nSearch in all files - Better read in article\n\n\nReplace in all files  - Better read in article\n\n\nSplit Editor - cmd + \\ (Mac) / alt shift + 0 (Windows)\n\n\nClose Tab - cmd + W (Mac) / ctrl + W (Windows)\n\n\nSwitching between opened tabs  - cmd option + arrow left/right (Mac) / ctrl page down/up (Windows)","datePublished":"2021-08-03T10:26:32.587Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7ccs6ZRY3#c-8QkyMANu1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashutosh Mishra","url":"https://daily.dev/ashutoshmishra","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto/v1640603081/avatars/bLar3pnQ2"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Cool, personally I use sublime text key binding from years cause in my opinion are less complicated. Anyway now I’ll check your suggestions. 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