Accessibility and Keyboard Shortcuts

Configurable Settings for Accessibility Alternatives

  1. Open copybooks or include files in a separate editor.

    For keyboard-only users, you can configure a custom shortcut for this action:

    1. Open the Command Palette Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+P (Mac).
    2. Type and select Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts.
    3. Search for the Open Link command.
    4. Assign your preferred keybinding to trigger it without using a mouse.

    Once configured, you can now leverage the feature by placing your insertion point on a copybook or include file and executing your custom keybinding.

  2. Code Completion Suggestions: By default, automatic code completion is enabled in Visual Studio Code.

    To toggle this feature:

    1. Open the Command Palette by pressing Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+P (Mac).
    2. Type and select Preferences: Open Settings (UI).
    3. Search for the Editor: Quick Suggestions settings table.
    4. Navigate to the item called Other in the table and toggle the associated value to on or off to enable or disable it respectively.

    For screen reader users, having automatic code completion suggestions enabled can interrupt your workflow. If you choose to disable this setting, you can still access code completion suggestions manually by pressing Ctrl+Space (on Windows and Mac), giving you greater control over when suggestions appear and how they interact with your screen reader.

Keyboard Shortcuts

DescriptionWindowsMac
Search for identifiers within the Outline view and go to symbolCtrl+Shift+OCmd+Shift+O
Show the list of available code completionCtrl+SpaceCtrl+Space
Invoking Hover WindowsCtrl+K Ctrl+ICmd+K, then Cmd+I
Open copybook/include files in a separate editorCtrl+Click or Custom KeybindingCmd+Click or Custom Keybinding
Change all occurrencesCtrl+F2Cmd+F2
Find all referencesAlt+Shift+F12Option+Shift+F12
Peek referencesShift+F12Shift+F12
Go to definitionF12F12
Peek definitionAlt+F12Option+F12
Rename symbolsF2F2
UndoCtrl+ZCmd+Z
RedoCtrl+Shift+ZCmd+Shift+Z
Open the VS Code command paletteCtrl+Shift+PCtrl+Shift+P
Open the Problems viewCtrl+Shift+MCmd+Shift+M
Open the Git viewCtrl+Shift+GCtrl+Shift+G
Open the Terminal windowCtrl+Back quote1Ctrl+Back quote1

Note:

  1. The back quote or backtick key is labeled as ` on your keyboard.
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Contributors: Shi Kun Li, Esther M, Jacky Ho, Lauren Li, Min Huang, Peter Haumer