Accessibility and Keyboard Shortcuts
Configurable Settings for Accessibility Alternatives
Open copybooks or include files in a separate editor.
For keyboard-only users, you can configure a custom shortcut for this action:
- Open the Command Palette Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+P (Mac).
- Type and select Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts.
- Search for the Open Link command.
- 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.
Code Completion Suggestions: By default, automatic code completion is enabled in Visual Studio Code.
To toggle this feature:
- Open the Command Palette by pressing Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+P (Mac).
- Type and select Preferences: Open Settings (UI).
- Search for the Editor: Quick Suggestions settings table.
- 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
| Description | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Search for identifiers within the Outline view and go to symbol | Ctrl+Shift+O | Cmd+Shift+O |
| Show the list of available code completion | Ctrl+Space | Ctrl+Space |
| Invoking Hover Windows | Ctrl+K Ctrl+I | Cmd+K, then Cmd+I |
| Open copybook/include files in a separate editor | Ctrl+Click or Custom Keybinding | Cmd+Click or Custom Keybinding |
| Change all occurrences | Ctrl+F2 | Cmd+F2 |
| Find all references | Alt+Shift+F12 | Option+Shift+F12 |
| Peek references | Shift+F12 | Shift+F12 |
| Go to definition | F12 | F12 |
| Peek definition | Alt+F12 | Option+F12 |
| Rename symbols | F2 | F2 |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z | Cmd+Z |
| Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z | Cmd+Shift+Z |
| Open the VS Code command palette | Ctrl+Shift+P | Ctrl+Shift+P |
| Open the Problems view | Ctrl+Shift+M | Cmd+Shift+M |
| Open the Git view | Ctrl+Shift+G | Ctrl+Shift+G |
| Open the Terminal window | Ctrl+Back quote1 | Ctrl+Back quote1 |
Note:
- The back quote or backtick key is labeled as ` on your keyboard.