What is the keyboard shortcut to navigate back to the last cursor position in Visual Studio Code?
The keyboard shortcut commands are Go Forward and Go Back.
On Windows:
Alt + ← ... navigate back
Alt + → ... navigate forward
On Mac:
Ctrl + - ... navigate back
Ctrl + Shift + - ... navigate forward
On Ubuntu Linux:
Ctrl + Alt + - ... navigate back
Ctrl + Shift + - ... navigate forward
I am on Mac OS X, so I can't answer for Windows users:
I added a custom keymap entry and set it to Ctrl + ← + Ctrl + →, while the original default is Ctrl + - and Ctrl + Shift + - (which translates to Ctrl + ß and Ctrl + Shift+ß on my German keyboard).
One can simply modify it in the user keymap settings:
{ "key": "ctrl+left", "command": "workbench.action.navigateBack" },
{ "key": "ctrl+right", "command": "workbench.action.navigateForward" }
For the accepted answer I actually wonder :) Alt + ← / Alt + → jumps wordwise for me (which is kind of standard in all editors). Did they really do this mapping for the Windows version?
This will be different for each OS, based on the information in Key Bindings for Visual Studio Code.
Workbench configuration:
Go Back: workbench.action.navigateBack
Go Forward: workbench.action.navigateForward
Linux:
Go Back: Ctrl+Alt+-
Go Forward: Ctrl+Shift+-
Mac OS X:
Go Back: Ctrl + -
Go Forward: Ctrl + Shift (⇧) + -
Windows:
Go Back: Alt + ⬅️
Go Forward: Alt + ➡️
To answer for your question, for:
Windows use Alt+← for backward, and Alt+→ for forward navigation.
macOS use Ctrl+- for backward, and Ctrl+Shift+- for forward navigation.
Linux use Ctrl+Alt+- for backward, and Ctrl+Shift+- for forward navigation.
You can find the current key-bindings in "Keyboard Shortcuts editor."
You can even edit the key-binding as per your preference.
There is an extension available named Code-Navigation for all the platforms. As an alternative to the keyboard shortcuts it adds buttons to the left side of the status bar.
To set your own keyboard shortcuts (even if that particular keyboard-combo is already taken) you can go to Code > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts and set them up there.
Open Settings: Code > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts
Find Go Forward and Go Back and set them to whatever you like.
If a key shortcut is double-assigned VSCode will tell you, and you can click-in and change/remove the other ones. eg. by shortcuts were already assigned to indent-in and indent-out.
eg. our main tool is Android Studio on a mac which uses cmd+[ and cmd+] for forward and backward). This is especially powerful with a cmd+click for drilling into functions. (so you can follow your code as if it was an Ariadne's thread in a Minotaur labyrinth. Does help! ( so you jump around the code, diving in and out of functions, and back between files.
For macOS:
⌘ + U: Undo the last cursor operation
You can also try Ctrl + -.
BTW, all the shortcuts are in Keyboard shortcuts for macOS. This is really useful!
Use Alt + ← / →
You can find all shortcuts in Key Bindings for Visual Studio Code.
Mac OS (MacBook Pro):
Back: Ctrl(control) + - (hyphen)
Back forward: Ctrl + Shift + - (hyphen)
As an alternative to the keyboard shortcuts, there is an extension named "Back and Forward buttons" that adds the forward and back buttons to the status bar.
vscode v1.65 is adding a number of new commands for navigating to the last/next edit location or the last/next cursor location.
An edit location means there was an actual edit, whereas a cursor location means that you visited that location but may not necessarily have made an edit there.
By default, editor navigation locations are added whenever you
navigate across editors but also when navigating within editors (for
example, when switching notebook cells or changing selection in text
editors). If you feel that too many locations are being recorded, new
commands have been added that reduce locations to either:
Navigation locations (for example when using Go to Definition)
Edit locations (whenever an editor is changed, for example when typing in a text editor)
from https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/release-notes/v1_65.md
Cursor locations:
Go Forward in Navigation Locations
"workbench.action.navigateForwardInNavigationLocations"
Go Back in Navigation Locations
"workbench.action.navigateBackInNavigationLocations"
Go to Last Navigation Location
// acts like a toggle between current and last cursor location
"workbench.action.navigateToLastNavigationLocation"
Go Previous in Navigation Locations
"workbench.action.navigatePreviousInNavigationLocations"
Edit locations:
Go Forward in Edit Locations
"workbench.action.navigateForwardInEditLocations"
Go Back in Edit Locations
"workbench.action.navigateBackInEditLocations"
Go Previous in Edit Locations
"workbench.action.navigatePreviousInEditLocations"
Go to Last Edit Location
// acts like a toggle between current and last edit location
"workbench.action.navigateToLastEditLocation"
Associated context keys have been added to make assigning keybindings
more powerful:
canNavigateBackInNavigationLocations: Whether it is possible to go back in navigation locations
canNavigateForwardInNavigationLocations: Whether it is possible to go forward in navigation locations
canNavigateToLastNavigationLocation: Whether it is possible to go to the last navigation location
canNavigateBackInEditLocations: Whether it is possible to go back in edit locations
canNavigateForwardInEditLocations: Whether it is possible to go forward in edit locations
canNavigateToLastEditLocation: Whether it is possible to go to the last edit location
You can go to menu File → Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts. Once you are there, you can search for navigate. Then, you will see all shortcuts set for your Visual Studio Code environment related to navigation. In my case, it was only Alt + - to get my cursor back.
While the accepted answer is correct, anyone using the Vim extension for VS Code may be frustrated by the fact that navigating backwards takes you through every single cursor movement you've made. This prevents "Go back" from working well for use cases like:
Go to Definition
Poke around at the definition for a while (i.e., move the cursor around)
Go Back to where you were in step 1.
With the Vim extension installed, you'll be stuck doing "Go Back" for every cursor movement you've made (and for me, that's enough to make it almost useless!).
Fortunately, the Vim extension implements jumplists well, so after using VS Code to jump to a new position (i.e., "Go to definition"), you can simply do CTRL+O to go back to the previous jump location.
Last Edit Position v. Last Navigation Position
Go To Last Edit Position:
Ctrl+k Ctrl+q
This was mentioned in sudormfbin's comment but not listed as an answer. This is what I want to do 99% of the time when I think "where was I now?". It is the easiest quickest way to get back to your last position without taking your fingers off keyboard to use the arrow keys and without installing extensions, etc.
Navigate Recent Cursor Positions:
ALT+ ← Back
ALT+→ Forward
Most of the other posted solutions refer to this - moving between "Navigation Locations", i.e., navigating between editor tabs OR within an editor (e.g., you move the cursor on one line, then click on a line 20 spaces above).
For navigating between editor tabs, instead of the above you can do Ctrl+Tab as it will sort all of the tabs in most recent order so you have option to go to others or just release and go back to the last used one. Also without taking fingers off keyboard.
With Visual Studio Code 1.43 (Q1 2020), those Alt+← / Alt+→, or Ctrl+- / Ctrl+Shift+- will also... preserve selection.
See issue 89699:
Benjamin Pasero (bpasero) adds:
going back/forward restores selections as they were.
Note that in order to get a history entry there needs to be at least 10 lines between the positions to consider the entry as new entry.
There are several ways to go back and options to go back in vs code.
To change any of the following things, go to command pannel by pressing ctrl + p and then after typing a >, type what config you need to change:
Then all you need to do is click on the Settings icon (as pointed by 2 in the image) and change the key binding to whatever you want.
Different options you have for going back:
Go to the Last Edit Location
Cursor Undo (meaning: go to last cursor location)
Cursor Redo (Opposite of above)
I am using eclipse juno, I need to know if there is any keyboard shortcut for pasting some text from the copied clipboard history, I mean in JDeveloper there is a combination of keys CTRL + SHIFT + V this will bring a popup showing all the earlier copied texts, then the user selects whatever text he wants to paste, is there anything similar in eclipse?
Yes as #MatF said you can use MoreClipboard plugin. -1 to PDE Tools Cliboard View as it not brings up popup window to select old entries.
Also moreclipboard has the same short cut key as in Jdeveloper i.e CTRL + SHIFT + V
Quick links:
Quick Guide
Donwload Link
Update site
In NetBeans, how can I make it so that every time I save a file it gets committed to Subversion?
This sounds like a recipe for disaster!
That being said . . .
Go to Tools : Options in the menu.
Go to the Keymap tab.
Type commit in the Search box.
Locate the row for "Commit..." / "Subversion".
Double-click in its Shortcut cell.
Press the desired shortcut (e.g. Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S).
Click the OK button.
As committing a file automatically saves it first, you could use Ctrl + S as the shortcut if you wish.
Note that this also works when you select one or more files in the Projects pane. Thanks for asking the question as I get really sick of navigating through the popup menus all the time. :)
I am wondering if there is any way to have a keyboard shortcut to a tab. Like for example Firefox having Alt+1 / Alt+2 / Alt+3 to go to tab 1 / 2/ 3 etc...
Cheers,
You can use F12 to go to the current editor and Ctrl + E to get a list of open editors. Then you can type a couple of characters to narrow down the list. The currently visible tabs are at the end of the list (use End or Up to jump there)
Ctrl + PageUp and Ctrl + PageDown select the previous and the next tab.
Ctrl + Q goes to the last edit position.
Alt + Left and Alt + Right go back- and forward through your editing history (like the back button in your browser).
Also, use Alt+PgUp and Alt+PgDown to shift between graphical layout and xml code inside android graphical layout editor for xml files.
for right side move CTRL+ page Down
for left side move CTRL+page Up
Using CTRL+F7 to navigate between two currently used views back and forth (kinda ALT+TAB in Windows).
I was wondering if it were possible in Eclipse PDT to reopen a closed tab by mistake.
For example in Firefox I can do Ctrl + Shift + T.
Try Alt + ← that will go backward in history - if tab is closed it will reopen it.
Yes it's possible. Close a tab and hit the left yellow arrow in the Eclipse menu bar above.
You can adjust the keyboard shortcut for that in the eclipse preferences under General > Keys.
On Mac it's ⌘ + [
Navigating back through the edit history does work sometimes, but not if you close the tab without actually activating it. You can also try Alt + F to access the file menu then hit a number to access the appropriate file in the recent file list.
You may also find the Extended VMM Presentation plugin useful. Among others, it provides a list of the last several closed tabs.
Keep in mind that so far it does not seem to work with the new Eclipse Juno.