How to bind one key to multiple commands in VSCode - visual-studio-code

Question

I'm trying to make the key Ctrl+UpArrow execute both commands
cursorUp and
scrollLineUp.
I was hoping that this would work, but it doesn't:
{
"key": "ctrl+up",
"command": ["cursorUp", "scrollLineUp"], // This doesn't work
"when": "editorTextFocus"
}
How do I do that in VSCode?

Answer 1

This is currently not possible, but the corresponding feature request is tracked here. However you should take a look to the macros extension. It enables you to chain different commands to a single custom command. This custom command then can be bound to a hotkey.
In your case you could add this to your settings.json:
"macros": {
"myCustomCommand": [
"cursorUp",
"scrollLineUp"
]
}
And then add your custom hotkey to the keybindings.json:
{
"key": "ctrl+up",
"command": "macros.myCustomCommand"
}

Answer 2

There's a new way to achieve this without an extension:
Run "Tasks: Open User Tasks" command to create or open a user level tasks file.
Define commands as separate tasks, like so:
{
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "ctrlUp1",
"command": "${command:cursorUp}"
},
{
"label": "ctrlUp2",
"command": "${command:scrollLineUp}"
},
{
"label": "ctrlUpAll",
"dependsOrder": "sequence",
"dependsOn": [
"ctrlUp1",
"ctrlUp2"
],
"problemMatcher": []
}
]
}
In your keybindings.json:
{
"key": "ctrl+up",
"command": "workbench.action.tasks.runTask",
"args": "ctrlUpAll",
"when": "editorTextFocus"
}
("ctrlUpNNN" label format chosen for readability, task labels can be anything).