
This extension helped me create keyboard shortcuts that I was familiar with in Sublime Text. I used the Sublime Text Importer when I switched to Visual Studio for the first time. (It didn’t work on my Windows PC because I don’t have Sublime Text installed). This allowed me to create keyboard shortcuts that synced up between Mac and Windows.
TL DR: I removed the Sublime Text Keymap and Settings Importer extension from Visual Studio Code. You can always switch back to Dvorak-Qwerty later. So, if you use Dvorak-Qwerty, I recommend switching to Qwerty to examine keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio Code. When I press Ctrl + T, I still fire the “Go To File” action.
Windows doesn’t have Dvorak-Qwerty built-in by defaultīut the keyboard shortcut still works. Y holds the position of T on a Dvorak keyboard. But the keyboard shortcuts panel shows Ctrl + Y. I changed the “Go To File” keyboard shortcut to Ctrl + T.
Visual Studio Code’s keyboard shortcut panel gets a little cranky when I tried using used Dvorak-Qwerty on Windows. Windows Visual Studio Code and Dvorak-Qwerty Since all shortcuts I recommend in this guide involves the Command or Ctrl key.
The keyboard also switches to Qwerty when I hold down Ctrl or Win on Windows. The keyboard switches to Qwerty when I hold down Command on Mac. People who’re familiar with me know I use Dvorak-Qwerty on both Mac and Windows. This guide is Qwerty-friendlyĪll keyboard shortcuts in this article are friendly for Qwerty users. You can learn how I changed the modifiers in this article. I changed modifier locations of my Windows PC with a program called Auto Hot Key. On my Windows PC (which is a Surface Laptop). Here’s where the original modifiers are located on Mac: Modifiers on Mac ( Command, Option, Control) and modifiers on Windows ( Ctrl, Alt, Win, Appskey) are placed in different locations on the keyboard. Modifiers’ locations are different on Mac and Windows. Why I ditched the sublime text importer plugin. Small bugs with Visual Studio Code and Dvorak-Qwerty on Windows. Modifiers’ locations are different on Mac and Windows. Things you need to know before you continue I want to share these customisations with you so you can use them to rock at Visual Studio Code too 😃. So I dug deep into Visual Studio Code’s keyboard shortcuts for both systems and made my personal customisations. Since I code on both Windows and Mac, I want my Visual Studio Code shortcuts to be interchangeable on both systems. Customised (and effective) Visual Studio Code keyboard shortcuts for Mac and Windows 20th May 2020