Making VS Code work the way we like

Our generic setup steps for VS Code

Keyboard shortcuts

File > Preferences > Keyboard shortcuts

Transform to Uppercase

ctrl + shift + u

Transform to Lowercase

ctrl + shift + l

editor.action.inlineSuggest.commit (CoPilot accept suggestion)

ALT + A

Settings

File > Preferences > Settings

Use tabs not spaces

Settings > Text editor > Insert spaces = OFF

Settings > Text editor > Detect Indentation = OFF

Turn off auto closing

Settings > Text Editor > Auto Closing Brackets = NEVER

Settings > Text Editor > Auto Closing Comments = NEVER

Settings > Text Editor > Auto Closing Quotes = NEVER

Commenting

Settings > Text Editor > Editor: Comments: Insert Space = OFF

Remove visually confusing icons in the explorer sidebar

Settings > workbench > Icon Theme > Minimal (Visual Studio Code)

Stop the xplorer pane combining single sub folders with \

Settings > Features > Explorer: Compact Folders

Default open folder/workspace path

Settings > Files > Dialog > Default Path > Set if (C:\_Dropbox\Dropbox\)

USEFUL?
We benefit hugely from resources on the web so we decided we should try and give back some of our knowledge and resources to the community by opening up many of our company’s internal notes and libraries through mini sites like this. We hope you find the site helpful.
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