{"id":1306,"date":"2024-09-25T11:42:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T10:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:10:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:10:05","slug":"making-vs-code-work-the-way-we-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/visual-studio-code-vs-code\/making-vs-code-work-the-way-we-like","title":{"rendered":"Making VS Code work the way we like"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our generic setup steps for VS Code<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Keyboard shortcuts<\/h5>\n\n\n

File > Preferences > Keyboard shortcuts<\/p>\n

Transform to Uppercase<\/p>\n

ctrl + shift + u<\/p>\n

Transform to Lowercase<\/p>\n

ctrl + shift + l<\/p>\n

Accept Inline Suggestion (CoPilot accept suggestion)<\/span><\/p>\n

ALT + A<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

Settings<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

File > Preferences > Settings<\/p>\n\n\n

Use tabs not spaces<\/p>\n

Settings > Text editor > Insert spaces = OFF<\/p>\n

Settings > Text editor > Detect Indentation = OFF<\/p>\n

Turn off auto closing<\/p>\n

Settings > Text Editor > Auto Closing Brackets = NEVER<\/p>\n

Settings > Text Editor > Auto Closing Comments = NEVER<\/p>\n

Settings > Text Editor > Auto Closing Quotes = NEVER<\/p>\n

Commenting<\/p>\n

Settings > Text Editor > Editor: Comments: Insert Space = OFF<\/p>\n

Turn off git diff indicators in the vertical side bar<\/p>\n

Settings > Text Editor > SCM: Diff Decorations = gutter<\/p>\n

Remove visually confusing icons in the explorer sidebar<\/p>\n

Settings > workbench > Icon Theme > Minimal (Visual Studio Code)<\/p>\n

Stop the xplorer pane combining single sub folders with \\<\/p>\n

Settings > Features > Explorer: Compact Folders<\/p>\n

Disable sticky scroll<\/p>\n

editor.stickyScroll.enabled = Unchecked<\/p>\n

Default open folder\/workspace path<\/p>\n

Settings > Files > Dialog > Default Path > Set if (C:\\_Dropbox\\Dropbox\\)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 Accept Inline Suggestion (CoPilot accept suggestion) ALT + A Settings File > Preferences > Settings Use tabs not spaces Settings > Text editor > […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-visual-studio-code-vs-code"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1366,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions\/1366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibex.tech\/programming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}