How do I select a single line within Visual Studio Code?

Question

Using Microsoft\'s Visual Studio Code, how do I select a single line of code? (equivalent to Atom\'s or other IDE\'s Cmd+L on Mac)

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Answer 1

I googled the same question but with the need to delete an entire line in a single keystroke. If you are in the same boat, the shortcut to delete the current line is Ctrl+Shift+k

Answer 2

It's Cmd+I by default in VS Code versions prior to 1.32.

Starting from version 1.32 it's Cmd+L.

You could change it in Keyboard Shortcuts by searching for expandLineSelection.

Answer 3

As for me, I noticed that what was causing the issue was that there were similar keyboard shortcuts. As a result, what fixed it was deleting the similar keys.

So when I tried to use ⌘ + L I noticed that there was this thing in the left corner.

Picture that says it is awaiting an actual command:

So what I did was simply delete the commands in the keyboard shortcut (i.e. ⌘ + K ⌘ + S) that were similar. They ended up being shortcuts for the live server extension.

You can see which ones are similar by typing cmd + L in the search bar for the keyboard shortcut. Any command that starts with ⌘ + L will take precedence over the single one that just uses ⌘ + L hence the reason it didn't work for me.

Keyboard shortcut search of cmd + l:

Hope this helps anyone that may need clarification on this!

Answer 4

For VS Code 1.36 release, use CTRL-L to select the whole line, then, press TAB key to increase indent, or SHIFT-TAB to decrease indent.

Answer 5

There are options to select an entire line or just the contents of a line as follows (Mac mappings):

• Select Entire Line:Command+L

• Select Contents of Line: Place Cursor in line content then Shift+Ctrl+Command+→ (press right arrow twice)

If you want to assign your own keyboard shortcuts, in your shortcut preferences look for:

• Entire Line: expandLineSelection

• Select Contents of Line: editor.action.smartSelect.expand

(You can get to your Keyboard shortcuts by pressing Command+k, Command+s)

As a bonus there's also a command to Shrink the Selection:

• Shrink Selection: Shift+Ctrl+Command+← (left arrow)

Answer 6

1. Go to Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts
   

2. Search for "expandLineSelection"
   Change Keybinding to any key you wish.

3. If you want to use command+L as default, just change it back.