How to shift a block of code left/right by one space in VSCode?

Question

In VSCode, I can use alt-up and alt-down to move a line or block up or down, but I can\'t find a command to increase or decrease indent by one space.

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Answer 1

Have a look at File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts (or Ctrl+K Ctrl+S)

Search for cursorColumnSelectDown or cursorColumnSelectUp which will give you the relevent keyboard shortcut. For me it is Shift+Alt+Down/Up Arrow

Answer 2

There was a feature request for that in vscode repo. But it was marked as extension-candidate and closed. So, here is the extension: Indent One space

Unlike the answer below that tells you to use Ctrl+[ this extension indents code by ONE whtespace

Answer 3

No need to use any tool for that , I solved same problem by following below 2 steps

1. Set Tab Spaces to 1.
2. Select whole block of code and then press Shift + Tab

How it works Shift + Tab = Shift text right to left

Answer 4

In MacOS, a simple way is to use Sublime settings and bindings.

Navigate to VS Code.

Click on Help -> Welcome

On the top right, you can find Customise section and in that click on Sublime.

Bingo. Done.

Reload VS Code and you are free to use Command + [ and Command + ]

Answer 5

Recent versions of VSCode (e.g., Version 1.29 at the time of posting this answer) allow you to change the Tab/Space size to 1 (or any number between 1 and 8). You may change the Tab/Space size from the bottom-right corner as shown in the below image:

Click on Spaces:4. Then, select Indent Using Spaces or Indent Using Tabs and choose the size 1.

Hope it helps.

Answer 6

Current Version 1.38.1

I had a problem with intending. The default Command+] is set to 4 and I wanted it to be 2. Installed "Indent 4-to-2" but it changed the entire file and not the selected text.

I changed the tab spacing in settings and it was simple.

Go to Settings -> Text Editor -> Tab Size