Does Visual Studio Code have a keyword?

Question

The Atom editor has a command attached to 'ctrl-.' which is called a recognition key:

As soon as you activate the key-resolver mode, any key that you subsequently press will tell you which commands are attached to it in all possible contexts and show which command / context wins. Then you turn off the mode by pressing ctrl-g.

This is useful when you want to know if key binding is free, or if key key binding does not do what you expect.

Here is an example output when I press ctrl-n in the editor context, where I see that the emacs keybinding "next-line" keyword takes precedence:

Emacs also has a similar function with the ctrl-h k (help keys) command.

Yes, I can usually get the information I need by looking at the default shortcut keys and keybindings.json, but it can be difficult to do if the key is bound in many different contexts.

Is there a function like this in VSCode?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, no, and as far as I know, currently this cannot be done using the extension APIs. You can add feature request for this at visualstudio.uservoice.com .

Visual Studio code evaluates key bindings as follows:

• rules are ranked from bottom to top.
• the first rule, which coincides, both the key and in terms of time, is adopted.
• more rules are not processed.
• If the rule is found and has a set of commands, the command is executed.

Additional User/keybindings.json are added at runtime to the bottom of the default rules, allowing them to overwrite the default rules.

Now you can check what is associated with a specific key using Quick Outline Settings: Open shortcuts to keys . To open this view, press ⇧ + ⌘ + P on Mac or Ctrl + Shift + P on Windows and Linux and find this option.

Looking at the pace of development, this may be feasible as an extension or included in vscode in the coming months.