10 Essential Keyboard Shortcuts For Programmers

As a programmer we spend most of our day in front of a computer, and the majority of that time is spent in our favorite editor/IDE. Because of this, it is crucial that we are as efficient as possible in our editor of choice. This is where keyboard shortcuts come in. Knowing the proper keyboard shortcuts for each situation will save you time and make programming more enjoyable. In this video I will be going over the 10 most commonly used keyboard shortcuts that every programmer should know.
If you feel I missed any shortcuts please let me know down in the comments below.
Keyboard Shortcuts Article: blog.webdevsimplified.com/202...
[0:00] - Introduction
01. [01:45] - (Ctrl + C) Copy/(Ctrl + X) Cut/(Ctrl + V) Paste Whole Lines
02. [02:44] - (Ctrl + /) Toggle Comment on Highlighted Lines
03. [03:29] - (Ctrl + P) Open File Within Project By Name
04. [04:00] - (Ctrl + F) Find In File, (Ctrl + Shift + F) Find In Project
05. [04:51] - (Tab) Indent Highlighted Lines, (Shift + Tab) Unindent Highlighted Lines
06. [05:20] - (Ctrl + N) Create New File
07. [05:36] - (Ctrl + Enter) Create New Line Below Current Line Independent of Cursor Position
08. [06:10] - (Ctrl + Left/Right Arrow) Move Cursor Whole Words At A Time
09. [06:45] - (Shift + Left/Right Arrow) Highlight Characters With Arrow Keys
10. [07:04] - (Ctrl + S) Save File, (Ctrl + A) Select All, (Ctrl + Z) Undo, (Ctrl + Shift + Z)/(Ctrl + Y) Redo
08:47 - Recap of all Shortcuts
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[@WebDevSimplified]

Thanks for watching. Let me know if you have any shortcuts that you use everyday that I left out.

[@sravanivemparala8378]

Thanks for providing such a useful shortcuts

[@aasifnawaz7719]

Ctrl + D to copy the same line again

[@TheKbax33]

Holding Alt combined with arrow key up / down to move a line (or selection) of code up and down in a file without cutting it is good for re-arranging IF statements / SQL queries quickly. Holding Alt + Shift with arrow keys (or mouse) is also pretty great for vertically selecting lists and typing repetitive information once instead of 8 times. Both of these are extremely useful in SQL Management Studio / Visual Studio and i don't think the second one works in VS Code, but that second one is probably the single biggest time saver in SQL for me. It's an absolute beast. I wish everyone knew about these... if i need to clarify how to use the second one don't hesitate to ask!

[@tengoputkaradze9639]

Ctrl + Shrift + Arrow (Left/Right) - Highlight Words With Arrow Keys.

[@vibonacci]

Shift + Delete = delete full line. Very nice one

[@tahsinurrahman8761]

it also copies the whole line

[@yugi_comrade2938]

It doesn't work for me

[@rahulranjan7004]

@@yugi_comrade2938 ctrl + x is more efficient

[@abutaymiyyahlectures]

@@rahulranjan7004 wow, thanks

[@rahulranjan7004]

@@abutaymiyyahlectures not a big deal..wlcm

[@ask4144]

ctrl+shift+ L = change all same names at the same time instead doing copy-paste *vscode*

[@armantahery8432]

it's super useful thank you mate

[@asrithperuri629]

Super bro

[@sircraigli1003]

Was looking for this one specifically Cheers mate

[@stevecarr1247]

I have been looking for this specific information for years. Almost every tutorial coding video assumes you know this information/shortcuts. That has been my biggest frustration with learning how to code. Thank you so much!

[@JaveGeddes]

I've seen a bunch of people use these shortcuts in their tutorials, and they never explain it.. I was specifically looking for these ones, and this is the first one I found actually explaining it. So thank you

[@rauldeandrade]

cmd+enter is a life saver. I bought a whole keyboard just for the End key when I want to do this function. This is so useful. Thanks

[@jinbo369]

i m jumping to the comment section here to find this shortcut lol

[@BilliK1000]

ctrl + L = highlight whole current line shift + Alt + up/down arrow = make copy of highlighted line

[@bunyaminturun3152]

What is the shortcut of highlighting multiple line in Visual Studio 2019? thanks

[@sayedrenaq7747]

ctrl + w to close the selected file ctrl + tab to switch between files That's what I discovered myself, hope that's helpful.

[@mannymorales977]

Great video, Kyle (as always) - thank you for sharing!

[@JakeCodes]

Yassssssss literally love the comment shortcut. I was definitely one of those guys that painstakingly added slashes to each and every line. At my first internship in college, my mentor showed me the comment shortcut and and I was like “what sorcery is this!! D:

[@WebDevSimplified]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! The toggle comments shortcut has saved me countless hours of time especially when debugging, since I have to comment and uncomment lines over and over to check different fixes.

Thanks for the shortcuts, and for your videos in general! I didn't know about CTRL + Enter. Here I leave just a few that I also use every day, the problem is that I use a mac... So I'm also pasting the Command name, this way, it can be searched for windows or other keyboards languages: ctrl + J = Join Lines cmd + ] = Indent Line (like tab without selection) cmd + [ = Outdent Line (like shift + tab without selection) cmd + shift + K = editor.action.deleteLines

[@inescadete780]

*The best shortcut:* To delete/replace the same word (for example "print") Ctrl+F (type the word to find all equal words) Alt + enter (click delete or type something to replace it)

[@billbill997]

OMG I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS EXACT SHORTCUT THANK YOU :))

[@ibrahimshaikh6728]

Traversing selected word forward -> Ctrl + F3 Traversing the selected word backwards -> Ctrl + Shift + F3 These shortcuts save a ton of time for quickly going through the code to find next and previous occurences of variables.

[@Milka-br1xw]

thanks for the Video dude ctrl enter ist actually a life saver man

[@ethanblackthorn3533]

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing these shortcuts!

[@dyepber]

Excellent Video that deserves more views/likes. Keep up the great work!

[@WebDevSimplified]

Thanks!

[@nileshtiwari244]

short and crisp, excellent video brother thanks

[@marcusotter]

Great video, I didn't know about the copying without highlighting nor CTRL + Enter to get on a new line. Very useful! You missed one of my favorite shortcuts, ALT + Arrow up / down. Moves the whole line you're on up/down one row. Great for reorganizing code but most of all, it looks really cool ;)

[@marcusotter]

Oh, I also wanted to add that CTRL + Slash to comment doesn't work on all keyboard layouts (for example, a Swedish one), so we can do CTRL + K + C (in that order) to comment the selected lines, and then CTRL + K + U (in that order) to uncomment.

[@WebDevSimplified]

Alt + Up/Down is not in all editors so I opted to leave that one out, but is fairly common. I also didn't know about the different layout of keyboard effecting commenting/uncommenting. That is really interesting.

[@denn501]

You can also use CTRL + Shift + Enter to create a new line above 👍

[@jairaja6924]

very useful video ,i watched many coders using slash in a minute, but i don't know how to do very very thank you bro

[@abderrahmaneadam6144]

thank you so much man ! you gonna save my life

[@aris.konstantinidis]

Really useful! Thank you!

[@Macatho]

A good tip for productivity is to replace the function of caps lock with "Enter". Also if you have some macro on the left of your keyboard consider binding these to ()[] or curly brackets.

[@WebDevSimplified]

Interesting. I think my brain would hurt from trying to get used to using caps lock as a second enter key. Seems useful if you can get used to it though.

[@moncefarajdal4582]

Damn man that would save me so much time. Thank you!

[@mrmonkiy95]

Thanks, Sooooo helpful!

[@gopinathkrm58]

Ctrl+F2 is also a nice shortcut to replace something every where in current file.

[@WebDevSimplified]

That is a useful shortcut. Does it work in most editors, because I thought it was mostly only in VSCode.

[@gopinathkrm58]

@@WebDevSimplified I dont know about other editors but it works fine in VSCode

[@WebDevSimplified]

@@gopinathkrm58 I will have to checkout it out. Thanks for the suggestion.

[@guchierrez]

you're a life savior, thanks

[@ss_GOAT]

Great video Kyle! I would suggest a new video with summarizing updates from all the good stuff in this comment line..

[@abdulrahmanahmad5854]

thanks a lot man that was very helpful

[@DukeJon1969]

Very concise video, thanks

[@natechurch]

ctrl+Enter runs a line of code in some languages like python.

[@szsz1314]

so awesome!! you made my coding so easy!:)

[@B3ASTM0DE1]

Great video! I didn't know most of these!

[@WebDevSimplified]

Thanks! I am glad you learned a few new shortcuts. Make sure you try to integrate them into your workflow now so they become habits.

[@Wuozlinga]

Very helpful video. You earned the like

[@abutaymiyyahlectures]

keyboard shortcuts are amazing :D

[@LiveEveryMoment_WithLOVE.]

❤ owww,,, you make my life easier bruh,, thnx a lot man👍

[@sportsandgaming3385]

thanks it is very helpful

[@zyghom]

I am in front of the computer for last ... 30 years and you killed me with the 1st one: copy/paste the whole line without selecting it ;-) wow!

[@vinith2320]

Thank You So Much

[@imadjett]

Thank you bro

[@erfanasbari4584]

Nice Video! Good Job ;D

[@seanhardman1964]

for apple its command not control. This was a super helpful video thanks.

[@csfox3733]

thanks man :)

[@toan6375]

thanks so much

[@huszartony4362]

Thank you.

[@David-mw5sd]

ctrl+enter is sick and didn't know of it lol

[@drstrangelove9851]

Ctrl+Z has saved my butt many times.

[@abutaymiyyahlectures]

07. is shift and enter instead of control enter for some conpilers

[@noastraeus]

This video made me genuinely happy. There's no joke no sarcasm in what I just said, I just feel happier now that I know these :) *HOW DID I LIVE WITHOUT CTRL+/ ??* also thanks to the comments that posted very useful shortcuts too! Here's mine: the 'f2' key generally works as a shortcut to rename files, works in a lot of software, even on your desktop and windows file explorer, on Linux too I believe ;) Here's mine 2: alt+clicking on a different line gives you another cursor to write in multiple lines put your cursor at a location and alt+shift+click at anothe location will select in a rectangle allowing you to write on multiple lines too.

[@armantahery8432]

me too

[@drstrangelove9851]

In Visual Studio you can just highlight the rows and press the comment button.

[@abhigeek1308]

Hello Kyle! I have started using Visual Studio Code recently and have run into this issue. When I type any bracket symbol , it auto-generates the closing bracket, and I write inside the brackets. But how do I come out of the brackets without pressing the right arrow (I press Tab in Android Studio and it just takes me out of the brackets, which doesn't break my flow as I don't have to look down again and again to find the right arrow and press it.)

[@ToriKo_]

Great video

[@Tpendleton13]

ctrl + Enter!!! Thanks

[@kameshsahu8124]

Very useful video for programmers 👍👍

[@WebDevSimplified]

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@jessicasanchez4556]

thank you

[@rei.orozco]

Amazing

[@Makkele75]

I compare the habit of hitting CTRL+S (sometimes repeatedly) to wiggling the stick shift of my car when in neutral....

[@gorilla-san]

I just started learning Javascript and was like, dude do I really have to use my mouse and arrows nonstop to switch between lines as I always end up in the middle of the line with all the autocompletes. I was about to disable autocomplete as it's faster to type it all out than move my hand to the mouse. Never seen a cool kid in a movie use the mouse! This video answered all my questions :D Thanks dude edit: After typing the above comment, I was like, now I gotta move my hand to the mouse to hit the comment button, but I figured there must be another way, and instead hit enter (new line, didn't work), shift enter (new line, didn't work), *CTRL+ENTER* and it worked! Small wins

[@ALEKSEY_77737]

thanks

[@nowieszco868]

Ctrl + Shift + arrow up/down in PhpStorm

[@khandoor7228]

Nice Vid I enjoyed it. What about CTRL + D to duplicate a line to next line. I use it a lot when i'm duping a bunch of imports and i just need to change one word or something. I just use it a lot in general. This is 'every time i code' usage.

[@WebDevSimplified]

That is a good one. For me I just use CTRL + C followed by CTRL + V to duplicate. In some text editors CTRL + D is delete instead of duplicate, so I got used to using copy/paste instead.

[@pipertripp]

@@WebDevSimplified , in VS Code SHIFT-ALT-Down Arrow will copy the current line and paste below. Up arrow does the opposite.

[@vibonacci]

I use CTRL + D in Webstorm all the time. It's a huge time saver. Also changed the keyboard shortcut in VSCode to CTRL + D

[@alpherer]

How do I add block space or like after : Like this in multiple lines

[@rareyman]

In macOS, you use *option*-(←) or (→) to move cursor between words, not control or command. Just FYI. The idea that you just swap control for command on macOS is not always true for these shortcuts. 🙂

[@unfriendly3255]

Btw nice font though..which font is this??

[@stefmyt5062]

Hey, nice video and all. I just wanted to say that you have a really nice hairstyle. Cheers.

[@nicopicco]

Started coding a few months ago...one thing that drives me up the f'n wall is having to hit END to add the ; at the end of the line. I can appreciate the brackets and quote marks of any kind is self contained...BUT having to go to the end of the line to do this ; is so redundant. Any suggestions? Am I doing this wrong by hitting the END button?? Thanks

[@syedyousufhussain2725]

how to get my cursor out from the curly brackets without pressing down arrow key because its annoying to take my hand from home row

[@ilkeuyankerstudent5347]

Sad Story started to learning C++ but don't know how to do curly brackets on mac..

[@neoTriny]

can anyone tell me about how to write arrays first, because each time the quotation has to be moves example: const animals = [ 'cat', 'dog', 'horse', 'sheep', 'bird'] how can I type these fast, is there any shortcuts to hop over the quotation, because both sides of the quotations is added automatically, that slow me down so much

[@James-yz4cc]

I suggest setting the play speed to 1.25 or 1.5. Otherwise good video

[@rwex1]

When I hit sheft + ctrl + f it search in all the computer, I want it to search only in desktop

[@joaop3268]

Anyone know a shortcut to go to the end of a line? to put the ";"

[@omranshahrour7291]

Which is incredibly useful 🤣

[@KotekDev]

6:45 Is there possibility to select whole lines like that?

[@LiveEveryMoment_WithLOVE.]

and is there any shortcut for commenting in VSC using /* */ ?

[@dorryspears]

Make a video on alt commands

[@naveenmutakoduru9506]

recap is good

[@fqr1966]

Nice

[@WebDevSimplified]

Thanks!

[@daxscholtz984]

How do you change all the highlighted text at the same time as you type? I've seen someone do it, so i know its possible.

[@Eddcakes]

in vs code you can use alt and click to add multiple cursor, you can drag to highlight text. Can also just hold middle mouse button and drag

[@domac5979]

What about keybinds for adding {} or ""

[@aryageneralstore230]

whats the shortcut key to see web page of the website

[@nadinerich55]

i swear kyle is a robot XD

[@ashwin2365]

auto save option in vscode inside the file menu

[@ejayballesteros9115]

Can you upload a tutorial plz

[@Lyonnais1985]

on my laptop its CTRL + * to comment code...

[@tomwolf6353]

Hello, what keyboard do you use?

[@WebDevSimplified]

An old cheap Razer Deathstalker

[@jesusmarcano1640]

no funcionan en el block de notas what a shame

[@ilitted7586]

What about shortcut key to run

[@sicfxmusic]

Ctrl +, Ctrl - Ctrl Shift N Alt F4 You're welcome!

[@naveenbasyal001]

known all of them

[@hugojj101]

this guy gives me sociopath vibes hah. ebie geebies

[@dudeimadolphin4318]

SUPER HANDY

[@WebDevSimplified]

Thanks! I'm glad my favorite dolphin found the video useful.

[@dudeimadolphin4318]

@@WebDevSimplified LMAO

[@DoesMahBlockLookBig]

tbh alt + f4 is more reliable that ctrl + s when saving your projects

[@armantahery8432]

dont be toxic

[@jamesmears3419]

Mate, you don't code in a text editor. You code in an IDE. #IntelliJUltimate

[@codeiha7487]

Ctrl Shift K = Shift Delete: delete full line Ctrl Enter: add new line below Ctrl Shift Enter: add new line above Alt Up/Down: move line up/down Shift Alt Up/Down: duplicate line above/below Alt + multi click: edit multi select (you must try it, very very useful)

[@ubermenschfallschirmjager7184]

When I said you spend most of your time coding, I was surprised a little bit. A little bit odd for a good looking, handsome guy like you to be a 'nerd'. The stereotype for nerds is much different than you. You could be easily become a showman or even a politician! You could spend your time with beautiful girls, swimming in pools! Appreciate your youth and beauty son! Don't waste your time in front of a computer! 😂 Just kidding, programming and software development is the job of prophets! Keep on the good work!

[@umairsaeed5055]

😂

[@naveenKumar-rk8wo]

Audio sucks, on full volume it seems the guy is talking to himself