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I love all of the major default key bindings of Visual Studio IDE for C++ development, such as block selection (ALT+SHIFT+ARROWS), selecting by jumping words (CTRL+SHIFT+ARROWS), and so on.

Is there a way to tell Visual Studio Code to use the IDE keybindings? Or is this something I have to set up myself, by hand (I hope not)?

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    Did you ever get the "traditional VS" key bindings for code? I would love a copy if so!
    – Beakie
    Commented Sep 17, 2016 at 12:59
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    Sadly, I have yet to find a pre-made keybindings file for this. I've slowly been changing key bindings as I go for my own personal use, but it's FAR from comprehensive.
    – void.pointer
    Commented Sep 17, 2016 at 17:45
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    How is this not something Microsoft want to make available? Um. Cheers anyway
    – Beakie
    Commented Sep 17, 2016 at 18:02

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You can install the Visual Studio Keymap extension by going to File > Preferences > Migrate Keyboard Shortcuts from... in Visual Studio Code.

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  • Thanks! As of the current version of Visual Studio Code, the extension is available via File > Preferences > Migrate Keyboard Shortcuts from...
    – track0
    Commented Dec 30, 2022 at 3:11
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You can see a list of vscode's default keybindings here:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/customization/keybindings

If you don't like the default keybindings, you can override them by updating your keybindings.json file as noted on that page.

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