Executing multiple commands at a single key stroke in VS Code [duplicate]

Question

One example of an operation consisting of multiple commands would be the following. I want to copy a line, making a duplicate of it, then, I need to return the the upper line and comment it out. The aim is to reach the following state.

previousStatement();
// statementToBeMultipliedAndCommentedOut();
statementToBeMultipliedAndCommentedOut();
nextStatement();

Today, I achieve that by a quick combination like this.

ctrl+c
ctrl+v
up
ctrl+k+c //commenting out
down

Is there a way to make a combo executing those keystrokes in a single key binding?

Answer 1

With vscode v1.77 Insiders now (Stable next week) you can run a sequence of commands WITHOUT an extension. This keybinding would do what you want:

{
  "key": "alt+c",             // choose your keybinding
  "command": "runCommands",
  "args": {
    "commands": [
      "editor.action.copyLinesDownAction",
      "cursorUp",
      "editor.action.addCommentLine",
      "cursorDown"
    ]
  }
}

For more, see How can I run multiple commands with a single VS Code keybinding without an extension?

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[Before vscode v1.77]

You need a macro extension like multi-command so you can run a sequence of commands. There are other macro extensions out there. Using multi-command:

In settings.json:

"multiCommand.commands": [
  {
    "command": "multiCommand.commentDown",
    "sequence": [
      "editor.action.copyLinesDownAction",
      "cursorUp",
      "editor.action.addCommentLine",
      "cursorDown"
    ]
  }
]

The commands can be found in the Keyboard Shortcuts listing. Search on SO for "multi-command" to see some of things you can do with it. (I have no connection to it.)

Choose a keybinding in keybindings.json:

{
  "key": "ctrl+shift+/",
  "command": "extension.multiCommand.execute",
  "args": { "command": "multiCommand.commentDown" },
  "when": "editorTextFocus"
},