How do I duplicate a line or selection within Visual Studio Code?

Question

Using Microsoft\'s Visual Studio Code, how do I duplicate a line of code and then move it up and down? (Similar to Sublime\'s cmd+shift+d be

Answer 1

You can find keyboard shortcuts from

File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts

Default Keyboard Shortcuts are,

Copy Lines Down Action : shift+alt+down

Copy Lines Up Action : shift+alt+up

Move Lines Up Action : alt+up

Move Lines Down Action : alt+down

Or you can override the keyboard shortcuts from

File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts

And editing the keybindings.json

Example:

[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+d",
        "command": "editor.action.copyLinesDownAction",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+up",
        "command": "editor.action.moveLinesUpAction",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+shift+down",
        "command": "editor.action.moveLinesDownAction",
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }
]