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

Problem

There seems to be a problem with the original "duplicate line down" shortcut on Ubuntu, mostly due to a conflict with an already existing workspace related shortcut on the operating system.

Workaround

However, an easy workaround is to simply ctrl+c (copies the entire line) and ctrl+v (pastes the copied line on to a new one)... Effectively, given you the same end result.