# shortcut-keys Published articles for shortcut-keys. This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## 30 Keyboard Shortcuts to Turbocharge Your Team's Engineering Velocity DevFeed: [30 Keyboard Shortcuts to Turbocharge Your Team's Engineering Velocity]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Mitch Posk Published: 2020-09-30T01:45:26Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [RBI Tech]() Topics: [Development](), [Visual Studio Code](), [navigation](), [coding]() Tags: [editor](), [keyboard](), [search](), [shortcut-keys](), [shortcuts](), [software-development](), [terminal](), [visual-studio-code](), [web-development]() ### AI overview A tutorial presents keyboard shortcuts intended to help developers work more efficiently. The supplied excerpt focuses on Visual Studio Code navigation, including sidebar, file explorer, search, source control, debugger, extensions, terminal, project search, and filename search shortcuts. ### Source excerpt Photo by SpaceX on Unsplash Every developer knows a shortcut or two that makes the job just a little bit easier. While those new to the industry might dream of a time in the far-off future when their fingers are the limiting factor to their coding output, a seasoned veteran can light up a keyboard like a jazz musician improvising over a familiar melody. I've overheard engineers let out an audible gasp the first time they see a coworker lay down a novel key combination. The look on their face tells the entire story: Just think of how much time we could have saved! If only I'd known! Shortcuts allow us to spend more time focusing on the important aspects of software engineering -- and over the span of a career spent largely in front of a keyboard, they compound to save us hours, days, or even weeks of development time. When widely used across an engineering team, shortcuts can significantly increase engineering velocity and output. And yet, our tendency as developers is often to hoard them, holding them close like competing magicians guarding the secrets behind our sleight of hand. The goal of today's post is to pull back this curtain, and divulge a few favorite tricks of the trade. Now that we are less likely to be sharing the same physical space and picking up new techniques through office osmosis, I believe we have to become more explicit in sharing what works for us with our team mates. What follows are my most-used shortcuts that save me the most time. My hope is that you will find a few of them new and useful, and adopt them into your own repertoire. Visual Studio Code Navigation cmd + b is a shortcut to open or close the workbench sidebar. We do this about a million times a day, so the time it saves can add up quickly. But not only can we do it faster, we can do it better, too! By moving the sidebar to the right, you can keep your code from jumping all over the screen when it opens, and therefore maintain better flow and focus. Text remains in place with the Sid