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Reputation: 5996

How do I jump to a closing bracket in Visual Studio Code?

In VSCode when I type a bracket, e.g '(', it automatically creates the ending bracket: ')'. Are there any shortcuts to jump to the closing bracket or parenthesis, without pressing the 'End' key?

I found a way to do in Sublime Text 2 that did exactly that, using a Regex in the User's Key Bindings, but couldn't find a way to do it in VSCode.

Upvotes: 602

Views: 321768

Answers (23)

Benjamin Pasero
Benjamin Pasero

Reputation: 124234

You can learn commands from the command palette (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + P). Look for "Go to Bracket". The keybinding is also shown there, which is

Windows:
Ctrl + Shift + \

Upvotes: 111

Joaquim Manzini
Joaquim Manzini

Reputation: 43

In Portuguese / Windows keyboard (POR/PTB2) i had to press:

Ctrl + Shift + }

Upvotes: 1

Takibul Islam Fuad
Takibul Islam Fuad

Reputation: 21

Ctrl+End is doing the task only for CSS.

lets say,

.class{ p(you to jump from here to the end of this CSS property. In vs code simply hit ctrl+End }

Upvotes: 0

Jesus Iniesta
Jesus Iniesta

Reputation: 12519

Mac Cmd+Shift+\

  • Mac with french keyboard : Ctrl+Cmd+Option+Shift+L

Windows Ctrl+Shift+\

  • Windows with spanish keyboard Ctrl+Shift+|

  • Windows with german keyboard Ctrl+Shift+^

Ubuntu Ctrl+Shift+\

Alternatively, you can go to Keyboard Shortcuts (Ctrl+Shift+p and select Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts), and there you will be able to see all the shortcuts and create your own. The command in question is called editor.action.jumpToBracket.

Upvotes: 767

thewebjackal
thewebjackal

Reputation: 869

There are multiple right answers for achieveing what was required. Here are my two cents anyway.

The operation to quickly jump to the opening or the closing bracket has to be instant. The Ctrl + Shift + \ is pretty verbose if you ask me.

Here's my way of setting it up:

  1. Click on the enter image description here icon and select Keyboard shortcuts.
  2. In the top right corner, click on enter image description here
  3. In the settings.json file that opens up, add the following object in the array:
[
...,
{
  "key": "shift shift",
  "command": "editor.action.jumpToBracket",
  "when": "editorTextFocus"
}
, ...
]
  1. Save the file.

With this, you should be able to quickly jump to the opening or closing bracket with Shift Shift.

Upvotes: 12

Ariel
Ariel

Reputation: 5830

The out-of-the-box way to do it is Ctrl + Shift + |

Upvotes: 90

kbro
kbro

Reputation: 4991

My MacBook has Go To Bracket as Shift-Cmd-\ but my Win10 laptop (UK keyboard) has it on Ctrl-Shift-`.

If you click on Go in the menu bar then Go To Bracket is in that list and you should see the keyboard shortcut listed against it.

Upvotes: 0

kann
kann

Reputation: 747

May be it helps someone looking for shortcuts in which they are comfortable and wanted to use in VS Code. I use Sublime Text shortcuts in VS Code through this extension.

enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

HackerGprat
HackerGprat

Reputation: 95

i use End key, but. as you said you found a way to solve this problem in sublime text... right????

i will suggest you to install keymap of sublime text .. here and use that sortcut key to solve your same problem in vscode.

how to install
press -> ctrl + k then ctrl + M

or watch the bottom left corner there is a gear called setting click on theat you will found keymaps you will redirected to the extentions were you will have to choose your ex-editor..

Upvotes: 0

JoBaHP
JoBaHP

Reputation: 103

Extension TabOut was the option i was looking for.

Upvotes: 6

diesel
diesel

Reputation: 3386

For this, I installed an extension called TabOut. Pretty much does what the name suggests.

Upvotes: 24

Nirmala Maurya
Nirmala Maurya

Reputation: 91

Simply adding opening tag and writing element name and while adding closing tag with pressing shift button keyword will do the job.

For example, If i need to write <Text></Text>

I will write, <Text and will press > + Shifttogether, it will provide me desired opening closing tag of Text element.

Thanks, Nirmala

Upvotes: 0

Karan Yadav
Karan Yadav

Reputation: 21

The 'go to bracket' shortcut takes cursor before the bracket, unlike the 'end' key which takes after the bracket. WASDMap VSCode extension is very helpful for navigating and selecting text using WASD keys.

Upvotes: 2

Cl&#233;ment Delebecque
Cl&#233;ment Delebecque

Reputation: 31

On French keyboard the default binding is : Ctrl+Shift+*

Upvotes: 3

nPcomp
nPcomp

Reputation: 9973

Press Ctrl+K+S

or

Open up File --> Preferences ---> Keyboard Shortcuts

Here, type editor.action.jumpToBracket will show you what is the current setting. You can keep it as is or change it to your combination.

Upvotes: 18

Bruno Bronosky
Bruno Bronosky

Reputation: 70479

Details that can benefit everyone (Linux/Win/Mac)

The command in the keyboard shortcuts menu/editor is editor.action.jumpToBracket there you can set it to whatever you like. There is also one called editor.action.selectToBracket which has no shortcut by default (at least on Mac).

Etc.

On the Mac editor.action.jumpToBracket starts out as Cmd+Shift+\ and I changed it to Ctrl+] because I didn't want a Shift in there and to be in line with what others here say works on Linux/Win. I did so in the hopes that I could use Ctrl+Shift+] to "Extend selection to matching bracket". That is what lead me to discover the details above. I set editor.action.selectToBracket to Ctrl+Shift+] and got exactly the behavior I wanted.

Upvotes: 12

Ivan
Ivan

Reputation: 4773

enter image description here

(For anybody looking how to do it in Visual Studio!)

Upvotes: -9

Hexodus
Hexodus

Reputation: 12965

The shortcut is:

Windows/English Ctrl+Shift+\

Windows/German Ctrl+Shift+^

Upvotes: 38

Jaffreena Michael Thomas
Jaffreena Michael Thomas

Reputation: 98

Please use Control + ] by placing your cursor on start or end

Upvotes: -6

Sergio Tx
Sergio Tx

Reputation: 3868

In Spanish keyboard it's Ctrl+Shift+º

It seems to change from one keyboard layout to another, so better look for it with Cmd+Shift+P and type "go to bracket" as others suggested.

Upvotes: 2

AlDante
AlDante

Reputation: 358

For those with a non-US keyboard: 

File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts. 
(Code > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts on Mac)

shows the current key bindings. See also here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings

Upvotes: 2

Neil Justice
Neil Justice

Reputation: 1405

Command "editor.action.jumpToBracket" jumps between opening and closing brackets.

Here is the command's default key binding as seen in window Default Keyboard Shortcuts accessed from File | Preferences | Keyboard Shortcuts:

{ "key": "ctrl+shift+\\", "command": "editor.action.jumpToBracket",
                             "when": "editorTextFocus" }

If you're fond of quickly configuring keyboard shortcuts and VS Code settings, there are commands "workbench.action.openGlobalKeybindings" and "workbench.action.openGlobalSettings":

~/.config/Code/User/keybindings.json:

{ "key": "ctrl+numpad4", "command": "workbench.action.openGlobalKeybindings" }
{ "key": "ctrl+numpad1", "command": "workbench.action.openGlobalSettings" }

Upvotes: 4

M.Buschmann
M.Buschmann

Reputation: 263

In german VS-Environments(here 2015): Optionen/Umgebung/Tastatur. (english: options/environment/keyboard). Show Commands With "GeheZuKlammer" (english: "GoToBracket"). Set your own Shortcut.

Upvotes: 0

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