Reputation: 30795

How to restart VScode after editing extension's config?

VScode notifies you when you open a config of an extension:

remember to Restart VScode

But it says nothing about how. They use capital letter for the restart word, so normally it should mean something if you emphasize an appellation. Is there some hidden restart button or a key shortcut? How do I restart the IDE?

Upvotes: 310

Answers (11)

Sharon A

Reputation: 2627

On a Mac:

Open the Command Palette

CMD + shift + p
Then type
```
Reload Window
```
Then hit enter.

Upvotes: 10

Bogdan

Reputation: 789

On Windows/Linux:

Open the Command Palette

Ctrl + Shift + P
Then type:
```
Reload Window
```

Upvotes: 69

Wosi

Reputation: 45213

Execute the workbench.action.reloadWindow command.

There are some ways to do so:

Open the command palette (Ctrl + Shift + P) and execute the command:
```
>Reload Window    
```

Define a keybinding for the command (for example CTRL+F5) in keybindings.json:

[
  // other key bindings ...
  {
    "key": "ctrl+f5",
    "command": "workbench.action.reloadWindow",
    "when": "editorTextFocus"
  }
]

Upvotes: 526

Yash Jadhav

Reputation: 149

Use Ctrl + Shift + P in Windows OR Hit F1 to Open Command Palette then type Reload Window

Upvotes: 9

Nils Klarlund

Reputation: 19

For a more comprehensive restart, use File → Exit.

Indeed, Google search seems to insist that this post also answers: How to restart VSCode so that changes to $path are reflected? Unfortunately, the suggested reloadWindow function does not update changes to $path.

The answer is to use the menu item File → Exit — a hot exit. Then restart VScode.

Upvotes: 1

Monte Hayward

Reputation: 477

Cmd+Shift+P Developer: Restart Extension Host

It is easier now, and maybe more granular than "restart window".

Upvotes: 2

Juan Colchete

Reputation: 67

To make reload window shortcut works:

Press Ctrl + Shift + p and open command pallet
Type keyboard shortcuts (JSON) and press enter
On the keybindings.json file:

On the key field pass the shortcut

On the command field pass workbench.action.reloadWindow

On when field pass a empty string to this shortcut work without an specific condition

[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+f5",
        "command": "workbench.action.reloadWindow",
        "when": ""
    }
]

Upvotes: 3

Henke - Нава́льный П с м

Reputation: 5767

How to bind `Ctrl`+`Alt`+`R` to Restart

File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts -or- Ctrl+K,Ctrl+S
(Code > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts -or- ⌘K,⌘S on macOS).

This opens the default Keyboard Shortcuts window :

Click on the icon in the upper right corner with tooltip Open Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON) that looks like:

This opens your keybindings.json on a per-user level. Paste or type :

{"key": "ctrl+alt+r", "command": "workbench.action.reloadWindow"},

(Make sure your keybindings are surrounded with square brackets, [].)

Why `Ctrl`+`Alt`+`R` and not `Ctrl`+`R` ?

There are two reasons I bind Restart VS Code to Ctrl+Alt+R.

Ctrl+R already has two other bindings: File: Open Recent... and quickOpenNavigateNextInRecentFilesPicker.
It's a blink to the Microsoft legacy of Ctrl+Alt+Del.

If you need more help, try:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings#_keyboard-layouts