CODEWITHSUNDEEP
visual-studio-code
Matt W
Matt W

Reputation: 12423

Keep VS Code cursor on screen

How can I keep the text cursor (caret) on the screen when scrolling in VS Code with Ctrl + up/down?

I've searched for scroll options, text options, extensions, etc. To no avail.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1882

Answers (3)

turbo
turbo

Reputation: 41

Maybe you are looking for something similar like scrolloff in vim? Then add this to you settings.json:

    "editor.cursorSurroundingLines": 9999,

Upvotes: 3

Brad Robinson
Brad Robinson

Reputation: 46787

This is what I'm using in keybindings.json and it pretty much matches Visual Studio's Ctrl+Up/Down behaviour. (ie: basically SebastianDB's answer but for both keys and line up/down instead of page. Also, you don't need the macros extension, it works out of the box).

    {
        "key": "ctrl+up",
        "command": "editorScroll",
        "args": {
            "to": "up",
            "by": "line",
            "revealCursor": true
        },
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+down",
        "command": "editorScroll",
        "args": {
            "to": "down",
            "by": "line",
            "revealCursor": true
        },
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }

Upvotes: 7

SebastianDB
SebastianDB

Reputation: 59

I haven't tried this myself but have you looked at this yet?

Install this:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=geddski.macros

then add a macro to ctrl+up/down with this sample and change the key from alt+pageup to what you want.

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/22796

{
    "key": "alt+pageup",
    "command": "editorScroll",
    "args": {
        "to": "up",
        "by": "page",
        "revealCursor": true
    },
    "when": "editorTextFocus"
}

Hope it works, have a good one!

Upvotes: 3

Related Questions