Issue #85  (Problem Navigation with ALT/OPT+F8)12/06/23

If you have a large file in VS Code that has a number of different errors and warnings in it, you'll benefit from using VS Code's problem navigation feature.

This feature is used by hitting ALT+F8 (OPT+F8), which starts navigating through errors and warnings in your code by focusing on the first one in your file.
 
Then just keep hitting the same keyboard shortcut to continue cycling through the problems in the code. If you want to navigate backwards through the problems, use SHIFT+ALT+F8 (SHIFT+OPT+F8).

And there is one thing you can do to customize how these problems are prioritized when you're navigating through them. This is done by adjusting VS Code's problems.sortOrder setting.
 
There you have the option to cycle through the problems by severity (the default) or by position. If you navigate by severity, you'll navigate all the errors first, then the warnings, then others. If you go by position, it will simply navigate through all problems in the order they appear in the file, regardless of the severity.

And as a final point, if you're inside a file that has no problems, you can hit F8 alone and this will go to the first problem in the open files in your editor. From there you can starting navigating the problems using ALT/OPT+F8 or SHIFT+ALT/OPT+F8.
 
And of course, if you want to adjust the shortcut for these, you can search for the word "Problem" in your shortcuts view, as shown above.

Now on to this week's hand-picked links!
 

VS Code Tools

Terraform Live Graph — A VS Code extension that allows you to generate a live Terraform graph as you code, to better understand your infrastructure, relationships between resources, etc.

Live Share — A VS Code extension that enables you to collaboratively edit and debug with others in real time, regardless what programming languages you're using or app types you're building.

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Tauri for VS Code — A VS Code extension that adds support for Tauri (a multi-platform deployment solution) commands and tauri.conf.json JSON validation.

VS Code Articles & Videos

🎥 Terminal Quick Fixes in VS Code — A quick tip on using the lightbulb icon to make corrections to git command misspellings and other problems you might encounter in the terminal.

How to Create a Custom VS Code Theme — Step by step instructions on building your own theme extension, which the author did recently and posted on the extensions marketplace.

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AutoSave with VS Code — Another quick tip, this shows you how to use VS Code in a similar way to cloud apps like Google Drive that will auto-save your work as you type.

Best of the Rest

Berkeley Mono Typeface — A monospaced font designed as an homage to "the golden era of computing."

Keystatic — A new tool that makes Markdown, JSON, and YAML content in your codebase editable by humans. Live edit content on GitHub or your local file system, without disrupting your existing code and workflows.

win-vind — A Windows app that enables you to use keybindings to control the Windows GUI in the same way as Vim.

Suggestions?

If you have any link suggestions, including a tool, article, or other resources related to VS Code or another IDE, send it via DM on X: @LouisLazaris or just hit reply on this email.

That's it for this issue.

Happy VS Coding!
Louis
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