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Discussion on: 5 Visual Studio Code Hacks That You Will Thank Me For (And They're Not Common Points Like "Install Prettier Extension")

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Mohmed Ishak • Edited

If you use the integrated terminal in VS Code, press ctrl + '`' (backtick key) to open and minimize (not delete) the terminal real quick. If you use an external terminal, press alt + tab to switch between VS Code and other windows including your external terminal. These shortcuts might be slightly different for Mac OS but definitely would be very similar to what I've mentioned in here.

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zulvkr • Edited

The minimize terminal works! May be i just need to muscle memory a bit. Now i only need the cycle thing

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Mohmed Ishak

Cool. 😊

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zulvkr

I get the trick now. It turns out Ctrl + ` will focus on terminal instead of closing when it doesn't have focus on terminal itself. So I have to click it twice to close it.

Such a smart boy.. not. Annoying really.

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Mohmed Ishak

🤣👍

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