From the course: Visual Studio Code Productivity Tips

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Work with files

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From the course: Visual Studio Code Productivity Tips

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Work with files

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- [Instructor] The Explorer window is one way to work with files and folders. In this tip, we'll look at it and some other techniques. The first tip is how to open the explorer window using a keyboard shortcut. You can see that keyboard shortcut by hovering over the icon in the sidebar. On my Windows PC, it's Control Shift E. On a Mac, of course, it would be Command Shift E. So, let's try that keyboard shortcut. That brings up the Explorer. Tapping that same key combination a second time toggles the focus to my Code Editor, like this. So, now I can toggle back to my Explorer, and over to my Editor. Next, we'll look at how to close folders with a keyboard shortcut. Here's a common scenario. I've been working for a while and I have many folders open. There is a button on the Explorer over here, this Collapse Folders in Explorer. What we're looking at in this tip is how to use a keyboard shortcut. So, the first step is to get the Explorer window open. Remember that keystroke is Control…

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