Visual Studio Code - In VSCode, is there a shortcut to move the cursor to the beginning of the line, but after indentation?

Renkai
November 2, 2024
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For example, I want to move the cursor to before x but after the space before x(like the default behavior of JetBrains IDEs). When I use Ctrl+a in macOS, it move to the left of first space.

fn main() {
    // TODO: Add the missing keyword.
    x = 5;

    println!("x has the value {x}");
}

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- Gab
- November 2, 2024 at 4:48 am
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- Windows/Linux: Ctrl + [left arrow]
- On Mac: Cmd + [left arrow]
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- iamkw97
- November 2, 2024 at 4:52 am
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As I guess, VS Code does not support that functionality directly. But we can config that feature in keybindings.json.

Then, you may opend the keybindings.json file locates on /Code/User/keybindings.json on macOS, and add custom script
```
{
    "key": "cmd+l",
    "command": "cursorMove",
    "args": {
        "to": "wrappedLineFirstNonWhitespaceCharacter"
    },
    "when": "editorTextFocus"
}
```
to the end of the file.

According to this you can press CMD + L to move the cursor to the first non-whitespace character of a line. And, also you can customize the script with cursorMove command using args. You can browse args here VS Code keybindings docs.
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