7  Customizing Your Own Configuration

7.1 Adding Your Own Extensions

Adding your own extensions is easy. Simply locate the extensions icon on the left-hand toolbar (it looks like three squares in an L, with one separated square to the top right). You can search for any extension available! When you’ve found an extension that you like, all you need to do is click the “Install” button!

7.2 Adding Your Own Settings

You may want different default settings. Click the settings icon in the bottom-right, and click Settings. This will open up all of your VSCode settings available. Search for what you want to do. Most settings have dropdowns or checkboxes. Simply select whichever options you like. (Underneath the hood, VSCode will also write these to your settings.json file, which you can see by clicking the Open File icon (paper with an arrow) on the top right toolbar.)

7.3 Adding Your Own Keyboard Shortcuts

You can also add your own keyboard shortcuts by clicking the settings icon, selecting Keyboard Shortcuts and then searching for the command which you’d like to add. Then, click the pencil icon to the left of the command, and then enter in the keys you’d like to use for your shortcut.

You should then be able to see these in the Keyboard Shortcuts menu or if you click the Open File icon (paper with an arrow) in the top right of the toolbar, you can see your customized keyboard shortcuts.