How to Move a Line Up or Down in Visual Studio Code for Mac

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Visual Studio-Code Problem Overview

I'm familiar with how to move a line up or down in other editors, like Atom and Sublime.

How is this done in Visual Studio Code for Mac?

Visual Studio-Code Solutions

Solution 1 - Visual Studio-Code

In Visual Studio Code for Mac...

>To move a line UP: ⌥+↑ (alt + up arrow key) > >To move a line DOWN: ⌥+↓ (alt + down arrow key)

See here for a reference on Basic Editing Key Bindings in Visual Studio Code.

Solution 2 - Visual Studio-Code

For Windows:

  • To move a line UP: Alt + ↑ (alt + up arrow key)
  • To move a line DOWN: Alt + ↓ (alt + down arrow key)

Solution 3 - Visual Studio-Code

In Visual Studio Code for Mac for me it is:

>To move a line UP: ⌥+shift+↑ (alt + shift + up arrow keys) > >To move a line DOWN: ⌥+shift+↓ (alt + shift + arrow down keys)

I do have IntelliJ IDEA Keybindings installed.

Solution 4 - Visual Studio-Code

You can find the corresponding commands in the Selection menu (Move Line Up and Move Line Down) together with currently set short-cuts.

Additionally, if you launch the command palette (View/ Command Palette) while you have an open document you also find them there (type "move" or "line").

Solution 5 - Visual Studio-Code

If you are looking for Visual Studio (2019) on Windows and found yourself here, the default keyboard shortcut is the same as for Visual Studio Code as shown by @tapu74.

  • Move line up = Alt + Up
  • Move line down = Alt + Down

To change the shortcuts, say to match Notepad++ where the shortcut is Ctrl + Shift + Arrow:

  • Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard
  • In Show commands containing enter Edit.MoveSelected
  • Change Edit.MoveSelectedLinesUp or Edit.MoveSelectedLinesDown as required

Solution 6 - Visual Studio-Code

FOR VS CODE MAC:

opt + UP, opt + DOWN

Solution 7 - Visual Studio-Code

I was trying to move the selected lines down but couldn't move it. I can easily move the line up. Then I realised that I needed to create more lines downwards as I was trying to move the code to undefined area. First create some lines by pressing enter.

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