How do I jump to a closing bracket in Visual Studio Code?

Question

In VSCode when I type a bracket, eg '(', it automatically creates the ending bracket: ')'. Are there any shortcuts to jump to the closing bracket or parenthesis, without pressing the 'End' key?

I found a way to do in Sublime Text 2 that did exactly that, using a Regex in the User's Key Bindings, but couldn't find a way to do it in VSCode.

Answer 1

Mac Cmd + Shift + \

• Mac with french keyboard : Ctrl + Cmd + Option + Shift + L

Windows Ctrl + Shift + \

• Windows with spanish keyboard Ctrl + Shift + |

• Windows with german keyboard Ctrl + Shift + ^

Ubuntu Ctrl + Shift + \

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Alternatively, you can do:

Ctrl + Shift + p

And select

Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts

There you will be able to see all the shortcuts, and create your own. The command in question is called editor.action.jumpToBracket .

Answer 2

开箱即用的方法是Ctrl + Shift + |

Answer 3

You can learn commands from the command palette Ctrl / Cmd + Shift + P ). Look for "Go to Bracket". The keybinding is also shown there.

Answer 4

The shortcut is:

Windows/English Ctrl + Shift + \

Windows/German Ctrl + Shift + ^

Answer 5

For this, I installed an extension called TabOut. Pretty much does what the name suggests.

Answer 6

Press Ctrl + K + S

or

Open up File --> Preferences ---> Keyboard Shortcuts

Here, type editor.action.jumpToBracket will show you what is the current setting. You can keep it as is or change it to your combination.

Answer 7

Details that can benefit everyone (Linux/Win/Mac)

The command in the keyboard shortcuts menu/editor is editor.action.jumpToBracket there you can set it to whatever you like. There is also one called editor.action.selectToBracket which has no shortcut by default (at least on Mac).

Etc.

On the Mac editor.action.jumpToBracket starts out as Cmd + Shift + \ and I changed it to Ctrl + ] because I didn't want a Shift in there and to be in line with what others here say works on Linux/Win. I did so in the hopes that I could use Ctrl + Shift + ] to "Extend selection to matching bracket". That is what lead me to discover the details above. I set editor.action.selectToBracket to Ctrl + Shift + ] and got exactly the behavior I wanted.

Answer 8

Extension TabOut 是我一直在寻找的选项。

Answer 9

Command "editor.action.jumpToBracket" jumps between opening and closing brackets.

Here is the command's default key binding as seen in window Default Keyboard Shortcuts accessed from File | Preferences | Keyboard Shortcuts:

{ "key": "ctrl+shift+\\", "command": "editor.action.jumpToBracket",
                             "when": "editorTextFocus" }

If you're fond of quickly configuring keyboard shortcuts and VS Code settings, there are commands "workbench.action.openGlobalKeybindings" and "workbench.action.openGlobalSettings":

~/.config/Code/User/keybindings.json:

{ "key": "ctrl+numpad4", "command": "workbench.action.openGlobalKeybindings" }
{ "key": "ctrl+numpad1", "command": "workbench.action.openGlobalSettings" }

Answer 10

For those with a non-US keyboard:

File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts. 
(Code > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts on Mac)

shows the current key bindings. See also here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings

Answer 11

In Spanish keyboard it's Ctrl + Shift + º

It seems to change from one keyboard layout to another, so better look for it with Cmd + Shift + P and type "go to bracket" as others suggested.

Answer 12

在法语键盘上，默认绑定是： Ctrl + Shift + *

Answer 13

There are multiple right answers for achieveing what was required. Here are my two cents anyway.

The operation to quickly jump to the opening or the closing bracket has to be instant. The Ctrl + Shift + \ is pretty verbose if you ask me.

Here's my way of setting it up:

1. Click on the icon and select Keyboard shortcuts.
2. In the top right corner, click on
3. In the settings.json file that opens up, add the following object in the array:

[
...,
{
  "key": "shift shift",
  "command": "editor.action.jumpToBracket",
  "when": "editorTextFocus"
}
, ...
]

4. Save the file.

With this, you should be able to quickly jump to the opening or closing bracket with Shift Shift .

Answer 14

In german VS-Environments(here 2015): Optionen/Umgebung/Tastatur. (english: options/environment/keyboard). Show Commands With "GeheZuKlammer" (english: "GoToBracket"). Set your own Shortcut.

Answer 15

The 'go to bracket' shortcut takes cursor before the bracket, unlike the 'end' key which takes after the bracket. WASDMap VSCode extension is very helpful for navigating and selecting text using WASD keys.

Answer 16

Simply adding opening tag and writing element name and while adding closing tag with pressing shift button keyword will do the job.

For example, If i need to write <Text></Text>

I will write, <Text and will press > + Shift together, it will provide me desired opening closing tag of Text element.

Thanks, Nirmala

Answer 17

May be it helps someone looking for shortcuts in which they are comfortable and wanted to use in VS Code. I use Sublime Text shortcuts in VS Code through this extension.

Answer 18

My MacBook has Go To Bracket as Shift-Cmd-\ but my Win10 laptop (UK keyboard) has it on Ctrl-Shift-`.

If you click on Go in the menu bar then Go To Bracket is in that list and you should see the keyboard shortcut listed against it.

Answer 19

In VSCode when I type a bracket, eg '(', it automatically creates the ending bracket: ')'. Are there any shortcuts to jump to the closing bracket or parenthesis, without pressing the 'End' key?

I found a way to do in Sublime Text 2 that did exactly that, using a Regex in the User's Key Bindings, but couldn't find a way to do it in VSCode.

Answer 20

i use End key, but. as you said you found a way to solve this problem in sublime text... right????

i will suggest you to install keymap of sublime text .. here and use that sortcut key to solve your same problem in vscode.

how to install
press -> ctrl + k then ctrl + M

or watch the bottom left corner there is a gear called setting click on theat you will found keymaps you will redirected to the extentions were you will have to choose your ex-editor..

Answer 21

请使用Control + ]将光标放在开始或结束处

Answer 22

(For anybody looking how to do it in Visual Studio!)