How can I navigate the VS Code Explorer & open a file via keyboard only?

Question

I'm doing a code review of a project, which means cycling through all the files in it. I want to keep my hands on the keyboard but neither do I want to have to CMD + P and type in the name of each file.

I've bound CMD + K , CMD + E to workbench.files.action.focusFilesExplorer which enables me to easily get to the Explorer, but then I can only explorer.openToSide , which isn't exactly what I want. I want to be able to open them directly, full-screen even if I have other windows open.

Are there commands for this that I can bind to? I suspect this isn't a feature yet.

Answer 1

To open a file, just press Enter once you've selected it. It's bound to the list.select command by default. This also works for expanding / collapsing folders.

Answer 2

By default on a mac you can use cmd + down to open the file.

Pressing Enter will edit the filename.