Visual Studio Code

Updated: 03 October 2025

Open VS Code from the command line and load folders from a Workspace

code --file-uri "~/chris/files/chris.my-workspace"

Open a terminal:
View > Terminal on menu bar
Ctrl+` keyboard shortcut

User settings

On Ubuntu, VS Code user settings file is ~/.config/Code/User/settings.json
On Windows, VS Code user settings file is C:\Users\user.name\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\settings.json

To open user settings press Ctrl + Shift + P, then type ‘open user settings’.