Move a line or a selection Up or Down in Visual Studio Code

# Move a line Up or Down in Visual Studio Code

To move a line up or down in VS Code:

move line up or down

You can also view the keyboard shortcuts for your operating system in this table in the docs.

The commands are called:

If you hover over the keyboard combination in the Key column, the keyboard shortcuts for all operating systems are displayed.

You can also use the Command Palette to view the keyboard shortcut:

Note: you can also press F1 to open the Command Palette.

view keyboard shortcut move line up command

view keyboard shortcut move line down command

The same keyboard shortcuts can be used to move a selection up or down.

Select the text.
Use the Alt (or Option) and the up and down arrow keys to move the selection.

move selection up or down

If you need to change the keyboard shortcuts for the "move line up" and "move line down" commands:

Note: you can also press F1 to open the Command Palette.

Type Keyboard Shortcuts and select Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts.

preferences open keyboard shortcuts

change keyboard shortcut move line up

Double-click on the row, set a new keyboard shortcut and hit Enter to confirm.

You can also click on the pencil icon to set a new keyboard shortcut.

change keyboard shortcut move line down

Double-click on the row, set a new keyboard shortcut and hit Enter to confirm.

You can learn more about the related topics by checking out the following tutorials:

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