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Visual Studio Code Command Palette

Describes the Command Palette as a keyboard-accessible interactive window for editor commands, file navigation, symbol search, and command discovery.

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Command palette Choose a command palette when users need to run commands or jump across destinations faster than the visible navigation allows. Opening the palette moves focus to the command input. VS Code documents a keyboard-first command palette for commands, files, symbols, and command discovery in one interactive window.

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Publisher: Microsoft Visual Studio Code. Last checked: .