Can you anyone provide the shortcut for collapse all files in visual studio code explorer?
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Open the Keyboard Shortcut by pressing Ctrl + K then Ctrl + S and search for Collapse, you will see the Collapse Folders in Explorer key binding (It is empty by default). Press the + button to add your desired key binding.
Now you can enjoy your shortcut.
I personally prefer not to create new shortcuts. As @Mark pointed out on the answer of @JayChase there is an existing shortcut, but it requires the explorer to be in focus. Therefore I combine the shortcut mentioned by @JayChase with another standard shortcut, to get the desired behaviour.
command + 0(focusses on explorer).command + left-arrow
An additional benefit over this approach is that I usually want to focus on the explorer view if I want to collapse the folders.
First, click anywhere in the explorer window to activate it, then use the shortcut.
On Windows and Linux.
Ctrl + Left arrow
On Mac:
ā + Left arrow
When the Explorer is active, you could use the Workbench list based shortcuts. list based shortcuts include collapse, collapse all, expand, expand all, toggle expand/collapse
To see what are the shortcuts open Keyboard Shorcuts -> Search for list. . Here you find shortcuts for collapse, collapse all, expand, expand all, toggle expand/collapse. These shortcuts work when the Explorer is active, as the Explorer works as a list.
Below is a screenshot for Mac.
If you would like to define a shortcut, without activating the Explorer, then I would recommend - cmd+k ctrl+c. You could add this by opening Keyboard Shorcuts -> Search for Collapse Folders in Explorer -> Click the edit button after hovering over the the Command you want to edit.
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