How to open the lightbulb via shortcut?

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Wosi picture Wosi · Dec 1, 2015 · Viewed 19.4k times · Source

Some languages support code actions which display a lightbulb providing quick fixes for a warning/error (See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/editingevolved#_code-action for more information). I like this feature but I don't like to click on the lightbulb. Unfortunately I can't find a shortcut for opening the lightbulb at the current cursor position. How can I create such a shortcut?

I tried to create a shortcut for vscode.executeCodeActionProvider by creating a custom keybinding like this:

[{ "key": "alt+enter", "command": "vscode.executeCodeActionProvider"}]

But everytime I hit the shortcut I receive the warning

Running the contributed command:'vscode.executeCodeActionProvider' failed.

Answer

Wosi picture Wosi · Dec 1, 2015

The correct command editor.action.quickFix. The default binding on Windows looks like this:

{ "key": "ctrl+.", "command": "editor.action.quickFix",
                   "when": "editorTextFocus" }

On Mac it's CMD + ..

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