How to navigate back to the last cursor position in Visual Studio Code?
The Keyboard Shortcut Commands are Go Forward and Go Back.
On Windows:
Alt+← .. navigate back
Alt+→ .. navigate forward
On Mac:
Ctrl+- .. navigate back
Ctrl+Shift+- .. navigate forward
On Ubuntu Linux:
Ctrl+Alt+- .. navigate back
Ctrl+Shift+- .. navigate forward
I am on Mac OSX, so I can't answer for windows users:
I added a custom keymap entry and set it to Ctrl+← + Ctrl+→, while the original default is Ctrl+- and Ctrl+Shift+- (which translates to Ctrl+ß and Ctrl+Shift+ß on my german keyboard).
One can simply modify it in the user keymap settings:
{ "key": "ctrl+left", "command": "workbench.action.navigateBack" },
{ "key": "ctrl+right", "command": "workbench.action.navigateForward" }
For the accepted answer I actually wonder :) Alt+← / Alt+→ jumps wordwise for me (which is kinda standard in all editors). Did they really do this mapping for the windows version?
This will be different for each OS, based on the information at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/customization/keybindings
Go Back: workbench.action.navigateBack Go Forward: workbench.action.navigateForward
Linux
Go Back: Ctrl+Alt+-
Go Forward: Ctrl+Shift+-
OSX ⌃- / ⌃⇧-
Windows Alt+ ← / →