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VS Code

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Howto: Fix Caps Lock Escape Swap Not Working in VS Code

If you have setup your computer keyboard to swap caps lock and escape, but it is not working in VS Code, then follow these instructions. The fix is a simple preference change. Go to Preferences → Settings → Application → Keyboard → Dispatch and select keyCode. After changing the keyboard dispatch logic to keyCode,

Howto: Fix Automatically Closing File Tabs in VS Code

Are you experiencing an issue where you open up a file in VS Code into a new tab, and then next open a different file into a new tab, only to see the first files tab now being closed? If you are expecting your files to always stay open after

Howto: Install Snap Package Manager on Arch Linux

Snap is a package manager from Canonical the makers of Ubuntu. Using it is considered a poor choice by some in the Linux community because of various design decisions considered offensive to libre computing such as auto-updates that cannot be disabled. However, the snap package repository contains a lot of

Howto: Fix Broken Tab Key in VS Code

Are you unable to insert the tab character in VS code? Does the tab key not work as expected? Does pressing tab instead cycle you through selecting various items and buttons in the application? If this is the case, it means you have accidentally toggled on a mode called Tab