The sidebar on VS code can be opened and closed without clicking on the left-hand side tab using the following VS shortcuts. A split editor (a side-by-side editor) is often useful if you need to ...

The regular monthly update to Java on Visual Studio Code sees added shortcut snippets aligning with other editors, optimized code completion, improvements to the Maven build automation tool and more ...

Go to VS Code menu Preferences-->Keyboard Shortcuts. It opens Default Keyboard Shortcuts file and keybindings.json file. Press F3 in Default Keyboard Shortcuts file and find a command to customize.