VsCode - Bind keyboard-key to scroll horizontaly

Question

Is there a way to bind a keyboard-key to scroll horizontally?

I tried many different things and I cannot seem to put it together.

Hypogeum

Horizontal scroll? Haven't heard that name in years... "editor.wordWrap": "on", – Bezoar

Horizontal scroll also works in the file explorer for example – Selsyn

Thank you alex, but with wordWrap it really gets difficult for me to read my code and to navigate through it. (Because I split my view a lot.). – Hypogeum

Thanks Mark, but I do not really understand what you are tring to say. What do you mean by that and what is your advice? – Hypogeum

There's an issue for that: github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/143466 Upvote it to show support! – Pseudonym

Answer 1

Not a keyboard-only solution, but to scroll horizontally you can do Shift + ScrollUp / ScrollDown

Enos

Is this related to any VSC config? I am asking since I remember this worked for me before, but it doesn't work on the same VSC app recently. I'm not sure if this caused by touching any config by mistake for me. – Messing

Still works fine for me with the default settings in (Windows 10, VS Code v.1.63.2) – Enos

Answer 2

There is a recent commit for new commands to scroll horizontally in the editor, see commands for scrolling horizontally.. From the PR:

Each of scrollLeft and scrollRight scroll two columns (this more or less matches the pace of the vertical scroll)

so those are the new commands.

For example:

{ "key": "ctrl+alt+left", "command": "scrollLeft" },
{ "key": "ctrl+alt+right", "command": "scrollRight" },

Selsyn

Afaict, this has only been released to insiders so far - github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/143466 – Shear

@Shear Those commands: scrollLeft and scrollRight are working fine in Stable now - have probably been in Stable for awhile. – Selsyn

Answer 3

Not find keyboard-key solution, I provide an useful mouse-using method here.

vertial scrolling : Mouse Wheel Up / Down
horizontal scrolling : Shift+Mouse Wheel Up / Down

Odisodium

Answer 4

There is one now with VSCode 1.40 (Oct. 2019) for List/Tree:

You can now press Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down to scroll lists and trees using the keyboard.

If horizontal scrolling is enabled, Ctrl+Left and Ctrl+Right will also scroll horizontally.

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