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VS Code Docs Use Keyboard Commands of Platform

The documentation for Microsoft Visual Studio Code uses keyboard references to commands that are specific to the platform they're displayed on.

A keyboard command might be something like the Control key used in conjunction with the C key to issue a copy command to an application from the keyboard, instead of through the menu system of a program with graphical user interface.  These keyboard commands are typically written in a shorthand of sorts.  Using the Control and C key example, might be represented as Ctrl+C.

These key combinations are different on a system running macOS than they are on a system running Windows, or a Linux or Unix variant.  On the Mac, the example above would be the Command key used in conjunction with the C key.  This is typically written as Cmd+C or ⌘+C.

For documentation written for multiple platforms like these, references to these keyboard commands might be written as one of the following examples.
  • Copy the contents to the clipboard (Ctrl+C or ⌘+C).
  • Copy the contents to the clipboard Ctrl+C (Windows) or ⌘+C (Mac).
  • Copy the contents to the clipboard (Linux Ctrl+C | Mac ⌘+C).

The docs for VS Code have take a more novel approach, and they refer to the keyboard command that is specific to the platform the docs are being viewed on.

Example document from Fedora.
An example of the VS Code release notes from Fedora.  Notice the Ctrl+P reference in the first line.

Example document from macOS.
An example of the VS Code release notes from macOS.  Notice the ⌘+P reference in the first line.

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