How to automatically terminate last instance when running or debugging in VS Code [duplicate]

Question

The default VS Code shortcuts seem to be:

• F5: start
• Shift-F5: stop
• F8: continue (if paused)
• Shift-F8: restart

The thing I most often want to do is "take any changes into account and run", which means three different things depending on state:

• if not running: F5
• if running: Shift-F8 (or Shift-F5, F5)
• if paused: Shift-F8 (or Shift-F5, F5)

Is there a way to configure it so that one key combination will start (if not running) or restart?

Answer 1

Oh, it seems to be as simple as: Set "F5" as the shortcut for "Debug: Restart" (as well as for "Debug: Start"). The When setting of "inDebugMode" means VS Code knows to perform a restart rather than a start.