Is there a hotkey to switch between split window panes?

Question

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/customization/keybindings#_editorwindow-management

For Windows: Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2 and Ctrl+3.

For Mac: Cmd+1, Cmd+2 and Cmd+3.

There is no circular switch between panes, similar to what Ctrl+tabs does for files, though.

If you're used to working in vim (and/or tmux) and want to move around with ctrl+hjkl

add these to keybindings.json

[
    {
        "key": "ctrl+h",
        "command": "workbench.action.navigateLeft"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+l",
        "command": "workbench.action.navigateRight"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+k",
        "command": "workbench.action.navigateUp"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+j",
        "command": "workbench.action.navigateDown"
    }
]

Use F6 to Cycle Between Editor Groups

There is a circular switch between panes. It's called "Cycle Between Editor Groups."

Out of the box, it is unassigned. We can assign it to F6.

1. Open Visual Studio Code.
2. Go to File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts.
3. Add the following entry to keybindings.json.
4. You do not have to restart code. It already works.

keybindings.json

// Place your key bindings in this file to overwrite the defaults
[
    {
        "key": "f6", 
        "command": "workbench.action.navigateEditorGroups" 
    }
]

Alternatively

Alternatively, use the out of the box window management hotkeys.

• Ctrl +1 Focus into Left Editor Group
• Ctrl +2 Focus into Side Editor Group
• Ctrl +3 Focus into Right Editor Group
• Ctrl +K Ctrl+Left Focus into Editor Group on the Left
• Ctrl +K Ctrl+Right Focus into Editor Group on the Right

For Mac users and the latest VS Code 1.17:

1. Switching between panes - Cmd+[1,2,3...], where 1,2,3 is the pane number
2. Cycling between all open files:

• forward - Cmd+Shift+]
• backwards - Cmd+Shift+[

Alt+← and Alt+→ works out of the box on Windows. It will only switch between split screen panes and it will not reactivate inactive files inside the panes.

Another way is to use Ctrl + PageUp/PageDow to switch between panes.

If you mean editor group, here it is.