Keep VS Code cursor on screen

Question

How can I keep the text cursor (caret) on the screen when scrolling in VS Code with Ctrl + up/down?

I've searched for scroll options, text options, extensions, etc. To no avail.

Answer 1

This is what I'm using in keybindings.json and it pretty much matches Visual Studio's Ctrl+Up/Down behaviour. (ie: basically SebastianDB's answer but for both keys and line up/down instead of page. Also, you don't need the macros extension, it works out of the box).

    {
        "key": "ctrl+up",
        "command": "editorScroll",
        "args": {
            "to": "up",
            "by": "line",
            "revealCursor": true
        },
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    },
    {
        "key": "ctrl+down",
        "command": "editorScroll",
        "args": {
            "to": "down",
            "by": "line",
            "revealCursor": true
        },
        "when": "editorTextFocus"
    }    

Answer 2

I haven't tried this myself but have you looked at this yet?

Install this:

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=geddski.macros

then add a macro to ctrl+up/down with this sample and change the key from alt+pageup to what you want.

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/22796

{
    "key": "alt+pageup",
    "command": "editorScroll",
    "args": {
        "to": "up",
        "by": "page",
        "revealCursor": true
    },
    "when": "editorTextFocus"
}

Hope it works, have a good one!