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By GorvGoyl · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Add handy buttons like beautify, show opened files, save, toggle terminal, activity bar etc to editor menu bar. User-defined buttons are also possible.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 21, 2026

Shortcut Menu Bar has 111,709 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #2218 of 2,502 tracked listings.

Installs
111,709
Official API · Oct 21, 2026
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Rank
#2218
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.91 / 5 from 35 ratings

About Shortcut Menu Bar

shortcut menu bar

Shortcut Menu Bar - VSCode Extension

Add 35+ handy buttons like beautify, show opened files, save, toggle terminal, activity bar, Find replace etc to the editor menu bar in VSCode. You can also create your own buttons with custom commands.

<sub> <i> - Made by Gourav Goyal</i></sub>

See on VSCode Marketplace
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📷 Screenshot

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⚙ Enable/Disable buttons from VSCode settings

Go to VSCode settings (CTRL+, or CMD+,) and search for shortcut menu bar. Toggle buttons from there.

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✅ Currently added buttons

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✔ Save active file
✔ Navigate back
✔ Navigate forward
✔ Beautify/format document or selection
✔ Beautify/format document or selection with multiple formatters
✔ Undo/Redo buttons
✔ Open files list
✔ Save all
✔ show/hide terminal
✔ show/hide render whitespace
✔ Quick open (Ctrl+P)
✔ show/hide activity bar
✔ Find & replace in active file (Ctrl+H)
✔ Switch header source (for .cpp files)
✔ Toggle line comment
✔ Open file, New file
✔ Go to definition
✔ Cut, Copy, Paste
✔ Start Debugging
✔ User-defined buttons (0-9)

Create buttons with custom commands

You can create upto 10 user-defined buttons.
Buttons will be shown as numbers as shown in below image.

User Buttons

Note: To add custom icons for commands, see this hack.

You can also trigger a button by using corresponding hotkey combination (Windows: Ctrl+Alt+0, Ctrl+Alt+1, Ctrl+Alt+2, etc, Mac: Shift+Cmd+0, Shift+Cmd+1, Shift+Cmd+2, etc)

  1. Got to extension settings (Ctrl+, or Cmd+,).

  2. Look for Shortcut Menu Bar: User Button

  3. Add any VSCode command or any other extension command in the input field. Button icon will be visible only when you add a command.

    Add Command

Optionally, you can also:

  • Pass command arguments: add command arguments separated by pipe (e.g. workbench.action.tasks.runTask|My Task)
  • Run multiple commands: add comma-separated list of commands and those will get executed sequentially.

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FAQ 🙋‍

I found a bug, where to report?
Please create a new issue on Github.

How can I add my own/custom buttons?
Follow above section.

Can I contribute new buttons to the extension repo?
Sure. To add buttons see "Adding new buttons" section of help.md file in repo.
Go through the repo, it's fairly simple to understand code and add a button. Send me a PR!

How can I disable/Enable a button?
Follow above section.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • bar
  • button
  • editor
  • keybindings
  • menu
  • menubar
  • shortcut
  • shortcut menu bar
  • shortcuts
  • status
  • terminal
  • tool
  • toolbar

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Adoption over time

Shortcut Menu Bar installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 111,709 installs as of Oct 21, 2026.Shortcut Menu BarInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days111,709installs111.6K111.6K111.6K111.7K111.7K111.7K111.7KJul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Shortcut Menu Bar installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 111,709 installs as of Oct 21, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Shortcut Menu Bar installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Shortcut Menu BarInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace111,709installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 21, 2026pluginstats.com
Shortcut Menu Bar installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Shortcut Menu Bar VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #2218 (by installs).Shortcut Menu BarVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#2218current rank#2216#2217#2218#2219#2220#2221Jul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct 21, 2026pluginstats.com
Shortcut Menu Bar VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #2218 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Shortcut Menu Bar ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 35 ratings as of Oct 21, 2026.Shortcut Menu BarRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days35ratings313233343536373839Jul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Shortcut Menu Bar ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 35 ratings as of Oct 21, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,502 listings · 126 pages · 1,253 shown · page 111, #18 (overall #2,218)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

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Listing placement

Visualization76 listings · 4 pages · page 4, #9 (overall #69)
Visualization: every listing in installs order

Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a linear scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

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Recent installs observations for Shortcut Menu Bar
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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jerrygoyal.shortcut-menu-bar. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 21, 2026. See the methodology.