Lock VS Code from Accidental Editing, Shortcut Keys

To lock Visual Studio Code so that you can’t make any accidental edits, you can use the “Read Only” feature. Here’s how to do it:

1. Open the file you want to make read-only.
2. Click the “File” menu and then click “Save As…”
3. In the “Save As” dialog, click the “Read-Only” checkbox.
4. Click “Save” to save the file as a read-only file.

To quickly toggle the read-only status of the current file, you can use the following shortcut key:

• Windows: Ctrl + Shift + R
• Mac: Shift + Option + R

Note that this will only prevent you from making accidental edits to the file. If you want to completely lock the file so that it can’t be edited at all, you will need to use a file permissions tool to set the file to be read-only.

How To Re-Enable Editing

To re-enable editing for a file that has been saved as read-only in Visual Studio Code, you can follow these steps:

1. Open the file in Visual Studio Code.
2. Click the “File” menu and then click “Save As…”
3. In the “Save As” dialog, uncheck the “Read-Only” checkbox.
4. Click “Save” to save the file as a normal, editable file.

Alternatively, you can use a file permissions tool to remove the read-only attribute from the file. On Windows, you can do this by right-clicking on the file, selecting “Properties”, and then unchecking the “Read-only” checkbox in the “Attributes” section. On Mac, you can use the “chmod” command in Terminal to remove the read-only attribute from the file.

Note that you may need to have the appropriate permissions to modify the file’s attributes. If you don’t have the necessary permissions, you may need to contact the owner or administrator of the file to request that the read-only attribute be removed.