I wanted to share my tips and tricks that and especially keyboard shortcuts that make me more productive when using IntelliJ IDEA. IntelliJ is my favorite IDE and a very well thought-out program in general, and despite trying to learn the countless shortcuts available, there are a few that give you the biggest productivity boost already.
My frequently used features and shortcuts that I showed in the video are:
Coding
- IdeaVIM
- Live templates (e.g.
main→public static void main( …) - Postfix completion (e.g.
"Hello".sout→System.out.println("Hello");) Ctrl+Space: Basic code completionCtrl+Shift+Enter: Complete current statementAlt+Enter: Show context actions (aka “quick fix”)Ctrl+Alt+L: Reformat code (and optimize imports when activated)Ctrl+B: Go to declaration / usageCtrl+Shift+B: Go to implementation(s)Ctrl+U: Go to super methodAlt+Insert: Generate codeF2: Next highlighted errorCtrl+Alt+V/F/C/P: Extract variable / field / constant / parameterCtrl+Alt+N: InlineCtrl+F12: File structure (e.g. list of methods)
Navigating
Ctrl+N: Go to classCtrl+Shift+N: Go to fileShift+Shift: Find allAlt+1: Project viewAlt+F1+Enter: Jump to file in project viewCtrl+Shift+F: Find in filesAlt+Left/Right: Switch open files- NerdTree in IdeaVIM
Running
Ctrl+Shift+F10: Run current contextShift+F10: RunShift+F9: DebugF7/F8/F9: (debug mode) Step into / Step over / Resume program
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Thanks, but how do these map to Mac keystrokes?