IDE & Terminal Keyboard Shortcuts Reference

Jump to any file in the project by typing part of its name — the fastest way to move around a codebase.

Search and run any command the editor can do, by name. If you forget a shortcut, this is how you find it.

💡 In JetBrains IDEs the equivalent is "Search Everywhere" — press Shift twice.

Jump straight to a line number. Useful when a stack trace or a colleague points you at "line 142".

💡 You can also type :142 inside Quick Open (⌘P / Ctrl+P).

Jump to where a symbol (function, class, variable) is defined. Core to reading unfamiliar code.

💡 Cmd/Ctrl + Click does the same thing with the mouse.

Show or hide the file explorer panel to free up screen space.

Open the keyboard shortcuts editor so you can view and rebind any key combination.

💡 This is a "chord" — hold Cmd/Ctrl, press K, then press S.

Vim: jump to the first line (gg) or the last line (G) of the file.

Vim: search forward for a pattern. Press n for the next match, N for the previous.

Comment or uncomment the current line (or selection). Works in any language.

Move the current line (or selected block) up or down without cut-and-paste.

Duplicate the current line above or below the original.

Remove the entire current line in one keystroke.

Re-indent and tidy the whole file using the configured formatter (Prettier, gofmt, etc.).

Write every modified file to disk at once.

Vim: delete the current line. Press twice — d then d.

💡 The deleted line goes into the register, so you can paste it back with p.

Vim: copy ("yank") the current line into the register.

Vim: paste whatever is in the register after the cursor.

💡 Uppercase P pastes before the cursor instead.

Vim: delete the word under the cursor and drop straight into insert mode to retype it.

Vim: save the file and close the editor. The legendary "how do I exit Vim" answer.

💡 :q! quits without saving; ZZ is a shorthand for write-and-quit.

Add the next match of the current word to your selection so you can edit several at once.

💡 Press repeatedly to grab more matches. ⌘⇧L / Ctrl+Shift+L selects every occurrence at once.

Stack extra cursors on the lines above or below to type the same thing on many lines.

Drop an additional cursor anywhere you click while holding the modifier.

Rename a variable, function, or class everywhere it is used — safely, across the project.

💡 This is rename-aware, not find-and-replace — it understands scope and won't touch unrelated strings.

Open the lightbulb menu of suggested fixes and refactorings for the code under the cursor.

Pull selected code out into its own method or variable. A JetBrains staple of clean refactoring.

💡 In JetBrains, ⌃T (Mac) opens the Refactor This menu; Ctrl+Alt+M extracts a method directly on Win/Linux.

Search the whole project for a string or pattern, with replace-in-files support.

Launch the debugger, or resume execution until the next breakpoint.

Set or clear a breakpoint on the current line so execution pauses there.

Run the current line and stop on the next one, without descending into function calls.

Descend into the function call on the current line to debug it line by line.

Finish the current function and return to the caller.

Show or hide the terminal panel inside the editor.

Stop the running command — send an interrupt signal to whatever is in the foreground.

Search backwards through your command history as you type. Saves retyping long commands.

💡 Press ⌃R again to cycle to older matches.

Jump the cursor to the beginning (Ctrl+A) or end (Ctrl+E) of the command line.

Wipe the terminal screen, keeping the current command line intact.

💡 Equivalent to typing clear, but instant and non-destructive to your typed line.

Complete a file name, command, or path. Press twice to list all matches.

Delete the word to the left of the cursor on the command line.