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Useful Shortcuts for Developers Cheat Sheet by

A collection of useful keyboard shortcuts for the developer's daily life. Boost your productivity. The shortcuts marked with (*) have been remapped from their original in IntelliJ. You can do so in Settings > Keymap.

Window Management

Cmd + tab
Switch to last used app
Cmd + `
Switch windows of current app
Cmd + W
Close tab
Cmd + Q
Close app
Cmd + enter
Confirm (for dialogs etc.)
Touch-ID button
Lock screen

Text Editing

Cmd + ← →
Move one line
Opt + ← →
Move one word
Cmd + shift + ← →
Select one line
Opt + shift + ← →
Select one word
Opt + shift + ↑ ↓
Move this line up / down
The obvious
Cmd + C/V/X
Copy/p­ast­e/cut
Cmd + Z
Undo
Cmd + shift + Z / Cmd + Y
Redo
Tab / shift + tab
go to next / prev. input
Cmd + A
Select all
Cmd + D (*)
Select word, select next instance of text

Useful links

Improve typing speed and, most import­antly, accuracy.
Clipboard history with search. Very useful.
Suggests missed keyboard shortcuts while using IntelliJ.
 

IntelliJ

Navigation
Cmd + ↓ (*)
Go to source / go to usages (like Cmd + click)
Cmd + ↑ (*)
Go to type (of this variable)
Cmd + opt + ← →
Go back/forth in history
Cmd + opt + shift + ← → (*)
Go to left/right tab
Cmd + E (*)
Recent files (popup)
Cmd + R (*)
View members (classes, variables, functions, ...)
Searching
Cmd + shift + A
Search for actions
Cmd + O
Search for classes
Cmd + shift + O
Search for files
Shift, shift
Search all things (slow)
Cmd + shift + F
Search text everywhere
Git
Cmd + shift + k
Push commits (existing)
Cmd + opt + k
Commit and push

Chrome / Browser

Cmd + T
New tab
Cmd + shift + T
Reopen last closed tab
Ctrl + tab
Cycle through last used tabs
Cmd + opt + I
Open developer tools
Only on Arc
Cmd + opt + ← →
Go to next/prev. space
Cmd + opt + ↑ ↓
Go to next/prev. tab
                   
 

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