intellij-idea Useful Shortcuts Basic navigation
Example
Go to editor (from tool window)
Esc
Switching focus to corresponding tool window
Windows: Alt + <tool window number>
OS X / macOS: Cmd + <tool window number>
For example switching focus to the project window
Windows: Alt + 1
OS X / macOS: Cmd + 1
Recent files popup
Windows: Ctrl + E
OS X / macOS: Cmd + E
Find Action
Windows: Ctrl + Shift + A
OS X / macOS: Cmd + Shift + A
Navigate to
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File :
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Windows: Ctrl + Shift + N
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OS X / macOS: Cmd + Shift + N
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Class :
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Windows: Ctrl + N
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OS X / macOS: Cmd + N
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Symbol (class/method/variable/constant name) :
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Windows: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N
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OS X / macOS: Cmd + Option + Shift + N
Note that you can use class name to narrow down the method/variable/constant search, for example to find symbol
usersCollectionin classUserDAOtype:UserDAO.usersCollection -
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Everywhere :
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Windows: Shift + Shift
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OS X / macOS: Shift + Shift
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To search for something that has multiple words, e.g., InetAddressCachePolicy you can just type InAddCacPo or something similar that contains parts of words in the whole name.
