Keyboard Shortcuts

Being able to keep your hands on the keyboard when writing code is crucial for high productivity. You can explore various keyboard shortcuts by navigating to File -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts from the menu tab or clicking Ctrl+Alt+,.

Selection

Different selection options can be explored from Selection in the menu tab. A few of the important ones are Shift + Right/Left/Up/Down for basic selection, Ctrl + Shift + Right/Left for whole words selection, and column selection by placing the cursor in one corner and then holding Shift+Alt while dragging to the opposite corner.

Save & Auto Save

To save a file press Ctrl+S or enable auto save from File -> Auto Save which will save your changes after a configured delay or when focus leaves the editor.

Find & Replace

Alt text Press Ctrl+F to toggle the Find feature of the IDE, write the word or phrase you’re searching for and press Enter or Shift+Enter to go up and down the results. As seen in the above figure, there are several options to the search namely:

  1. Match Case: to find a word or phrase with the same case letters.
  2. Match Whole Word: to eliminate words or phrases that don’t contain all the letters of each word from the results.
  3. Use Regular Expression: For an advanced search using regular expresions.
  4. Find in Selection: to first select a piece of code and then search only within the selection.
  5. Replace: to replace each search result with the word or phrase in the Replace field.
  6. Replace All: to replace all of the search result with the word or phrase in the Replace field, all in one click.

To search multiple files at once press Ctrl+Shift+F.