The Top Hotkeys to Learn
I’ll be updating this article from time to time with tips on how to use RubyMine’s hotkeys.
Contenders for Topkeys:
- ⌘⌃↑ - Navigate to Rails model/view/controller etc.
- ⌥F1 - Does everything with a file. Every thing.
- ⌘⇧T - Navigate to test, using Ruby conventions.
- ⌘J - Definitely something to learn later in the game, but Live Templates and Snippets are amazing. However, I have to admit, I don’t haven’t ever gotten to the point where I feel comfortable with them and the amount of configuration, memorization, overhead and forethought is intimidating.
By Far THE #1 Key You Must Learn
⌘⇧A == Find any action inside the IDE
Live Templates/Snippets
⌘J == Insert Live Template
⌘⌥J == Surround with Live Template
Bookmarks
F3 == Toggle Bookmark (printout shows ⇧F6)
⌥F3 == Toggle Bookmark with Mnemonic
⌘F3 == Show Bookmarks
⌃0…⌃9 == Go to Numbered Bookmark
Documentation
⌘P == Parameter info
⌃J == Quick Documentation Lookup
⌃⏎, ⌘N == Generate Code (e.g. Rails Generators)
⌘⌥T == Surround with… (begin…end, if…then…end, etc)
Text Selection
⌥↑ == Select successively increasing code blocks
⌥↓ == Decrease current selection to previous state
Editing
⌘⌥L == Reformat Code
⌃⌥I == Auto-indent lines
⌘⇧V == Paste Recent
⌘⇧U == Toggle Case
⌃⇧U == Toggle Camel/Snake Case
… Move line selection up/down
Running
⌃⌥R == Open run/debug configurations dropdown
⌃R == Run
⌃D == Debug
⌃⇧R / ⌃⇧D == Run/Debug context configuration from editor
⌥R == Run Rake Task
Refactoring
F5 == Copy
F6 == Move
⇧F6 == Rename
⌘⌥V == Extract Variable
⌘⌥C == Extract Constant
⌘⌥F == Extract Field
⌘⌥M == Extract Method
⌘⌥P == Extract Parameter
⌘⌥N == Inline
⌃T == ‘Refactor this…’ quick list
Rails
⌘⌃↑ == Navigate to Rails model/view/controller etc.
⌘⌥G == Run Rails generator
⌘ == Reload application sources in Rails Console
⌘⌥R == Ruby/Rails quick list
Navigation
⌘⇧T - Navigate to test, using Ruby conventions.
⌘E == Recent files popup
⌘⌥← / ⌘⌥→ == Navigate back/forward
⌘⇧⌫ == Navigate to last edit location
⌃⇧B == Go to type declaration
⌘U == Go to super-method/super-class
⌃↑ / ⌃↓ == Go to previous/next method
⌃E / ⌃/A == Move to code block end/start
⌘F12 == File structure popup
F2 / ⇧F2 == Next/previous highlighted error
⌘↑ == Show navigation bar
F4 / ⌘↓ == Edit source/View source
⌥F1 == Using as input the current file or feature with focus,
opens a popup to perform various functions, such as revealing the file in the
Project tool window, reveal in Finder, show changes and more. Massively Useful!
I didn’t get this at all. Then, I tried it. Whoa!
Search/Replace
⌘F / ⌘R == Find/Replace
⌘⇧F / ⌘⇧R == Find in path/Replace in Path
⌘G / ⌘⇧G == Find next/previous (or use up/down arrow keys)
Usage Search
⌥F7 / ⌘F7 == Find usages/Find usages in file
⌘⇧F7 == Highlight usages in file
⌘⌥F7 == Show usages
General
⌥⇧F == Add to favorites
Mac OS X Modifier Keys
- U+21E7 ⇧ (shift)
- U+2303 ⌃ (control)
- U+2318 ⌘ (command)
- U+2325 ⌥ (option)
Other OS X Keys
- U+238B ⎋ (escape)
- U+21E5 ⇥ (tab)
- U+21EA ⇪ (caps lock)
- U+F8FF (Apple)
- U+2423 ␣ (space)
- U+23CE ⏎ (return)
- U+232B ⌫ (backspace)
- U+2326 ⌦ (delete)
- U+21F1 ⇱ (home)
- U+21F2 ⇲ (end)
- U+21DE ⇞ (page up)
- U+21DF ⇟ (page down)
- U+2191 ↑ (up arrow)
- U+21E1 ⇡ (dotted up arrow)
- U+2193 ↓ (down arrow)
- U+21E3 ⇣ (dotted down arrow)
- U+2190 ← (left arrow)
- U+21E0 ⇠ (dotted left arrow)
- U+2192 → (right arrow)
- U+21E2 ⇢ (dotted right arrow)
- U+2327 ⌧ (clear)
- U+21ED ⇭ (num lock)
- U+2324 ⌤ (enter)
- U+23CF ⏏ (eject)
- U+233D ⌽ (power)