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IntelliJ - moving around with the keyboard

February 02, 2017

To move around in the code in IntelliJ there’s some shortcuts that are handy. What I found was that Mission Control on the Mac already had one of the combos assigned so one needs to change, so since I never used the keyboard shortcuts for Mission Control that’s the one to go or remap.

Go to Mission Control in settings Mission Control Default Screenshot

Set the shortcuts to something else or I blanked them in this case Mission Control clear shortcuts screenshot

Once that’s cleared here are two shortcuts you can use for moving around

  • OPTION RIGHT/LEFT-ARROW (move between words)
  • CONTROL UP/DOWN-ARROW (Next/Previous method)

Move to Next Method Animation


Written by David Kerwick who lives and works Dublin as a Java Technical Lead.