Or you could just press Alt + 1 twice to completely close it. Then press Esc to get back to the editor. So if you notice your Project section is taking up to much space simply press Alt + 1 then Ctrl + Shift + LeftArrow until your happy with the size. Pressing Alt + this number brings up the menu if it isn’t open, focuses it if it isn’t focused or closes it if it is focused.Īlt + 1 opens the “Project” section (your folders and stuff)Īlt + 9 shows you the version control information.Īnother neat trick: When your focus is in this section Ctrl + Shift + ArrowKeys allows you to resize the section! There you’ll see some options with underlined numbers. If you don’t see them just double press & hold (press twice but keep press after the second press) Alt and it should show up. Just press Alt and it will show you the key!ĭepending on your version and settings you might or might not have a left, right and bottom bar in your main window: If you open up the “Commit Dialog” you might notice that your “Commit” button doesn’t have an underlined “i” right away. Pressing Alt + M would check the “Ammend commit” checkbox in the following dialog: When you’re in a dialog, you might see some letters underlined - Alt + this letter allows you to “press” this option / button / … without the mouse.
It’s an amazing tool that let’s you look up hotkeys you forgot or use actions that don’t have a hotkey. If you want the settings menu, just navigate (with arrow keys) to the “Keymap” entry that also says “Settings” and there you are! The first is probably to quickly switch presets. You’ll see multiple entries with the same name. Want to open up the “Keymapping” settings? Ctrl + Shift + A and search “Keymap”. It also let’s you do things you haven’t assigned hotkeys to without having to use the mouse. So whenever you’re at a loss for a hotkey, don’t go for the mouse - go for Ctrl + Shift + A Things like “Recent Files” or “Extract Variable” and it will show you the action and the assigned hotkey.
Intellij mouseless full#
This brings up an amazing full text search that let’s you search actions, options and all sorts of things. So how do you get started? Learn this one hotkey: Ctrl + Shift + A
Intellij mouseless code#
Using your mouse is a bad habit that is extremely hard to kick - but you’ll feel much cooler (and code way faster) if you learn to use all of the amazing hotkeys that IntelliJ has to offer.
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