Shortcuts for fast navigation to classes, methods, and symbols to reach target code without getting lost even in large codebases

Shift+Shift

Search Everywhere

Quickly search for files, actions, symbols, and settings.

💡 Hint: Double Shift for everything

🎯 Search for files, classes, symbols, actions, and everything else from a single search window

Ctrl+N

Go to Class

Search and navigate to classes by name.

💡 Hint: Navigate to class

🎯 Instantly navigate to any class in the project by just typing the class name

Ctrl+Shift+N

Go to File

Search and navigate to files by name.

💡 Hint: Navigate to file

🎯 Quickly open target files by typing just part of the filename

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N

Go to Symbol

Search for methods, variables, functions and other symbols by name.

💡 Hint: Navigate to symbol

🎯 Jump directly to definition locations from method or variable names

Ctrl+B

Go to Declaration

Navigate to the declaration of a method or field.

💡 Hint: Go to Base

🎯 Instantly navigate to the declaration of the symbol at cursor to check implementation

Ctrl+Alt+B

Go to Implementation

Navigate to the implementation of an interface or abstract method.

💡 Hint: Go to Body

🎯 Navigate from interfaces to implementation classes, from abstract methods to concrete implementations

Alt+F7

Find Usages

Finds all places where a code element is used in the project.

💡 Hint: F7 for usages

🎯 Display all usage locations of methods and variables to understand impact scope

Ctrl+E

Recent Files

Shows a list of recently opened files.

💡 Hint: Recent files

🎯 Quickly return to working files from the list of recently edited files

Ctrl+F12

File Structure

Shows the structure of the current file (methods, fields, etc.).

💡 Hint: F12 for file structure

🎯 Overview current file structure and quickly navigate to methods and fields

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