Productivity shortcuts that dramatically accelerate daily development work with automation features like code generation, completion, and formatting

Ctrl+Shift+A

Find Action

Find and run commands, open tool windows, or search settings.

💡 Hint: Action

🎯 Search all actions and commands to execute any feature with keyboard only

Alt+Enter

Show Intention Actions

Shows context actions and quick fixes.

💡 Hint: Enter to fix

🎯 Show fix suggestions for errors and warnings to resolve issues with one click

Ctrl+Alt+L

Reformat Code

Reformats code according to the current code style settings.

💡 Hint: Layout

🎯 Auto-format according to code style to maintain consistent code

Ctrl+D

Duplicate Line

Duplicates the current line or selection.

💡 Hint: Duplicate

🎯 Instantly duplicate current line to accelerate similar code creation

Ctrl+Y

Delete Line

Deletes the current line.

💡 Hint: Yank

🎯 Instantly delete cursor line without selection to streamline editing

Ctrl+W

Extend Selection

Extends the selection based on code structure.

💡 Hint: Widen

🎯 Gradually expand selection based on code structure

Ctrl+Shift+Space

Smart Code Completion

Shows type-aware smart completion suggestions.

💡 Hint: Smart Space

🎯 Write accurate code quickly with context-aware smart completion

Ctrl+Alt+T

Surround With

Surrounds selected code with if, try-catch, for, etc.

💡 Hint: Template

🎯 Quickly surround selected code with if statements, try-catch, etc.

Ctrl+E

Recent Files

Shows a list of recently opened files.

💡 Hint: Recent files

🎯 Quickly access recently used files to maintain work continuity

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