IntelliJ IDEA Keyboard Stickers
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Join For FreeThey finally arrived: IntelliJ IDEA keyboard stickers!
Inspired by the Vi Keyboard Stickers, I've been working with JetBrains over the last couple weeks to create keyboard stickers to remind users (and myself) of the most common IDE shortcuts. Here are the stickers applied to my keyboard:
Do you see the subliminal advertising? No really, my business card always sits by my monitor like that.
Anyway,
the keys and modifiers are color coded. Blue is control, red underline
is Shift. So then the F9 key has the word "Compile" with a blue
background and a red underline, it means that Ctrl+Shift+F9 is the
shortcut for Compile.
I
had to trim a few of the stickers for my Swiss keyboard (the Shift key
is much smaller for instance), but otherwise the stickers adhere well
and don't come up. I hand wrote all the Shift-values for the numbers, so
that I can remember that Shift-3 is the * character (again, good for
non-US keyboards). Also, there are one or two stickers that may not
apply to non-US keyboards (I can't type Shift+[ for instance).
Remember
to be extra careful when applying the stickers. Overlapping on the
upper edge tends to catch your fingers, so either center them exactly or
err on the side of bottom edge overlaps. And one last errata: the
sticker for space is labeled "Backspace". This was my fault, but you can
take a pen and scratch out the work "back". Viola, fixed.
Would
you like a copy of the stickers for yourself? I have a giant stack of
them and so does JetBrains. Here are some ideas on getting them from me,
based on location:- Near Switzerland? Come to a Hackergarten in Basel or just DM me (@HamletDRC)
- Denmark? I'll be at GR8 Conf May 17th to 19th
- Poland? I'll be at GeeCON in Krakow next week
- In the US? I'll soon be in New York and Salt Lake City for No Fluff, Denver for ÜberConf, and Minneapolis for GR8 in the US
- Spain? I'll be at Greach in Madrid in November
- Anywhere else in Europe? Invite me to give a talk at your company! I am happy to jump on a plane and visit almost* anywhere. I can do IntelliJ IDEA specific talks and training, as well as any of the Java, Groovy, or Agile talks listed here. Invite me, and I'll see what I can do.
From http://hamletdarcy.blogspot.com/2011/05/intellij-idea-keyboard-stickers.html
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