Tips for Using IntelliJ IDEA Effectively [Video]

I wanted to share my tips and tricks that and especially some keyboard shortcuts that make me more productive when using IntelliJ IDEA. IntelliJ is my favorite IDE and a very well-thought-out program in general, and despite trying to learn the countless shortcuts available, there are a few that give you the biggest productivity boost already.

My frequently used features and shortcuts that I showed in the video are:

Coding

• IdeaVIM

• Live templates (e.g. main → public static void main( …)

• Postfix completion (e.g. "Hello".sout → System.out.println("Hello");)

• Ctrl+Space:  Basic code completion

• Ctrl+Shift+Enter:  Complete current statement

• Alt+Enter:  Show context actions (aka “quick fix”)

• Ctrl+Alt+L:  Reformat code (and optimize imports when activated)

• Ctrl+B:  Go to declaration/usage

• Ctrl+Shift+B:  Go to implementation(s)

• Ctrl+U:  Go to super method

• Alt+Insert:  Generate code

• F2:  Next highlighted error

• Ctrl+Alt+V/F/C/P:  Extract variable/field/constant/parameter

• Ctrl+Alt+N:  Inline

• Ctrl+F12:  File structure (e.g. list of methods)

Navigating

• Ctrl+N:  Go to class

• Ctrl+Shift+N:  Go to file

• Shift+Shift:  Find all

• Alt+1:  Project view

• Alt+F1+Enter:  Jump to file in project view

• Ctrl+Shift+F:  Find in files

• Alt+Left/Right:  Switch open files

• NerdTree in IdeaVIM

Running

• Ctrl+Shift+F10:  Run current context

• Shift+F10:  Run

• Shift+F9:  Debug

• F7/F8/F9:  (debug mode) Step into/Step over/Resume program