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Configure keyboard shortcuts

Configure keyboard shortcuts

Last modified: 02 September 2021

AppCode | Preferences | Keymap

⌃ ⌥ S

AppCode includes several predefined keymaps and lets you customize frequently used shortcuts.

To view the keymap configuration, open the Preferences dialog ⌃ ⌥ S and select Keymap.

AppCode automatically suggests a predefined keymap based on your environment. Make sure that it matches the OS you are using or select the one that matches shortcuts from another IDE or editor you are used to (for example, Xcode).

You cannot change predefined keymaps. When you modify any shortcut, AppCode creates a copy of the currently selected keymap, which you can configure. Click to duplicate the selected keymap, rename, remove, or restore it to default values.

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A custom keymap is not a full copy of its parent keymap. It inherits unmodified shortcuts from the parent keymap and defines only those that were changed. For information about the keymap files, see Location of user-defined keymaps.

The keymap itself is a list of actions with corresponding keyboard and mouse shortcuts, and abbreviations. To find an action by name, type it in the search field. If you know the shortcut of an action, click and press the key combination in the Find Shortcut dialog.

When consulting this page and other pages in AppCode documentation, you can see keyboard shortcuts for the keymap that you use in the IDE — choose it using the selector at the top of a page.

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To view the keymap reference as PDF, choose Help | Keymap Reference from the main menu.

Add a keyboard shortcut

Add a mouse shortcut

Add an abbreviation

Reset action shortcuts to default

Location of user-defined keymaps

All user-defined keymaps are stored in separate configuration files under the keymaps subdirectory in the AppCode configuration directory:

Syntax: ~/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/<product><version>/keymaps
Example: ~/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/AppCode2021.2/keymaps

By default, this directory contains only the default keymaps. When you modify one of them, AppCode actually creates a child keymap file that contains only the differences relative to the parent keymap. For example, if you modified the default Windows keymap, your custom keymap will be its child. The file will contain only the shortcuts that you added or modified, while all other shortcuts of your custom keymap will be the same as the default Windows keymap.

You can share your custom keymaps with team members or between your IDE instances. Copy the corresponding keymap file and put it in the keymaps directory on another AppCode installation. Then select the copied keymap on the Keymap settings page.

Conflicts with global OS shortcuts

Predefined keymaps do not cover every possible platform, version, and configuration. Some shortcuts can conflict with global system actions and shortcuts for third-party software. To fix these conflicts, you can reassign or disable the conflicting shortcut.

AppCode detects conflicts with system shortcuts and notifies you with a popup message:

Click Modify shortcuts to open the Keymap settings dialog where you can make the necessary adjustments:

Here are a few examples of possible system shortcut conflicts with the default keymap in AppCode. Make sure that function keys are enabled on your system.

Shortcut	System action	AppCode action
`⌃Space`	Select the previous input source	Basic code completion
`⇧⌘A`	Search man Page Index in Terminal	Find Action

Configure keyboard shortcuts﻿

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Add a keyboard shortcut﻿

Add a mouse shortcut﻿

Add an abbreviation﻿

Reset action shortcuts to default﻿

Location of user-defined keymaps﻿

Conflicts with global OS shortcuts﻿

See also

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