Editor basics
Last modified: 30 January 2023Overview of visual elements
The editor has a lot of visual elements that help you read, write, and navigate the code. Let's take a look at some of them.
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To extend the editor area, you can hide all tool windows by pressing N/A or by double-clicking the current editor tab, or you can hide all IDE elements in the Zen Mode by choosing View | Appearance | Toggle Zen mode from the menu.
Colors and fonts
General colors of visual elements in the editor are defined by the user interface theme; colors and font size of specific code elements are defined by the editor color scheme.
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To change the color and font of any item in the editor, set the caret to that item, press Ctrl+Q or choose Help | Find Action from the main menu. In the popup that opens, start typing
jump to colors and fonts
, select the corresponding item and press Enter.
Line numbers
By default, editor shows line numbers in all files that you open. If you prefer not to see line numbers, clear the Show line numbers checkbox on the Editor | General | Appearance page of JetBrains Rider settings Ctrl+Alt+S.
Apart from that, you can show or hide line numbers in the current document without changing the global setting: select View | Active Editor | Show Line Numbers from the main menu.
Line wraps (soft wraps)
When working with code files, you normally do not need soft wraps if your code is properly formatted.
If you need to enable soft wraps in specific kinds of files, select Soft-wrap these files on the Editor | General page of JetBrains Rider settings Ctrl+Alt+S and add a wildcard for the corresponding file names.
Editor shortcuts
You can use the following shortcuts for basic editing tasks:
Ctrl+X | |
Ctrl+C | |
Ctrl+V | |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V | |
Ctrl+Shift+V | |
Ctrl+Shift+C | |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C | |
Ctrl+Shift+S | |
Ctrl+Z | |
Ctrl+Y | |
Tab | |
Shift+Tab | |
N/A | |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter | |
Ctrl+Enter | |
Ctrl+L | |
Ctrl+Shift+J | |
Ctrl+D | |
Ctrl+Shift+U | |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Insert | |
Shift+F4 | |
Show Whitespaces | Ctrl+R, W |
Soft-Wrap | Ctrl+E, W |
For the full list of JetBrains Rider keyboard shortcuts, see Keyboard shortcuts in predefined keymaps.