Keyboard shortcuts

To view the keymap configuration, open the Settings/Preferences dialog CtrlAlt0S and select Keymap.

Use a predefined keymap

Among all the predefined keymaps, you will most probably choose one of the following:

• Visual Studio 2022 — this keymap is recommended for Windows users who have experience with plain Visual Studio without ReSharper.

• IntelliJ/IntelliJ (macOS) — this keymap is recommended for users who have experience with IntelliJ IDEA or some of the JetBrains IntelliJ-platform-based IDEs and who preferred to use the IntelliJ/macOS keymap there.

• Visual Studio/Visual Studio (macOS) — this keymap is recommended for users who:

  • have no experience with other IDEs;

  • have experience with Visual Studio + ReSharper and who preferred the 'Visual Studio' keyboard scheme in ReSharper.

• VS Code/VS Code (macOS) — this keymap is recommended for users who have experience with Visual Studio Code.

• ReSharper/ReSharper (macOS) — this keymap is recommended for users who have experience with Visual Studio + ReSharper and who preferred the 'ReSharper 2.x/IntelliJ IDEA' keyboard scheme in ReSharper.

If you are using Rider on macOS, it is recommended to choose a keymap with the macOS suffix, for example Visual Studio (macOS).

When consulting this page and other pages in JetBrains Rider 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.

JetBrains Rider provides several possibilities to learn shortcuts:

• The Find Action lets you search for commands and settings across all menus and tools.

  Press Ctrl0Q and start typing to get a list of suggested actions. Then select the necessary action and press Enter to execute it.

  

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  To add or change the shortcut for any action, press AltEnter when it is selected in the list.

• Key Promoter X is a plugin that shows a popup notification with the corresponding keyboard shortcut whenever a command is executed using the mouse. It also suggests creating a shortcut for commands that are executed frequently.

• If you are using one of the predefined keymaps, you can print the corresponding reference card as PDF and keep it on your desk to consult it if necessary. This cheat sheet is also available under Help | Keyboard Shortcuts PDF.

• To print a non-default or customized keymap, use the Keymap exporter plugin.

You can further improve your productivity with the following useful features:

Quick Lists

If there is a group of actions that you often use, create a quick list to access them using a custom shortcut. For example, you can try using the following predefined quick lists:

• Refactor this CtrlShift0R

• VCS Operations

• Navigate To Alt0`

• Generate AltInsert

• Inspect This CtrlAltShift0A

• Unit Testing quick list AltShift0U

• NuGet quick list AltShift0N

Typing Assistance

JetBrains Rider provides a lot of typing assistance features, such as automatically adding paired tags and quotes, and detecting CamelHump words.

Speed search

When the focus is on a tool window with a tree, list, or table, start typing to see matching items.

Press twice

Some actions in JetBrains Rider provide more results when you execute them multiple times. For example, when you invoke basic code completion with CtrlSpace on a part of a field, parameter, or variable declaration, it suggests names depending on the item type within the current scope. If you invoke it again, it will include classes available through module dependencies. When invoked for the third time in a row, the list of suggestions will include the whole project.

Resize tool windows

You can adjust the size of tool windows without a mouse:

• To resize a vertical tool window, press CtrlAltShift0← and CtrlAltShift0→

• To resize a horizontal tool window, press CtrlAltShift0↑ and CtrlAltShift0↓