Erwin Prasetyo
UI/UX Designer
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Atom Editor Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet
Here’s a quick cheat-sheet for the keyboard shortcuts Atom provides, to help you become a keyboard master.
Atom Editor Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet If you’d prefer this in downloadable form here’s a single-page printable version to keep on your desk
General
shift + ⌘ + pToggle command palette⌘ + /Toggle line/selection commentctrl + spaceShow available auto-completions
File Navigation
⌘ + pToggle file finderctrl + gGoto line⌘ + rGoto symbolshift + ⌘ + { / }Previous/next file⌘ + F2Set bookmarkF2Goto next bookmark
View/Window Manipulation
⌘ + \Toggle tree-view sidebarctrl + ⌘ + fToggle fullscreen⌘ + k, left/right/up/downSplit pane left/right/up/down⌘ + k, ⌘ + left/right/up/downFocus pane left/right/up/down
Find
⌘ + fFind in file⌘ + gFind nextshift + ⌘ + fFind in project⌘ + eUse selection for find
Folding
ctrl + ⌘ + [ / ]Fold/unfold current code blockoption + shift + ⌘ + [ / ]Fold/unfold all code blocks⌘ + 1-9*Fold code blocks at depth 1-9 *
Word Manipulation
ctrl + tTranspose characters either side of cursoroption + backspaceDelete text to beginning of wordoption + deleteorfn + option + backspaceDelete text to end of word
Line Manipulation
⌘ + ] / [Indent/outdent current line⌘ + enterInsert new line after current line⌘ + shift + enterInsert new line before current linectrl + shift + kDelete current linectrl + ⌘ + up/downMove current line up/downshift + ⌘ + dDuplicate current line⌘ + jJoin current and next lines
Selection
⌘ + dSelect current word/token⌘ + lSelect current lineoption + shift + left/rightSelect to beginning/end of wordshift + ⌘ + left/rightSelect to first/last character of lineshift + ⌘ + up/downSelect to top/bottom of document
For windows user or linux, replace ⌘ with CTRL
Atom Editor Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet reference article : https://blog.bugsnag.com/atom-editor-cheat-sheet/