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Brackets is an open-source, modern text editor crafted for web developers and front-end developers. This app simplifies the process of coding, allowing coders to share their work through various platforms. It is a lightweight yet powerful development tool that blends visual tools into the editor so you can get the help that you want without limiting your creative process.
Clean and User-Friendly Interface
The Brackets app has been specifically designed for working in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It comes with a crisp, clean interface to make sure that tools wouldn’t get in your way. It has a Quick Edit UI which puts context-specific code and tools inline instead of cluttering up your coding environment.
The app also boasts its Live Preview function, a really useful feature that works directly with your browser so that you can push code edits instantly. This feature syncs Brackets with your browser, allowing you to jump back and forth between the real source code and the browser view.
If you wish to work on the CSS that applies to a specific ID, you may do so using Brackets. You only have to put your mouse cursor in that ID and push Command/CTRL + E. The app will then show you all the CSS selectors with that ID in an inline window. That way, you can work on your code side-by-side without any popups.
Brackets works with preprocessors in a new way. It allows you to use Quick Edit and Live Highlight with LESS and SCSS files making working with them easier.
Other App Features
Brackets is a solid editor which has everything you need when you work with files and directories as well as creating new files. Its code completion features let you quickly assemble apps without even knowing the exact syntax. And should you need assistance code syntax and code options, the Quick Edit option will provide help along the way.
In addition to providing you a simple workspace for your coding tasks, the app offers other features that will help you complete your job easily. Among the list of reliable tooling it provides are the parameter hints which includes linting, jump to definition, auto-update bug fixes, and update notification targeted to specific platforms. The app also comes with language server protocol supports and PHP tooling support.
Brackets Shortcuts
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Ctrl++/Ctrl+– | Zoom in/Zoom out Font |
Ctrl+Shift+, | Select Parent |
Ctrl+Shift+. | Select Child |
Ctrl+/ | Toggle Line Comment |
Ctrl+Shift+/ | Toggle Block Comment |
Ctrl+Alt+/ | Search Commands |
Ctrl+Alt+/ | Show Shortcuts |
Ctrl+0 | Restore Font Size |
Ctrl+= | Increase Font Size |
Ctrl+A | Select All |
Ctrl+Shift+A | Align Assignments |
Ctrl+C | Copy |
Ctrl+Shift+C | Live Highlight |
Ctrl+Alt+C | Collapse Current |
Ctrl+D | Duplicate |
Ctrl+Shift+D | Delete Line |
Ctrl+E | Quick Edit |
Ctrl+Shift+E | Go to Open File |
Ctrl+F | Find |
Ctrl+Shift+F | Find in Files |
Ctrl+G | Go to Line |
Ctrl+Alt+G | Initialize GitHubAccess |
Ctrl+H | Replace |
Ctrl+Shift+H | Hide Sidebar |
Ctrl+J | Jump to Definition |
Ctrl+Shift+J | Parse json file or hilighted string |
Ctrl+K | Quick Docs |
Ctrl+L | To Lower Case |
Ctrl+Alt+L | Beautify Document |
Ctrl+M | Minify Code |
Ctrl+M | Quick Markup Mode |
Ctrl+Shift+M | Quick Markup Help |
Ctrl+N | New File |
Ctrl+Alt+N | New Rule |
Alt+O | Edit File |
Ctrl+O | Open… |
Ctrl+Alt+O | Open Containing Folder |
Ctrl+Shift+O | Quick Open |
Ctrl+Alt+P | Live Preview |
Ctrl+Q | Quit |
Ctrl+Shift+R | Reload in browser |
Ctrl+Alt+R | Recent Projects |
Ctrl+S | Save |
Ctrl+Alt+S | Save All |
Ctrl+Shift+S | Save As… |
Ctrl+Shift+S | Show Snippets |
Ctrl+T | Go to Definition |
Alt+U | Redo Selection |
Ctrl+U | Undo Selection |
Ctrl+U | To Upper Case |
Ctrl+V | Paste |
Ctrl+Alt+V | Run Snippet |
Ctrl+W | Close |
Ctrl+Shift+W | Close All |
Ctrl+Shift+W | Show Indentations |
Ctrl+X | Cut |
Ctr+Alt+X | Expand Current |
Ctrl+Y | Redo |
Ctrl+Z | Undo |
Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo |
Ctrl+[ | Unindent |
Shift+Alt+1 | Expand all code in current editor |
Alt+1 | Collapse all code in current editor |
Ctrl+] | Indent |
Ctrl+[ | Previous Document in List. |
Ctrl+] | Next Document in List. |
Ctrl+Backspace | Delete Group Before |
Ctrl+Delete | Delete Group After |
Alt+Delete | Delete To Line End |
Alt+Down Arrow | Next Match |
Alt+Shift+Down Arrow | Decrement Number |
Ctrl+Down Arrow | Scroll Line Down |
Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow | Move Line(s) Down |
Ctrl+End | Go to Document End |
Ctrl+Enter | Open Line Below |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Open Line Above |
F2 | Rename |
F3 | Find Next |
Shift+F3 | Find Previous |
F4 | Next Bookmark |
Shift+F4 | Previous Bookmark |
F5 | Reload Brackets |
F6 | Grunt default |
F7 | Sort Lines |
F8 | Go to First Error/Warning |
F12 | Show Developer Tools |
Ctrl+Home | Go to Document Start |
Alt+Left Arrow | Go to Line Start |
Ctrl+Left Arrow | Go to Word Left |
Alt+Right Arrow | Go to Line End |
Ctrl+Right Arrow | Go to Word Right |
Ctrl+Spacebar | Show Code Hints |
Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar | Show Parameter Hint |
Ctrl+Shift+Tab | Previous Document |
Ctrl+Tab | Next Document |
Ctrl+Up Arrow | Scroll Line Up |
Alt+Shift+Up Arrow | Increment Number |
Alt+Up Arrow | Previous Match |
Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow | Move Line Up |