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Atom Keyboard Shortcuts
Atom is the code editor released and maintained by the GitHub team. Released in 2014, the “Sublime Text killer” has over 1.1 million monthly users, and it’s no surprise: easily expandable, customizable and hackable, the IDE has become the favorite of many developers.
Despite its wide use, I often see competent developers taking a long way around to do things, or not knowing about its true potential. This post explores some tricks for improving your Atom workflow. I’m hoping that, by the time you’ve finished, you’ll have learned at least one new trick you can’t live without.
Keyboard Shortcuts
 1. General |
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| Ctrl+, | Preferences |
| Ctrl+Shift+P | Toggle command palette |
| Ctrl+B | Browse list of open files |
| Ctrl+Alt+R | Reload Atom |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Change synatx highlighting |
| Alt+Shift+S | Show available code snippets |
| Ctrl+Shift+M | Markdown preview |
| Ctrl+Alt+I | Toggle Developer Tools |
| 2. File Management |
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|---|---|
| Ctrl+N | New file |
| Ctrl+Shift+N | New Window |
| Ctrl+P | Open file (type the name to perform a search) |
| Ctrl+O | Open file |
| Ctrl+Shift+O | Open folder |
| Ctrl+S | Save |
| Ctrl+Shift+S | Save as |
| Ctrl+W | Close tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+W | Close window |
| 3. Editing Lines |
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|---|---|
| Ctrl+G | Go to line |
| Ctrl+L | Select line |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Duplicate line |
| Ctrl+Shift+K | Delete line |
| Ctrl+Arrow Up/Arrow Down | Move line up/down |
| Ctrl+/ | Toggle comment line |
| Ctrl+Enter | New line below |
| Ctrl+[/] | Indent / outdent selected lines |
| Ctrl+J | Join lines |
| 4. Editing Words and Brackets |
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|---|---|
| Alt+B/F | Move to beginning / end of current word |
| Alt+Shift+B/F | Select to beginning / end of current word |
| Ctrl+Backspace OR Alt+H | Delete to beginning of current word |
| Ctrl+Delete OR Alt+D | Delete to end of current word |
| Ctrl+Alt+. | Complete bracket |
| Ctrl+M | Go to matching bracket |
| Ctrl+Alt+M | Select code inside matching brackets |
| 5. Code Folding |
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|---|---|
| Ctrl+k, then Ctrl+1 … 9 | Fold all code at indent level 1 … 9 |
| Ctrl+Alt+/ | Fold / unfold code |
| Ctrl+Alt+F | Fold selected code |
| Ctrl+Alt+[/] | Fold / unfold all code |
| 6. Find and Replace |
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|---|---|
| Ctrl+F | Find in current file |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Find in project |
| F3 | Find next |
| Shift+F3 | Find previous |
| Ctrl+Enter | Replace all |
| Ctrl+Alt+/ | Use Regex in search |
| Ctrl+Alt+C | Match case in search |
| Ctrl+Alt+S | Search only in selection |
| Ctrl+Alt+W | Match whole word |
| 7. View |
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|---|---|
| Ctrl+Shift+=/– | Increase / decrease text size |
| Ctrl+0 (zero) | Reset text size |
| F11 | Toggle fullscreen |
| 8. Tree View |
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|---|---|
| Ctrl+0 (zero) or Alt+\ | Toggle focus Tree View |
| Ctrl+k, then b or Ctrl+\ | Toggle tree view |
| J/K | Select next/previous item |
| H/l OR Arrow Right/Arrow Left | Expand / collapse selected directory |
| Alt+Arrow Left/Arrow Right OR Ctrl+Alt+[/] | Recursively expand / collapse directories |
| Enter | Open selected item |
| m OR F2 | Move selected item |
| Backspace OR Delete | Delete current item |
| D | Duplicate selected item |
| Ctrl+1 … 9 | Open selected item in pane 1 … 9 |
| A | Add new file |
| Shift+A | Add new folder |
| I | Toggle display of VCS ignored files |
| 9. Github Integration |
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|---|---|
| Alt+g, then b | Open on Github: blame |
| Alt+g, then c | Open on Github: copy-url |
| Alt+g, then g | Open on Github: repository |
| Alt+g, then h | Open on Github: history |
| Alt+g, then i | Open on Github: issues |
| Alt+g, then o | Open on Github: file |
| Alt+g, then r | Open on Github: branch-compare |
| 10. Manage Diffs |
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| Alt+g, then d | Toggle list of diffs in file |
| Alt+g, then Arrow Down/Arrow Up | Move to next/previous diff in file |