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Use this dialog box to create, edit, and remove custom keymaps for specific environments, and change shortcuts associated with actions.

Note

Note that default keymaps are not editable. To re-configure shortcut associations, create a child keymap based on the desired default one and edit it as required.

On the other hand, as soon as you try to change a keyboard shortcut associated with an action in one of the default keymaps, a copy of the corresponding keymap is automatically created.

In this section:

Keymap management buttons

ItemtDescription
KeymapsFrom this drop-down list, select the desired keymap.
CopyClick this button to create a child keymap on the basis of the keymap selected in the Keymaps drop-down list.
ResetClick this button to abandon all the changes made to a custom keymap and restore the configuration of the parent keymap.
DeleteClick this button to remove the selected custom keymap from the list.
Based on keymapThis read-only field shows the name of the parent keymap.

Keymap toolbar

ItemTooltip and shortcutDescription
expandAll.pngExpand All
Ctrl+Add; Ctrl+EqualsCtrl+Add; Ctrl+Equals		Click this button to expand all nodes in the content pane of actions.
collapseAll.pngCollapse All
Ctrl+Subtract; Ctrl+MinusCtrl+Subtract; Ctrl+Minus		Click this button to collapse all nodes in the content pane of actions.
12.0+ propertiesEdit Shortcut
EnterEnter		Click this button to change shortcuts for the selected action. It is possible to remove existing shortcuts, and add new ones. Choose the desired change from the drop-down menu:

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  • Select the option Add Keyboard Shortcut to open the Enter Keyboard Shortcut dialog box, where you can specify the combination of keystrokes to be assigned to the selected action in the current keymap.
  • Select the option Add Mouse Shortcut to open the Enter Mouse Shortcut dialog box, where you can specify the combination of mouse clicks and buttons to be assigned to the selected action in the current keymap.
  • Select the options Remove <shortcut> to delete the selected shortcut from the selected action.

Note

These commands are duplicated on the context menus of the actions if the Actions content pane.

search_fieldUse this text box to search through the content pane of actions. As you type a search string, the actions that match the search pattern are displayed.
The previously used search patterns are stored in the search history list. To add the search string to the history list, press EnterEnter.

Click find1.gif to reveal the history list of the previous searches.

Click clear to clear the current search pattern from the text box.

find2Find Action by ShortcutClick this button to open the Filter Settings dialog box for filtering out the desired actions by keystrokes. Refer to the section Configuring Keyboard Shortcuts to learn how to specify keyboard shortcuts.

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The actions with shortcuts that match the specified criteria are shown in the content pane of actions.

gcClear FilteringClick this button to restore the initial list of actions in the content pane.

Actions

ItemDescription
12.0+All ActionsThis content pane shows all actions currently available in IntelliJ IDEA. The actions are grouped below nodes according to the areas of their use.

Note

  • Note that default keymaps are not editable. As soon as you try to change a keyboard shortcut associated with an action, a copy of the corresponding keymap is automatically created.
  • If some of the actions have no mapped keyboard shortcuts, they still can be invoked by Go to Action.
ShortcutsThis read-only field shows the list of shortcuts associated with the selected action in the current keymap.

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