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Productive ways to move around in your project.
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42 Tips and Tricks
Become an IDE champ with these bite-sized tips and tricks.
Navigation Bar Intro
Move around files with keyboard, without wasting screen UI space
Navigate Cursor Position Back and Forth
Easily navigate back to where you were, or where you went.
Find Action
Skip memorizing keyboard shortcuts and speed search for actions instead.
Use Recent Files to Open Tool Window
From the Recent Files popup, open one of the IDE tool windows.
Activate Navigation Bar
Bring up the Navigation Bar as needed, let it disappear when finished.
Create New File With Navigation Bar
Activate the Navigation Bar and create a new file somewhere in the project tree.
Find In Path With Navigation Bar
Use keyboard and Navigation Bar to find files under a path.
Navigate Files With Navigation Bar
Move around your project tree and select files, from your keyboard, with the Navigation Bar.
Open File With Navigation Bar
Open a file somewhere in the project tree using the keyboard and Navigation Bar.
Narrow Navigation Bar With Speed Search
Narrow and select from a long folder listing Navigation Bar by typing a speed search.
Navigate to File
Jump to a file without using the Project Tool and your mouse.
Navigate to Symbol
Navigate your project by code, not files.
Jump to Recent File
Use Recent Files to quickly jump to last-visited file.