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Atom-shortcuts-cheat-sheet

A shortcuts cheat sheet for Atom.

Symbol to the keys

-	---
⌘	Command key
⌃	Control key
⌫	Delete key
←	Left arrow key
→	Right arrow key
↑	Up arrow key
↓	Down arrow key
⌥	Option or Alt key
↩	Return or Enter key
⇧	Shift key

General

Keystrokes	Task
⌘-,	Settings
⌘-⇧-P	Open Command Palette
⌘-+	Increase Font Size
⌘--	Decrease Font Size
⌘-H	Hide Atom
⌥-⌘-H	Hide Others
⌘-Q	Quit Atom

File & Tab & Window

Keystrokes	Task
⌘-N	New File
⌘-O	Open File
⌘-⇧-T	Reopen Last File
⌘-S	Save File
⇧-⌘-S	Save File As..
⌥-⌘-S	Save All File
⇧-⌘-{	Previous Tab
⇧-⌘-}	Next Tab
⌘-1/9	Toggle Tab No.1-No.9
⌘-W	Close Tab
⇧-⌘-N	New Window
⇧-⌘-W	Close Window
⌃-⌘-F	Toggle Full Screen
⌘-M	Minimize Window
⌃-⌥-⌘-M	Zoom Window
⇧-⌘-O	Toggle Dev Model
⌥-⌘-I	Toggle Dev tools

Editor (Move)

Keystrokes	Task
⌃-G	Go to Line
⌃-M	Go to Matching Bracket
⌥-B	Move to Beginning of Word
⌥-F	Move to End of Word
⌃-A	Move to Beginning of Line
⌃-E	Move to End of Line
⌘-⌃-↑	Move Line Up
⌘-⌃-↓	Move Line Down
⌘-↑	Move to Top of File
⌘-↓	Move to Bottom of File
⌘-←	Move to First Character of Line
⌘-→	Move to Last Character of Line

Editor (Basic Edit)

Keystrokes	Task
⌘-Z	Undo
⌘-Y	Rudo
⌘-X	Cut
⌘-C	Copy
⌘-V	Paste
⌃-K	Cut to End of Line
⌥-⌫	Delete to Beginning of Word
⌥-D	Delete to End of Word
⌃-T	Transpose Character Either side of Cursor
⌘-]	Indent Selected Text
⌘-[	Outdent Selected Text
⌘-↩	Insert New Line after Current Line
⌘-⇧-↩	Insert New Line before Current Line
⌘-J	Join Lines
⌃-⇧-K	Delete Line
⌘-⇧-D	Duplicate Line
⌘-/	Toggle Line Comments
⌃-space	Toggle Autocomplete
⌃-⇧-L	Select Grammar

Editor (Code Folding)

Keystrokes	Task
⌥-⌘-[	Fold Code
⌥-⌘-]	Unfold Code
⌘-K ⌘-N	Fold at Indentation Level (N)
⌥-⌘-⌃-F	Fold Selected Text
⌥-⌘-}	Unfold All Code

Editor (Character Transformations)

Keystrokes	Task
⌥-⌘-[	Convert Tabs to Spaces
⌥-⌘-]	Convert Spaces to Tabs
⌘-K-U	Convert to Upper Case
⌘-K-L	Convert to Lower Case

Editor (Bookmarks)

Keystrokes	Task
⌘-F2	Toggle Bookmark
⌃-F2	View All Bookmarksookmark
F2	Jump to Next Bookmarkookmark
⇧-F2	Jump to Previous Bookmarkookmark
⌘-⇧-F2	Clear All Bookmarksookmark

Selection

Keystrokes	Task
⌥-⇧-B	Select to Beginning of Word
⌥-⇧-F	Select to End of Word
⌥-⇧-←	Select to Beginning of Word
⌥-⇧-→	Select to End of Word
⌃-⇧-W	Select Entire Word
⌃-⇧-P	Select to Same Position, Previous Line
⌃-⇧-N	Select to Same Position, Next Line
⌘-⇧-←	Select to First Character of Line
⌘-⇧-→	Select to Last Character of Line
⌘-⇧-↑	Select to Top of File
⌘-⇧-↓	Select to Bottom of File
⌘-A	Select All
⌘-D	Select Current Word
⌘-L	Select Current Line
⌃-⇧-↑	Visual Select (Previous Line)
⌃-⇧-↓	Visual Select (Next Line)

Find & Replace

Keystrokes	Task
⌘-F	Find String in Current File
⇧-⌘-F	Find String in All Project Files
⌘-G	Find Next Matching String
⇧-⌘-G	Find Previous Matching String
⌘-D	Select Next Matching String
⌃-⌘-G	Select All Matching Strings
⌥-⌘-F	Replace String in Current File
⌘-B	Find Open File
⌘-⇧-B	Find Modified, Untracked (git) File
⌘-P	Toggle File Finder
⌘-E	Use selection for find

View Tasks (Pane & Tree view)

Keystrokes	Task
⌘-K-↓	Split Panes Vertically
⌘-K-→	Split Panes Horizontally
⌘-K ⌘-↓	Vertical Navigation Panes
⌘-K ⌘-→	Horizontal Navigation Panes
⌘-\	Toggle Tree View
⌃-0	Open Tree View
⌘-T	Fuzzy Find Files
A	Add a File
⇧-A	Add a Folder
M	Move a File (Rename file)
⌘-C	Copy a File
⌘-V	Paste a File
⌘-X	Cut a File
⌫	Delete a File

Symbol Tasks

Keystrokes	Task
⌘-R	Search for Symbol
⌘-⇧-R	Search for Symbol Across Project

Encoding Selector

Keystrokes	Task
⌃-⇧-U	Select Encoding

Linter

Keystrokes	Task
⌘-⌃-L	Lint check

Markdown Preview

Keystrokes	Task
⌃-⇧-M	Toggle Markdown Preview

Terminal

Keystrokes	Task
⌃-⌥-T	Open New Terminal in New Tab
⌃-⌥-↑	Open New Terminal in Top Pane
⌃-⌥-↓	Open New Terminal in Bottom Pane
⌃-⌥-←	Open New Terminal in Left Pane
⌃-⌥-→	Open New Terminal in Right Pane

Screenshots

Keystrokes	Task
⇧-⌘-3	Save Screenshot
⌃-⇧-⌘-3	Copy Screenshot
⇧-⌘-4	Save Screenshot (Selection)
⌃-⇧-⌘-4	Copy Screenshot (Selection)