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Atom Editor Cheat Sheet (Sweetmeat)

Use these rapid keyboard shortcuts to control the GitHub Atom text editor on Mac OSX.

Key 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

Contents

The Command Palette

Task Keystrokes
Open Command Palette ⌘-⇧-p

Configuration

Task Keystrokes
Open Command Palette ⌘-,

Application Tasks

Task Keystrokes
Hide Application ⌘-h
Hide Other Applications ⌥-⌘-h
Minimize Application ⌘-m
New File ⌘-n
New Window ⌘-⇧-n
Open Application ⌘-o
Open Dev ⇧-⌘-o
Quit ⌘-q

Autocomplete

Task Keystrokes
Toggle Autocomplete ⌃-space

Bookmarks

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

Brackets

Task Keystrokes
Find Matching Bracket ⌃-m

Code Folding

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

Code Navigation & Management

Task Keystrokes
Cut to End of Line ⌃-k
Delete to Beginning of Word ⌥-⌫
Delete to End of Word ⌥-d
Delete Line ⌃-⇧-k
Duplicate Line ⌘-⇧-d
Go to Line ⌃-g
Go to Matching Bracket ⌃-m
Indent Selected Text ⌘-]
Outdent Selected Text ⌘-[
Join Lines ⌘-j
Move to Beginning of Word ⌥-b
Move to End of Word ⌥-f
Move to Beginning of Line ⌃-a
Move to End of Line ⌃-e
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 ⌘-→
Select Left Character ⌘-⌃-b
Select Right Character ⌘-⌃-f
Select to Beginning of Word ⌥-⇧-b
Select to End of Word ⌥-⇧-f
Select Entire Word ⌃-⇧-w
Select to First Character of Line ⌥-⇧-a
Select to Last Character of Line ⌥-⇧-e
Select to Same Position, Next Line ⌥-⇧-n
Select to Same Position, Previous Line ⌥-⇧-p
Select to Top of File ⌘-⇧-↑
Select to Bottom of File ⌘-⇧-↓
Select All ⌘-a
Select Next ⌘-d
Select Line ⌘-L
Toggle Line Comments ⌘-/

Character Transformations

Task Keystrokes
Convert Tabs to Spaces ⌥-⌘-[
Convert Spaces to Tabs ⌥-⌘-]
Convert to Upper Case ⌘-k-u
Convert to Lower Case ⌘-k-L

Comments

Task Keystrokes
Toggle Comment ⌘-/

Editor View Tasks

Task Keystrokes
Split Panes Vertically ⌘-k-↓
Split Panes Horizontally ⌘-k-→
Vertical Navigation Panes ⌘-k ⌘-↓
Horizontal Navigation Panes ⌘-k ⌘-→
Toggle Full Screen ⌃-⌘-f
Toggle Tree View ⌘-\

File Tasks

Task Keystrokes
Fuzzy Find Files ⌘-t
Find Open File ⌘-b
Find Modified, Untracked (git) File ⌘-⇧-b
Open Tree View ⌃-0
Toggle Tree View ⌘-\
Add a File a
Move a File m
Delete a File
Reopen Last File ⌘-⇧-t

Find & Replace

Task Keystrokes
Find String in Current File ⌘-f
Find String in All Project Files ⇧-⌘-f
Find Next Matching String ⌘-g
Find Previous Matching String ⇧-⌘-g
Select Next Matching String ⌘-d
Select All Matching Strings ⌃-⌘-g
Replace String in Current File ⌥-⌘-f

Font Tasks

Task Keystrokes
Increase Font Size cmd-+
Decrease Font Size cmd--

Grammar

Task Keystrokes
Select Grammar ⌃-⇧-L
Task Keystrokes
Search for Symbol ⌘-r
Search for Symbol Across Project ⌘-⇧-r
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