Atom Editor Cheat Sheet (Sweetmeat)

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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
• Configuration
• Application Tasks
• Autocomplete
• Bookmarks
• Brackets
• Code Folding
• Code Navigation & Management
• Character Transformations
• Comments
• Editor View Tasks
• File Tasks
• Find & Replace
• Font Tasks
• Grammar
• Search Tasks
• Terminal Plus
• Git Plus

The Command Palette

Task	Keystrokes
Open Command Palette	⌘-⇧-p

Configuration

| Task | Keystrokes | | --------| --------- | | **Open Configuration Editor** | ⌘-, |

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	⌘-/
Multiple selections - Ignore Current Selection	⌘-/
Multiple selections - Go To Last Selection	⌘-k ⌘-d

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** | ⌘-\ | | **Switch Previous Tab** | ⌘-Shift-[ | | **Switch Next Tab** | ⌘-Shift-] |

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

Search Tasks

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

Terminal Plus

Task	Keystrokes
Create a new terminal instance.	⌃-⇧-T or ⌘-⇧-T
Toggle the last active terminal instance.	⌃-`
Switch to the terminal left of the last active terminal.	⌃-⇧-J or ⌘-⇧-J
Switch to the terminal right of the last active terminal.	⌃-⇧-K or ⌘-⇧-K
Run the selected text as a command in the active terminal.	⌃-⌫
Close the active terminal.	⌃-⇧-X or ⌘-⇧-X

Git Plus

Task	Keystrokes
Show current status.	⌘-⇧-A S
Add the current file.	⌘-⇧-A
Commit currently open file and push to a remote repo.	⌘-⇧-A p
Commit every changed file and push to a remote repo.	⌘-⇧-A P
Commit the staged changes. Git-Plus shows a commit message editor. To make the commit, save the file. To cancel the commit, close the tab.	⌘-⇧-C
Add all changed files and show the commit message file. Similar to Git add all and Git commit run in succession.	⌘-⇧-A c
Add all changed files and show the commit message file. Similar to Git add all and Git commit in succession.	⌘-⇧-A a