Intellij: The most important shortcuts

For quick work in Intellij you should use shortcuts. The best key combinations can be found in this practical tip.

The best shortcuts to Intellij

• If you want to search for an action in Intellij, press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [A].
• Press [Alt] + [Enter] to display the possible interactions.
• To switch between the views, use [Alt] + [F1].
• For a quick change between the different editors, use [Ctrl] + [Tab].
• You can simply insert a live template with [Ctrl] + [J].
• If you are looking for a specific Java class, simply use [Ctrl] + [N].
• Alternatively, you can search the entire document. To do this, press [Shift] twice in succession.
• To quickly duplicate classes, you can use the key combination [Ctrl] + [D].

In the next practical tip, we will tell you what you can do if the main class could not be found in Java.