Recently, I have been trying to collect the most useful keyboard shortcuts and really learn them so I'm not tempted to use the mouse more than necessary. Here's the list so far:
Xcode
Besides all the normal text editing shortcuts, I often use those:
(⇧ = shift, ⌘ = cmd, ^ = ctrl, ⌥ = option)
- ⇧⌘E = "Zoom" the editor, hide the list above it
- ⇧⌘D = Open quickly, very useful for quickly open any file, in the project our elsewhere
- ^⌘T = Edit all in scope, this saves a lot of tedious editing
- ^/ = Next placeholder in completions
- ^. = Toggle between completions
- ⌥⌘-Up = Toggle between the header/source
- ^1 = Pop up the file history menu, useful when navigating the project files
The shortcut ^. deserves some extra attention, as it also completes text macros which can save a lot of typing. There is a whole slew of macros that you can use, just a few examples:
- pim = expands to #import "file", highlighting file so you can change it easily
- a = expands to the standard alloc/init combination
- init = expands to a standard init skeleton
- dealloc = expands to the standard dealloc skeleton
Interface Builder
Interface builder also has a few ones I often use:
- ⌘ while resizing a window = live autoresizing
- ^⌘ + up/down = select parent/child of selected view
- ^⌘ + left/right = select previous/next sibling
Global Shortcuts
Finally I have a tiny list of desktop wide shortcuts (obviously in addition to the well known ones like ⌘-Tab etc) I sometimes find useful:
- ^F2 = Focus the application menu
- ... I said it's tiny!
I hope this can be useful for others as well.
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