Atom Editor Cheat Sheet

atom_shortcuts.md

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

Contents

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

Key Symbols

• ⌘ : 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

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	⌘-→
New Line Below	⌘-↩
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 cursors	⌘-<click>

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

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, ⌘-N
Fold Selected Text	⌘-⌥-⌃-F
Unfold All Code	⌘-K, ⌘-0

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	⌘-⇧-[
Switch Next Tab	⌘-⇧-]

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 (Tree View)	A
Move a File (Tree View)	M
Delete a File (Tree View)	⌫
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	⌘-+
Decrease Font Size	⌘--

Grammar

Task	Keystrokes
Select Grammar	⌃-⇧-L

Search Tasks

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

Plugins

Task	Keystrokes
Markdown Preview	⌘-⇧-M
Atom Beautify	⌃-⌥-B
Toggle Remote FTP	⌃-⌥-O
Terminal	⌃-`
Key Binding Resolver	⌘-.
Run Scripts	⌘-i
Run Cell	⌘-↩
Run Cell and Move Down	⇧-↩
Go to Definition	⌃-⌥-G
Go to Definition	⌘-⌃-G
Select All String	⌃-⌥-E
Refractor	⌃-⌥-U

Terminal Plus

Task	Keystrokes
Create a New Terminal	⌘-⇧-T or ⌃-⇧-T
Toggle Last Active Terminal	⌃-`
Switch to Terminal Left of Last Active Terminal	⌘-⇧-J or ⌃-⇧-J
Switch to Terminal Right of Last Active Terminal	⌘-⇧-K or ⌃-⇧-K
Run Selected Text as Command in Active Terminal	⌃-⌫
Close Active Terminal	⌘-⇧-X or ⌃-⇧-X

Git Plus

Task	Keystrokes
Show Current Status	⌘-⇧-A, S
Add Current File	⌘-⇧-A
Commit Current File and Push	⌘-⇧-A, p
Commit Every Changed File and Push	⌘-⇧-A, P
Commit Staged Changes (Shows a commit message editor. Save the file to make the commit. Close the tab to cancel the commit.)	⌘-⇧-C
Add Current File and Show Commit (Similar to Git add all and Git commit.)	⌘-⇧-A, C
Add All Files and Show Commit (Similar to Git add all and Git commit.)	⌘-⇧-A, A

Further Reference

• https://blog.bugsnag.com/atom-editor-cheat-sheet
• https://d2wy8f7a9ursnm.cloudfront.net/atom-editor-cheat-sheet.pdf