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Enable key-repeat for ALL applications or just for IdeaVim/specific JetBrains apps

Upgrading to Lion or Yosemite and WebStorm 9, I noticed key repeat was
turned off for the IdeaVim plugin h j k l keys.

System-wide key repeat

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false in a terminal will enable
key repeat for every app. This can alternatively be found in the accessibility settings in OS X' preferences.

App specific key repeat

If you only want this behavior for specific JetBrains' apps, use:

  • Community Edition IntelliJ: - defaults write com.jetbrains.intellij.ce ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
  • Ultimate Edition IntelliJ: defaults write com.jetbrains.intellij ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
  • AppCode: defaults write com.jetbrains.AppCode ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
  • PyCharm: defaults write com.jetbrains.PyCharm ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
  • Android Studio: defaults write com.google.android.studio ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false
  • WebStorm: defaults write com.jetbrains.WebStorm ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false *
  • RubyMine: defaults write com.jetbrains.RubyMine ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false *

** * These are assumptions, use Spotlight com.jetbrains. to get type hinting for your specific app**

@roaming-debug
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Thanks!

@nickwdm
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nickwdm commented Jan 8, 2021

You saved my life man! I was having issues with Webstorm on Big Sur.

@anyu
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anyu commented May 24, 2021

Thanks! Worked for Goland.

defaults write com.jetbrains.goland ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

@CoderJava
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Thanks. It worked to me in Android Studio.

@mondongxr
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mondongxr commented Jun 17, 2021

Nice, It worked for me in Android Studio. Thank you~

@danielsepulvedab
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I had accepted by mistake PyCharm's suggestion to create the global setting. Then I reversed it with defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true. After that the commands for the individuals apps were not working, even though I had set them properly. After I removed the entry they started to work: defaults delete -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled
This was on the Toolbox version of the apps.

@Climax777
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defaults delete -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled

This worked for me too in combination with the above instructions

@orlando
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orlando commented Nov 1, 2021

I had accepted by mistake PyCharm's suggestion to create the global setting. Then I reversed it with defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool true. After that the commands for the individuals apps were not working, even though I had set them properly. After I removed the entry they started to work: defaults delete -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled This was on the Toolbox version of the apps.

This is what I had to do to get it working 👍

@eduardo4jesus
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https://i.ibb.co/r6qbHKs/Screen-Shot-2022-04-18-at-2-25-38-PM.png

I wish I had taken this screenshot before pressing the wrong option here. I spent quite sometime trying to reset the options so this window would appear again. I tried a few of the solutions above and didn't work.

@jaimb1
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jaimb1 commented Jun 24, 2022

In case anyone else is having trouble getting this working for PyCharm installed through Jetbrains Toolbox, I first did a search with defaults find pycharm and found it's named similar to intellij in the original post. This command worked for me: defaults write com.jetbrains.pycharm.ce ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false.

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