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Hot Keys on Mac

Since I switched over to Mac, Hot keys(Shortcut keys) are confusing and easy to forget. To stop making mistakes, here I wrote a list of frequently used combinations of keys.

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Integrated Terminal

  • Command + `: Toggle the integrated terminal
  • Control + Shift + `: Create a new terminal instance
  • Command + Backspace: Kill terminal instance

Run commands

  • Command + P: Go to File
  • Command + Shift + P: Open the Command Palette

Tabs

  • Command + T: Create a new tab
  • Command + W: Close tab

Search

  • Command + F: Find in the current file
  • Command + Shift + F: Replace in files
  • Command + Option + Enter: Replace all occurrences with the given expression across all files
  • Command + D: select the next occurrence

Change occurrences

  • Command + Shift + L: Change all occurrences in a file
  • Command + Shift + H: Change all occurrences in all files

Move the cursor

  • Option + Left Arrow: Move the cursor to the previous word
  • Option + Right Arrow: Move the cursor to the next word
  • Command + Left Arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the line
  • Command + Right Arrow: Move the cursor to the end of the line

Terminal

  • Command + K: Clear Terminal

Rectangle

  • Control + Option + Left Arrow: Move the current window to the left half
  • Control + Option + Right Arrow: Snap the current window to the right half

System

  • Control + Command + F: Toggle full-screen mode
  • Control + Left Arrow: Move to the full-screen app on the left side
  • Control + Right Arrow: Move to the full-screen ap on the right side

ChatGPT

  • Option + Space: Toggles chatting bar
  • Command + Space: Spotlight Search

Chrome

  • Option + Command + I: Toggle Devtools
  • Command + R: Refresh the page(normal refresh)
  • Command + Shift + R: Refresh the page(hard refresh) - The key clears the browser cache.

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