Intellij IDEA Settings for Kotlin (MacOS Settings)

Better workflow , testing and debugging capability on your Kotlin Projects

Note: (Hide) CMD + H and (Minimize) CMD + M should be remapped using macos keyboard settings

Karabiner elements is required for Hyper Keys and Custom Tab Key

1. Download and Import kotlin-settings.zip

2. Install Plugins

• IdeaVim
• IdeaVim-EasyMotion
• Key Promoter X
• Ace Jump

3. Load `Masterpowers` keymap

4. Download ideavimrc

Move the Downloaded file to your Home Directory ~/.ideavimrc

5. Learn The Keymap The Easy Way

Top Left Sidebar Tool Windows

Tool Window Keys (CMD+Fn Keys) Leftsidebar	Description
CMD+F1	Project
CMD+F2	Commit
CMD+F3	Bookmarks
CMD+F4	Resource Manager
CMD+F5	Build Variants

Top Right Sidebar Tool Windows

Tool Window Keys (CMD+Fn Keys) RightSidebar	Description
CMD+F12	Notifications
CMD+F11	Gradle
CMD+F10	Key Promoter X
CMD+F9	Device Manager
CMD+F8	Running Devices

Bottom Left Sidebar Tool Windows

Tool Window Keys (OPT+Keys) Leftsidebar Bottom	Description
OPT+G	Git
OPT+B	Build
OPT+S	Services
OPT+P	Problems
OPT+E	Log Cat
OPT+D	Debug
OPT+F	Find
OPT+R	Run

Fn Keys

Mainly used for refactoring and documentation

Keyboard Shortcuts	Description
F1	Quick Documentation
F2	Rename
F3	Refactor this
F4	Change Signature
F5	Load Changes
F11	SDK Manager
F10	Project Structure

Previews

Keyboard Shortcuts	Description
SHIFT+F1	Editor
SHIFT+F2	Editor and Preview
SHIFT+F3	Preview

Runner

Keyboard Shorcuts	Description
CMD+R	Run Context Configuration
CMD+SHIFT+R	Run
CMD+T	External Tools

Note: External Tools Command Available depends on what you configure on my machine i have the ff:

• Kotlinc
• Java Run

Et. al.

Nav Menus Top Right (Hidden on IntelliJ)

Keyboard Shorcuts	Description
OPT+F1	Make Modules
OPT+F2	Attach Debugger to Android Process
OPT+F3	Sync Project With Gradle Files

Debugging

Keyboard Shorcuts	Description
CMD+B	Toggle Breakpoint
OPT+K	Resume/Pause Program
OPT+L	Step Into
OPT+H	Step Out
OPT+J	Step Over
CMD+SHIFT+S	Stop

Errors / Warning

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
OPT+P	Tool Windows -> Problems
OPT+SHIFT+I	Inspect Code with Editor Settings
]+E (vim)	Go To Error
[+E (vim)	Go To Previous Error
TAB+E	Error Description

Note: Tab is mapped to CTRL+OPT+CMD using karabiner elements

Quickly Jump from One Place to Another

Note : This are all vim keys binded using .ideavimrc

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
S	Ace Word Start Action
leader+leader+w	Search Word Forward
leader+leader+b	Search Word Backward
leader+leader+f	Search Char Forward
leader+leader+F	Search Char Backward

Multi-Cursor / Selections

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
CMD+G	Find Next / Move to Next Occurrence
CMD+SHIFT+G	Find Previous / Move to Previous Occurrence
CMD+D	Add Selection for Next Occurrence
CMD+SHIFT+D	Unselect Occurrence
CMD+SHIFT+L	Select All Occurrence

Code Completions

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
OPT+/	Cyclic Expand Word
OPT+SHIFT+/	Cyclic Expand Backward
OPT+Space	Basic
OPT+ENTER	Type Matching

Type Hinting, Quick Fixes, Formatting

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
gp	Parameter Info
gt	Expression Type Info
CMD+.	Show Context and Show Quick Fixes
CMD+SHIFTT+I	Reformat Code
OPT+SPACE	Insert Live Template
OPT+W	Surround with
CMD+K	Code Generate
CMD+L	Complete Current Statement

GoTo

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
gd (Vim)	Go to Declaration or Usages
gD (Vim)	Go to TypeDeclaration
gu (Vim)	Find Usages
gi (Vim)	Go to Implementations
CMD+U	Go to Super Method
SHIFT+K (Vim)	Quick Definition
F1	Quick Documentation

Finders

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
CMD+F	Find
CMD+E	Recent Files
CMD+SHIFT+F	Find in Files
CMD+H	Replace
CMD+SHIFT+H	Replace in Files
SHIFT+SHIFT	Search Everywhere
CMD+P	Go To File
CMD+SHIFT+P	Run any Command
CMD+O	Go to Symbol
CMD+SHIFT+O	Go To Class
OPT+A	Go to Action
OPT+T	Go to Test
CMD+Y	File Structure

Bookmarks

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
leader+[0-9]	Go to Bookmark by number
leader+[a-z]	Go to Bookmark by letter
'+[a-z]	Toggle Bookmark by lettes
'+[0-9]	Toggle Bookmark by number

Code Selections

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
OPT+DOWN	Shrink Selection
OPT+UP	Expand Selection

Move Statements

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
OPT+SHIFT+J	Move Statement Down
OPT+SHIFT+K	Move Statement Up

Move Lines

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
CMD+SHIFT+J	Move Line Down
CMD+SHIFT+K	Move Line Up

Split Panes

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
s+p	Horizontal Split
v+s++p	Vertical Split

Moving Across Panes

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
CTRL+H	Move to Left Pane
CTRL+J	Move Down Pane
CTRL+K	Move to Right Pane
CTRL+L	Move Up Pane

Tab Switching

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
CMD+[1-9]	Select Tab [1-9]
CMD+[	Select Previous Tab
CMD+]	Select Next Tab
TAB+[	Navigate Tab Back
TAB+]	Navigate Tab Forward

Comments

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
CMD+/	Comment with Line Comment
CMD+SHIFT+/	Comment with Block Comment

Code Folding

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
CMD+(-)	Folding Collapse
CMD+(+)	Folding Expand
CMD+SHIFT+(-)	Collapse All
CMD+SHIFT+(+)	Expand All

File Manipulation

Shortcut Keys	Description
CMD+N	New
CMD+SHIFT+N	New Directory

Note: New has Different ways to create Files including Directory

File Editing

Shortcut Keys	Description
CMD+S	Save all
CMD+X	Cut
CMD+V	Paste
CMD+Z	Undo
CMD+SHIFT+Z	Redo

Notifications

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
CMD+F12	Tool Windows -> Notification
CMD+SHIFT+F12	Clear all Notifications

Context Menus

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
OPT+SHIFT+C	Show Color Picker
CMD+M	Show Context Menu
OPT+SHIFT+D	Select Available Devices

VCS

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
OPT+A	Amend
OPT+C	Commit File
OPT+SHIFT+A	Add to .gitignore
CMD+SHIFT+A	Add to VCS
CMD+SHIFT+U	Rollback
CMD+SHIFT+M	Move to other Changelist

Git History

Keyboard Shortcut	Description
OPT+SHIFT+R	Compare with Revisions
CMD+SHIFT+Y	Show History / Diff
CMD+J	Next Difference
CMD+K	Previous Difference

Linear Tasks

Linear Keys	Description
CMD+\	Open Tasks
CMD+SHIFT+\	Switch Tasks

Customizing IdeaVim Keys

1. Press SHIFT+SPACE

2. Select

IdeaVim: Track Action IDs

We can add custom bindings to our ~/.ideavimrc

nmap S <action>(AceWordStartAction)

Note:

AI Assistant like Gemini and Copilot is not added here.