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

# Key to the Keys - ⌘ : 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

Contents

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

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

Autocomplete

Task	Keystrokes
Toggle Autocomplete	⌃-space

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 cmd-N
Fold Selected Text	⌥-⌘-⌃-f
Unfold All Code	⌥-⌘-}

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	⌘-→
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	⌘-/

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	⌘-\

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	a
Move a File	m
Delete a File	⌫
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	cmd-+
Decrease Font Size	cmd--

Grammar

Task	Keystrokes
Select Grammar	⌃-⇧-L

Search Tasks

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