Not quite a keyboard shortcut, this one is more of a code completion helper. Refer to the figure below for comparison.ģ. While line commenting is quicker, here you can be much more precise and more creative with comments. Similar to line commenting, this shortcut will surround the current selection. (Un)Comment selection: Shift + Control + / A good thing to know is that caret will move to the next line automatically, allowing multiple lines to be commented out at once.Ģ. Even cooler, the editor will know how to uncomment lines, even when commented out manually. Instead of going to the beginning of line and manually typing //, Cmd+L will do that for us. Transforming the current line into comment is essential in bug tracking. Features that could easily boost my productivity in a piece of software I spend so much time with. Visiting other options opened my eyes for new features to look for. Weeks, or even months later, I came back to IDEA, realizing that it has virtually all features found elsewhere, and it felt a bit more robust. Even more so, I was so close to ditching IDEA (or rather Web Storm) for Sublime Text 2 due to the cool features available through its plugin mechanism. All impressed me with their own unique features. In 2012 I spent quite some time giving other IDEs a chance. I can’t say I’m a shortcut junky, but knowing a few make my life a whole lot easier. Another way to boost productivity is learning how to use the assets we already own, such as IntelliJ IDEA. How can I get the shortcut keys ' Shift F1' to work to bring up the external doc for Java.When we need to get productive, we often invest money in new gadgets, software, or even a new computer. But I only have one version installed for Java 8. I looked online and someone suggested to add the API link to ALL my IntelliJ version installed. I did the following:ġ) From the Welcome Screen select -> CONFIGURE-> PROJECT DEFAULTS-> PROJECT STRUCTURE (See attachment)Ĥ) Bring up dialogue box ->' SPECIFY DOCUMENTATION URL'ħ) I went back into my project, put caret in code and tried to use the ' Shift F1' shortcut to bring up external Java Docs but nothing happens.Ĩ) Then I tried the Menu tab -> VIEW-> EXTERNAL DOCUMENTATION and website appears. I tried to setup a Shortcut Key to access JavaDocs online but the sequence ' Shift F1' does not work. I installed Community Version IntelliJ IDEA Version 2017.3.5 on my iMac running macOS High Sierra 10.13.3.

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