Most Useful Shortcut Keys for Android Studio with Bonus Plugins

3 min readNov 3, 2017

Hi Geeks..!!

Using a shortcuts in our day today life makes us More Smarter and it saves a Lot of time(no only Programming) .

If your job requires you to be working on a computer throughout each standard 8-hour workday, then using keyboard shortcuts can save you 8 entire workdays every year. This is equal to 3.3% of your total productivity!
-from BrainScape blog

8 Entire Days..? Is that Amazing..?? Yes Definitely (Time is Gold..!!! Lol )So i decided to share my knowledge on shortcuts in Android Studio which are the Most Commonly used by Android Developers.

Search Keys

Shift+Shift — Search Every Where
Ctrl+F — Find Text with in a Single File
Ctrl+Shift+F-Find Text in All Files
Ctrl+R — Replace Selected Text in a Single File
Ctrl+Shift+R — Replace Selected Text in all Files (Be Careful while Using This)
Ctrl+Shift+A —Search for IDE Commands

Navigation Keys

Ctrl+N — Navigate to Class
Ctrl+Shift+N — Navigate to a File
Ctrl+B — Jump to Declareations
Alt+ ↑ — Jump to Previous Method
Alt+↓ — Jump to Next Method
Ctrl+G — Jump to Line
Ctrl+E — Recent Files
Ctrl+Shift+Back Space — Jump to Last Edited Location
Ctrl+B — Find Declarations
Ctrl+Left Mouse(or)Ctrl+Alt+F7— Show Usage
Alt + F7 / Ctrl + F7 — Find usages /Find usages in file
Ctrl+Shift+B — Find Implementations
F3 — Find Next
Shift+F3 — Find Previous

BookMark Keys

F11 — Toggle bookmark
Ctrl+F11 — Toggle bookmark with mnemonic(0–9 or A-Z)
Ctrl +(0–9) — Go to numbered bookmark
Shift+F11 — Show all Bookmarks
Ctrl + Shift + F7 — Highlight usages in file

Selection Keys

Ctrl + W — Extend selection (selects a word->line->method->Class )
Ctrl +Shift+ W — Decrease Selection
Alt + J — Select next occurrence
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + J — Select all occurrences
Alt + Shift + J — Unselect occurrence
Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste from recent buffers (from a History of Copied Contents)

Editing Keys

Ctrl+F6 -Refractor Code
Ctrl+D — Duplicate a Line/Selected part
Ctrl+Y — Delete a Line/Selected part
Ctrl+Q — Quick Documentation
Ctrl + Space — Code completion
Ctrl+Shift+Space — Smart code completion (by expected type removes unrelated suggestions)
Alt+Insert — Generate Code
Ctrl+J — Insert Live template
Ctrl + O — Override methods
Ctrl + I — Implement methods
Ctrl + Alt + T — Surround with…
Ctrl + / — Comment / uncomment with line comment
Ctrl + Shift + / — Comment / uncomment with block comment
Ctrl+Alt+L — Reformat code