Jump to editor shortcut in Intellij IDEA

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I can use F12 to jump to project tree (if it was the last tool that I used), but is there a shortcut for jumping back to editor?

If you're using ESC for something else (e.g. vim), upvoting this will help the situation: Upvoting this should help: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-116865 — pondermatic, Mar 17 '16 at 18:47
Suggest you alt+1 for that, nearer from your fingers positions — Pipo, Aug 20 '18 at 18:10

score 581 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 01 '20 at 23:34

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Esc usually brings the focus back to the editor.

edited Jun 01 '20 at 23:34

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Any idea if it's possible to bind additional key combinations to this action? – Ionuț G. Stan Apr 27 '12 at 09:45
@IonuțG.Stan, I'm afraid, no. – CrazyCoder Apr 27 '12 at 10:00
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This is broken in VIM-emulator mode (escape does mode switching instead), and there is no way to bind another keystroke to focusing the editor. – Excalibur Mar 28 '13 at 20:04
For reference I have reported this issue here: http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/VIM-591 – Silas Davis Dec 11 '13 at 15:30
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Hi! That doesn't seem to work with terminal, sadly. Know of any workaround ? – Ven Dec 26 '13 at 01:43
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Exactly what @Ven said. Some tool windows only respond to Shift-Escape, which works but hides the tool window. – spieden Feb 06 '14 at 02:00
I previously requested that this be configurable: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-116865 – pondermatic Nov 02 '14 at 23:15
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There are a few workarounds for terminal. See this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/23860667/722929 – Tobber Feb 13 '15 at 08:18
Not always. When I select something in tool window when I press esc it deselects it. Second Esc will go to editor but that's not convenient as it requires feedback - check if I'm in editor, if not press esc again. Also I would like to keep selection in tool window, not remove it – NickSoft Jan 25 '17 at 12:06
Esc, F4, Alt+Home, Crlt+Shift+A "Edit" does not work if you have some toolbars in windowed mode. Is there any other option? – Pavol Liška Mar 07 '17 at 09:44
@PavolLiška there is no other option, [file a bug](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/IDEA). – CrazyCoder Mar 09 '17 at 20:31
Go to Settings | Tools | Terminal and disable "Override IDE shortcuts" option - it will help to navigate from Terminal to editor using `ESC`. – Alex Skrypnyk Aug 18 '19 at 00:37

score 25 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 19 '17 at 14:23

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With Alt + Home you can actually put focus on selecting the file and hit enter in order to go to the editor.

Esc is not always going to put the focus on editor.

For those on Mac (you don't have a Home key), use Command + E to open the recent files then hit enter.

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I'll make useful extensive usage of this one here!! Thanks – artu-hnrq Jul 09 '20 at 22:34

score 14 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 25 '19 at 08:09

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Pressing F4 (Jump to Source action) in a selected resource in the Project View opens the editor with focus.

edited Jun 25 '19 at 08:09

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This is really annoying that I had to add Enter key as a second shortcut (alongside with F4) to open and *focus* file from Project view – avalanche1 Mar 06 '18 at 09:06
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Best workaround for me because it doesn't hide any other window. Thanks. – davidxxx Jun 25 '19 at 08:06

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 23 '17 at 19:27

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Another easy way to get from Terminal to Editor (on Mac) with two keys that are close together: Press ⌘1 to go to the project tool window, then hit Esc.

answered Sep 23 '17 at 19:27

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Or simply press `⌘1` twice; much easier :) – Sanjay T. Sharma Jul 11 '22 at 20:45

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 18 '17 at 04:13

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You can use ctrl + tab Navigate between files opened in the editor, and tool windows.

answered Jul 18 '17 at 04:13

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 05 '16 at 16:07

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This is definitely a workaround, but, on mac os the following keystrokes work,

[ SHIFT + CMD + A ] > type "edit" > [ ENTER ]

So, I created a Service using Automator as follows,

receives no input
active for my IDE only ( phpstorm )
runs an AppleScript ( see below )

Then I mapped the Service via "System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services" to

[ CTRL + OPTION + CMD + i ]

The Automator Service, contains the following AppleScript,

on run {input, parameters}
    tell application "System Events"

        keystroke "A" using {shift down, command down}

        delay 0.2
        keystroke "edit"

        delay 0.2
        keystroke return

    end tell

    return input
end run

answered Jul 05 '16 at 16:07

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I didn't know this was possible, thanks for posting this answer! – pedromanoel Oct 04 '17 at 17:43
great answer here - i'll use this as a template for other commands as well – WestCoastProjects Sep 15 '18 at 02:41
Thank you. Shift+Cmd+A followed by Esc also seems to work. – Jeff Schwab Feb 02 '19 at 08:47

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 07 '17 at 01:26

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The most elegant way found in mac: ctrl + tab + p

ctrl + tab: open recent file, always last file opened
ctrl + p: last line in mac default keymap

answered Oct 07 '17 at 01:26

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score 2 · Answer 8 · edited Jul 24 '17 at 15:45

There is no perfect solution, since Escape doesn't work if your other Tool Window is a Terminal, Windowed... as a result there is an open ticket on Jetbrains, bug tracking site see this link.

Also, if you have "Autoscroll to Source" disabled (default state in Intellij):

Escape puts cursor in file currently visible in editor (As mentioned in the other Answers)
F4 puts cursor in file currently selected in the Project view.

Jump to editor shortcut in Intellij IDEA

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