Jump to editor shortcut in Intellij IDEA

Question

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?

Answer 1

Esc usually brings the focus back to the editor.

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

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.