Brackets Cheat Sheet – PC

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Workspace
Keyboard Shortcuts Notes

Ctrl++ Increase Font Size Working Files can be sorted by name, type or order added by
clicking on the Gear icon
Ctrl+- Decrease Font Size
Or you can drag them into your own desired order.
Ctrl+0 Return to Default
Change Projects by clicking on the project name and choosing a
Ctrl+Shi +H Hide/Show the Sidebar di erent project
Ctrl+Alt+P Live Preview Set your tab/spacing preferences at the bottom right corner by
clicking on Tab/Spaces and the number
Ctrl+Shi +C Live Preview Highlight
Look at the bottom status bar for information on Linting Errors,
From menu Turn Line Numbers on/o
current line/column and more
From menu Turn Word Wrap on/o

Opening Closing/Files
Keyboard Shortcuts Notes

Ctrl+Shi +O Quick Open You can drag a file from Explorer/Finder into Brackets to open it

Ctrl+W Close Current File You can open files by right-clicking on them and opening in
Brackets
Ctrl+Shi +W Close All Files
Setting the default open to Brackets will depend on your
Ctrl+O Open a File operating system
Ctrl+N New File Right-click on files/folders in sidebar to rename, delete or reveal
in Explorer/Finder
Ctrl+Alt+R Switch Project
F2 Rename current file

Writing/Editing Code
Keyboard Shortcuts Notes

Ctrl+X Delete/Cut line/selection When using a shortcut to copy/delete/cut code, if you have a
selection made, that is what will get copied or cut. If you don't
Ctrl+D Duplicate line/selection have an active selection, the current line will get copied or cut.
Ctrl+C Copy line/selection You can get comments to line up with your code if you select all
Ctrl+V Paste line/selection the text on the line and do a block comment instead of a single
line comment.
Ctrl+/ Single line comment
When copying a block of code, make sure you select from the
Ctrl+Shi +/ Block comment beginning of the first line to the end of the last line, instead of
Ctrl+Enter Add a new line a er the current line just the beginning and the end of text.

Ctrl+Shi +Enter Add a new line before the current line

Cursor Placement
PC Keyboard Shortcuts
 → Move to the le
← Move to the right
↑ Move up one line
↓ Move down one line
Ctrl+→ Move to next word
Ctrl+← Move to previous word
Alt+→ Move to the end of line
Alt+← Move to the beginning of the line
Ctrl+Home Move to the beginning of file
Ctrl+End Move to the end of file
Ctrl+↑ Scroll up
Ctrl+↓ Scroll down

Selecting Code
PC Keyboard Shortcuts Notes

Ctrl+L Select the current line The PC and Mac shortcuts have some more complicated
di erences than normal for this section, so make sure you
Ctrl+B Select the current word understand how it works on your system.
Ctrl+A Select all the text
Shi +→ Select the next character
Shi +← Select the previous character
Shi +↑ Select the previous line
Shi +↓ Select the next line
Shi +Alt+→ Select next word
Shi +Alt+← Select previous word
Shi +Cmd+→ Select to the end of line
Shi +Cmd+← Select to the beginning of line
Shi +Cmd+Home Select to the beginning of file
Shi +Cmd+End Select to the end of file

Moving Code
Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl+Shi +↑ Move current line/selection up

Ctrl+Shi +↓ Move current line/selection down

Quick Edit
Keyboard Shortcuts Notes

Ctrl+E Open/Close Quick Edit You can have multiple Quick Edit windows open

Alt+↓ Go to next rule in list If your cursor is inside of a Quick Edit window, ESC will only
close that window
Alt+↑ Go to previous rule in list
If your cursor is in the original document, hitting ESC will close
Esc Close Quick Edit all Quick Edit windows
 Ctrl+N Create a New Rule You can access the Color Picker or Transition Editor by starting
Quick edit on a color or transition value while in a CSS, Sass or
Less file.

Find & Replace

Ctrl+F Find The case sensitive toggle in the find screen will stay set and will
be used for any find operations – even when find panel is closed
F3 Find Next
The "Replace" button will replace the highlighted word. The
Shi +F3 Find Previous "Batch" button will allow you to first see everywhere the word is
Ctrl+Shi +F Find in Files found and then pick and choose where you want to replace with
the new word.
Ctrl+H Replace
When finding across files in a folder or project, you can deselect
Ctrl+Shi +H Replace in Files an entire file or specific lines in the file for Batch replacement.

Multiple Cursors
Keyboard Shotcuts Notes

Ctrl+B Add next match to your selection Splitting your selection into lines gives you multiple cursors

Ctrl+Shi +B Skip and add next match Any editing you do will happen at each cursor position
Knowing how to move your cursor placement shortcuts will
Ctrl+U Undo last selection change
make this tool even more powerful
Ctrl+Shi +U Redo last selection change
Alt+F3 Find all and select
Ctrl+Click Add to your selection
Alt+Click+Drag Select a column
Alt+Shi +↑ Add Cursor to Previous Line
Alt+Shi +↓ Add Cursor to Next Line
Ctrl+Alt+L Split Selection Into Lines
Esc Switch to a Single Selection

Navigation (Go To)

Ctrl+E Quick Edit The Quick Open, Find Defintion and Go to Line all use the same
panel, so if you pick the wrong one, you can change your mind
Ctrl+J Jump to Definition by typing :, @ or nothing.
Ctrl+Shi +O Quick Open
Ctrl+T Go to Definition
Ctrl+G Go to Line
Ctrl+K Quick Docs