to standard function keys (Mac) Use A Different Keymap Mac setting screen to change F1, F2, etc. Check the box that says “Use all F1, F2, etc.You may be thinking: “Why would I change this? If I did, it would be more of an effort to change the volume etc.” How often do you change the volume vs actually using the function keys? Once you’ve become more accustomed with the IDE shortcuts the answer will be not too often. not a media key then you’d need to first push fn then the function key you wanted. If you wanted to use the function key as a function key i.e. By default in Mac the function keys will do things like adjust brightness, volume etc. Jetbrains’ IDEs make heavy use of the function keys for various keyboard shortcuts. (Mac) Make Your Function Keys Standard Function Keys Check out the answer here: for more details on disabling this annoying feature. Besides this reason I can see no good use for this feature anyway other than pranking unwitting colleagues. Having this mapping available is key to more productive use of IntelliJ/Android Studio as you will see later in this article.

There is an annoying feature that mainly seems to be present on laptops where when you push ctrl+alt+left/right it results in the screen you are on being rotated. Initial Setup (Windows) Disabling Annoying Screen Rotation We will go through the initial IDE setup and some essential IDE usage. This is easier said than done but the quickest way to learn these shortcuts is through muscle memory and reminders. The core commonality is that they are both keyboard centric meaning that to squeeze as much productivity out them as possible you should master the keyboard shortcuts. Despite these 2 different areas of focus these IDEs still have quite a bit in common. They have different focuses as IDEs: IntelliJ is a polyglot IDE with a strong focus on Java dev while Android Studio (as the name suggests) is geared more towards Android App development. IntelliJ and Android Studio are some of Jet Brain’s most popular products.

Intellij keyboard shortcuts