Atom Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet for Windows, Mac, and Linux

Atom is a free text and source code editor developed by GitHub. It's an open-source text editor which is supported by most operating systems including Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Atom is widely used by developers and popularly because it's easy to write, edit, style, highlight, and collaborate on the code in the smoothest way possible.

If you want to increase your productivity while working on a project, you can make use of all these Atom keyboard shortcuts for Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can use these shortcuts to manage files and folders, edit text, format code, and much more.

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Atom Text Editor Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows, Mac, and Linux

SHORTCUT (WINDOWS)	SHORTCUT (MAC)	SHORTCUT (LINUX)	ACTION
COMMON SHORTCUTS
Ctrl + N	⌘ + N	Ctrl + N	New file
Ctrl + Shift + N	⌘ + Shift + N	Ctrl + Shift + N	New window
Ctrl + P	⌘ + P	Ctrl + P	Open file (type the name to perform a search)
Ctrl + O	⌘ + O	Ctrl + O	Open new file
Ctrl + Shift + O	⌘ + Shift + O	Ctrl + Shift + O	Open folder
Ctrl + S	⌘ + S	Ctrl + S	Save
Ctrl + Shift + S	⌘ + Shift + S	Ctrl + Shift + S	Save as
Ctrl + W	⌘ + W	Ctrl + W	Close tab
Ctrl + Shift + W	⌘ + Shift + W	Ctrl + Shift + W	Close window
Ctrl + Alt + R	⌘ + Option + R	Ctrl + Alt + R	Reload Atom
Ctrl + B	⌘ + B	Ctrl + B	Browse list of open files
Ctrl + Shift + P	⌘ + Shift + P	Ctrl + Shift + P	Opens and closes the command palette
Ctrl + Page Up	⌘ + Alt + Arrow Left	Ctrl + Page Up	Cycles left through open tabs
Ctrl + Page Down	⌘ + Alt + Arrow Right	Ctrl + Page Down	Cycles right through open tabs
Ctrl + ,	⌘ + ,	Ctrl + ,	Opens Preferences/Settings
Ctrl + Shift + L	⌘ + Shift + L	Ctrl + Shift + L	Selects the language the file is in
Ctrl + Shift + I	⌘ + Shift + I	Ctrl + Shift + I	Opens the Chrome Developer Tools
Alt + Shift + S	Option + Shift + S	Alt + Shift + S	Show available code snippets
Ctrl + Shift + M	⌘ + Shift + M	Ctrl + Shift + M	Markdown preview
Ctrl + Alt + I	⌘ + Option + I	Ctrl + Alt + I	Toggle Developer Tools
Ctrl + Shift + =	⌘ + Shift + =	Ctrl + Shift + =	Increase text size
Ctrl + Shift + -	⌘ + Shift + -	Ctrl + Shift + -	Decrease text size
Ctrl + 0 (zero)	⌘ + 0 (zero)	Ctrl + 0 (zero)	Reset text size
F11	F11	F11	Toggle full screen
MANAGE LINES
Ctrl + G	⌘ + G	Ctrl + G	Go to line
Ctrl + L	⌘ + L	Ctrl + L	Select line
Ctrl + Shift + D	⌘ + Shift + D	Ctrl + Shift + D	Duplicate line
Ctrl + Shift + K	⌘ + Shift + K	Ctrl + Shift + K	Delete line
Ctrl + Arrow Up	⌘ + Arrow Up	Ctrl + Arrow Up	Move line up
Ctrl + Arrow Down	⌘ + Arrow Down	Ctrl + Arrow Down	Move line down
Ctrl + /	⌘ + /	Ctrl + /	Toggle comment line
Ctrl + Enter	⌘ + Return	Ctrl + Enter	New line below
Ctrl + [	⌘ + [	Ctrl + [	Indent selected lines
Ctrl + ]	⌘ + ]	Ctrl + ]	Outdent selected lines
Ctrl + J	⌘ + J	Ctrl + J	Join lines
MANAGE WORDS AND BRACKETS
Ctrl + Backspace	Option + H	Ctrl + Backspace	Delete until beginning of the current word
Ctrl + Delete	Option + D	Ctrl + Delete	Delete until end of the current word
Ctrl + Alt + .	⌘ + Option + .	Ctrl + Alt + .	Complete bracket
Ctrl + M	⌘ + M	Ctrl + M	Go to the matching bracket
Ctrl + Alt + M	⌘ + Option + M	Ctrl + Alt + M	Select code inside matching brackets
FIND AND REPLACE
Ctrl + F	⌘ + F	Ctrl + F	Find in current file
Ctrl + Shift + F	⌘ + Shift + F	Ctrl + Shift + F	Find in project
F3	F3	F3	Find next
Shift + F3	Shift + F3	Shift + F3	Find previous
Ctrl + Enter	⌘ + Enter	Ctrl + Enter	Replace all
Ctrl + Alt + /	⌘ + Option + /	Ctrl + Alt + /	Use Regex in search
Ctrl + Alt + C	⌘ + Option + C	Ctrl + Alt + C	Match case in search
Ctrl + Alt + S	⌘ + Option + S	Ctrl + Alt + S	Search only in selection
Ctrl + Alt + W	⌘ + Option + W	Ctrl + Alt + W	Match whole word
TREE VIEW
Alt + \	Option + \	Ctrl + 0 (zero)	Toggle focus tree view
Ctrl + \	⌘ + \	Ctrl + K, then B	Toggle tree view
J	J	J	Select next item
K	K	K	Select previous item
Arrow Right	Arrow Right	Arrow Right	Expand selected directory
Arrow Left	Arrow Left	Arrow Left	Collapse selected directory
Alt + Arrow Left	Option + Arrow Left	Alt + Arrow Left	Recursively expand directories
Alt + Arrow Right	Option + Arrow Right	Alt + Arrow Right	Recursively collapse directories
Enter	Return	Enter	Open selected item
F2	F2	F2	Move selected item
Backspace	Delete	Backspace	Delete current item
D	D	D	Duplicate selected item
Ctrl + 1 ... 9	⌘ + 1 ... 9	Ctrl + 1 ... 9	Open selected item in pane 1 ... 9
A	A	A	Add new file
Shift + A	Shift + A	Shift + A	Add new folder
I	I	I	Toggle display of VCS ignored files
MANAGE DIFFS AND CODE FOLDING
Alt + G, then D	Option + G, then D	Alt + G, then D	Toggle list of diffs in the file
Alt + G, then Arrow Down	Option + G, then Arrow Down	Alt + G, then Arrow Down	Move to next diff in the file
Alt + G, then Arrow Up	Option + G, then Arrow Up	Alt + G, then Arrow Up	Move to previous diff in the file
Ctrl + K, then Ctrl + 1 ... 9	⌘ + K then ⌘ + 1 ... 9	Ctrl + K, then Ctrl + 1 ... 9	Fold all code at indent level 1 ... 9
Ctrl + Alt + /	⌘ + Option + /	Ctrl + Alt + /	Fold / unfold code
Ctrl + Alt + F	⌘ + Option + F	Ctrl + Alt + F	Fold selected code
Ctrl + Alt + [	⌘ + Option + [	Ctrl + Alt + [	Fold all code
Ctrl + Alt + ]	⌘ + Option + ]	Ctrl + Alt + ]	Unfold all code

Speed Up Your Project Development Using Atom

With these keyboard shortcuts, you can take your project development speed to the next level. You can also manage and keep track of source code using the embedded Git Control in Atom.

Atom is one of the best text editors available in the market. That said, it's still behind Visual Studio Code in terms of performance and speed, although there is a trade-off and tough competition between the two.