In the search dialog, you have the usual textbox where you can enter the text you are looking for. The following keyboard shortcut will open a search dialog with fine grained options to allow you to optimize your search. The following keyboard shortcut will open a search panel in the file you are currently editing which will allow you to search within that particular file.

While we have not discussed Scala functions yet, you can use the same Alt + F7 shortcut to find say all Scala classes which are referencing a particular function.

From the search result, you can simply double click on any of the files to jump to the exact line number where the App trait is being referenced.

You will see a list of Scala classes that are referencing the App trait in your project as follows. You then place the cursor on the App trait name and then press Alt + F7.

If you would like to find all the files that are extending the App trait, you can first open the App trait using for example Step 2 above. So far in our allaboutscala project, we've used the App trait in a few places. The keyboard shortcut below will find any files which are referencing your given selection. You can use the up and down arrows to select the file and press the enter key to open it. By pressing the shift key twice, you will see a search dialog where you can enter App and it will list the matching results. The keyboard shortcut below will open a dialog where you can simply type in any file you are looking for.Īs an example, say you wanted to have a look at the implementation of the App trait which we saw in Tutorial 5.

If you do not have IntelliJ installed or the allaboutscala project, please follow the previous tutorials. Open IntelliJ and our allaboutscala project In this tutorial, we will show some of the most common IntelliJ search keyboard shortcuts which will help you be more productive when writing your Scala projects.ġ.

Shortcut to search page on mac