JetBrains Rider 2023.3 Help

Editor basics

Overview of visual elements

The editor has a lot of visual elements that help you read, write, and navigate the code. Let's take a look at some of them.

JetBrains Rider: visual elements of the editor

Colors and fonts

General colors of visual elements in the editor are defined by the user interface theme; colors and font size of specific code elements are defined by the editor color scheme.

Line numbers

By default, editor shows line numbers in all files that you open. If you prefer not to see line numbers, clear the Show line numbers checkbox on the Editor | General | Appearance page of JetBrains Rider settings Ctrl+Alt+S.

Apart from that, you can show or hide line numbers in the current document without changing the global setting: select View | Active Editor | Show Line Numbers from the main menu.

Line wraps (soft wraps)

When working with code files, you normally do not need soft wraps if your code is properly formatted.

If you need to enable soft wraps in specific kinds of files, select Soft-wrap these files on the Editor | General page of JetBrains Rider settings Ctrl+Alt+S and add a wildcard for the corresponding file names.

Editor shortcuts

You can use the following shortcuts for basic editing tasks:

Cut

Ctrl+X

Copy

Ctrl+C

Paste

Ctrl+V

Paste as Plain Text

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V

Paste from History...

Ctrl+Shift+V

Copy Paths

Ctrl+Shift+C

Copy Reference

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C

Save All

Ctrl+S

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Shift+Z

Indent Selection

Tab

Unindent Line or Selection

Shift+Tab

Auto-Indent Lines

Ctrl+Alt+I

Start New Line

Shift+Enter

Start New Line Before Current

Ctrl+Alt+Enter

Delete Line

Ctrl+Y

Join Lines

Ctrl+Shift+J

Duplicate Line or Selection

Ctrl+D

Toggle Case

Ctrl+Shift+U

Scratch File

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Insert

Open Source in New Window

Shift+F4

Show Whitespaces

Ctrl+R, W

Soft-Wrap

Ctrl+L, W

Increase Font Size in All Editors

Alt+Shift+.

Decrease Font Size in All Editors

Alt+Shift+,

For the full list of JetBrains Rider keyboard shortcuts, refer to Keyboard shortcuts in predefined keymaps.

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Last modified: 21 March 2024