Qt Creator keyboard shortcuts 

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- Shortcuts
1
Ctrl + O

Open file or project

-1
Ctrl + N

New file or project

-1
Alt + V then Alt + I

Open in external editor

0
Ctrl + A

Select all

0
Del

Delete

0
Ctrl + X

Cut

0
Ctrl + C

Copy

0
Ctrl + V

Paste

-1
Ctrl + Y

Redo

-1
Ctrl + P

Print

0
Ctrl + S

Save

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + S

Save all

0
Ctrl + W

Close window

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + W

Close all

0
Ctrl + F4

Close current file

0
Alt +

Go back

0
Alt +

Go forward

0
Ctrl + L

Go to line

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Tab

Next open document in history

0
Ctrl + E then O

Go to other split

1
Ctrl + Tab

Previous open document in history

0
Ctrl + K

Activate Locator

0
Ctrl + 1

Switch to Welcome mode

0
Ctrl + 2

Switch to Edit mode

0
Ctrl + 3

Switch to Design mode

0
Ctrl + 4

Switch to Debug mode

0
Ctrl + 5

Switch to Projects mode

0
Ctrl + 6

Switch to Help mode

0
Alt + 1

Toggle Issues pane

0
Alt + 2

Toggle Search Results pane

0
Alt + 3

Toggle Application Output pane

-1
Alt + 4

Toggle Compile Output pane

0
Alt + Num 0 - Num 9

Toggle other output panes

0
Alt + M

Activate Bookmarks pane

0
Alt + Y

Activate File System pane

0
Alt + O

Activate Open Documents pane

0
Alt + 9

Maximize output panes

1
F6

Move to next item in output panes

0
↑  Shift + F6

Move to previous item in output panes

0
Alt + X

Activate Projects pane

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F11

Full screen

0
Alt + 0

Toggle the sidebar

0
Ctrl + Z

Undo

0
Esc

Move to Edit mode. First press moves focus to the editor. Second press closes secondary windows

1
Ctrl + Q

Exit Qt Creator

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0
Ctrl + I

Auto-indent selection

0
Ctrl + <

Collapse

-1
Ctrl + >

Expand

1
Ctrl + Space

Trigger a completion in this scope

0
Ctrl + Insert

Copy line

0
Ctrl + Alt +

Copy line down

0
Ctrl + Alt +

Copy line up

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + V

Paste from the clipboard history (Subsequent presses move you back in the history)

0
↑  Shift + Del

Cut line

0
Ctrl + J

Join lines

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

Insert line above current line

0
Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Insert line below current line

0
Ctrl +

Decrease font size

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0
Ctrl +

Increase font size

0
Ctrl + 0

Reset font size

0
Alt + V then Alt + V

Toggle Vim-style editing

0
Ctrl + E then 2

Split

0
Ctrl + E then 3

Split side by side

0
Ctrl + E then 1

Remove all splits

0
Ctrl + E then 0

Remove current split

0
Ctrl + A

Select all

0
Ctrl + ]

Go to block end

0
Ctrl + [

Go to block start

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ]

Go to block end and select the lines between the current cursor position and the end of the block

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + [

Go to block start and select the lines between the current cursor position and the beginning of the block

0
Ctrl + U

Select the current block (The second press extends the selection to the parent block. To enable this behavior, select Tools> Options > Text Editor > Behavior > Enable smart selection changing)

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + U

Undo the latest smart block selection

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Move current line down

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Move current line up

0
Alt + ⤶ Enter

Trigger a refactoring action in this scope

0
Ctrl + E then R

Rewrap paragraph

0
Ctrl + E then Ctrl + W

Enable text wrapping

0
Ctrl + /

Toggle comment for selection

0
Ctrl + E then Ctrl + V

Visualize whitespace

0
Ctrl + J

Adjust size

0
Ctrl + G

Lay out in a grid

0
Ctrl + H

Lay out horizontally

0
Ctrl + L

Lay out vertically

1
Alt + ↑  Shift + R

Preview

-1
F4

Edit signals and slots

0
Ctrl + M

Toggle bookmark

0
Ctrl + .

Go to next bookmark

0
Ctrl + then Go

to previous bookmark

0
Alt + C then Alt + F

Fetch snippet

0
Alt + C then Alt + P

Paste snippet

-1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + U

Find usages

1
F2

Follow symbol under cursor (Works with namespaces, classes, functions, variables, include statements and macros)

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + R

Rename symbol under cursor

0
↑  Shift + F2

Switch between function declaration and definition

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + T

Open type hierarchy

0
F4

Switch between header and source file

0
Alt + U

Turn selected text into lowercase

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + U

Turn selected text into uppercase

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + C

Run static checks on JavaScript code to find common problems

0
Ctrl + F

Find and replace

0
F3

Find next

0
↑  Shift + F3

Find previous

0
Ctrl + F3

Find next occurrence of selected text

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F3

Find previous occurrence of selected text

0
Ctrl + =

Replace next

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F

Open advanced find

0
Alt + (

Record a text-editing macro

0
Alt + )

Stop recording a macro

0
Alt + R

Play last macro

-1
Ctrl + Alt + Space

Show Qt Quick toolbars

-1
Alt + V then 1 - 9

(use the number of the user action) Execute user actions in FakeVim mode

0
Ctrl + [

Switch to background

0
Ctrl + ]

Switch to outline

0
Ctrl + +

Zoom in

0
Ctrl + -

Zoom out

0
Ctrl + =

Fit to screen

0
Ctrl + 0

Original size

0
F2

Open the QML file that defines the selected component

0
F4

Move between Text Editor and Form Editor

0
Ctrl + Alt + 0

Toggle left sidebar

0
Ctrl + Alt + ↑  Shift + 0

Toggle right sidebar

0
F5

Start or continue debugging

0
↑  Shift + F5

Exit debugger

0
F10

Step over

0
F11

Step into

0
↑  Shift + F11

Step out

0
F9

Toggle breakpoint

0
Ctrl + F6

Run to selected function

0
Ctrl + F10

Run to line

0
F12

Reverse direction

0
Ctrl + B

Build project

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + B

Build all

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + N

New project

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + O

Open project

0
Ctrl + T

Select the kit to build and run your project with

0
Ctrl + R

Run

1
F1

View context-sensitive help

0
Ctrl + T

Activate contents in Help mode

0
Ctrl + M

Add bookmark in Help mode

0
Ctrl + I

Activate index in Help mode

0
Ctrl + 0

Reset font size

0
Ctrl + S

Activate search in Help mode


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Program information

Program name: Qt Creator Qt Creator (Developer tools)

Web page: qt.io

Last update: 11/11/2019 20.10 UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 63%

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Shortcut count: 171

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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