Code formatting shortcuts in Android Studio for Operation Systems

Question

I have started developing with Android Studio. In Eclipse I was using Ctrl + Shift + F, but in Android Studio it does not work. It will be different.

How can I jump to any method in a .java file? I was using Ctrl + O in Eclipse.

Is it available? What is the shortcut for code formatting?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/294167/what-are-the-most-useful-intellij-idea-keyboard-shortcuts — OschtärEi, May 16 '13 at 06:12
Its just intelliJ with some addons. So whenever you have a "how do I" question on it, search for the answer for intellij — Gabe Sechan, May 16 '13 at 06:14
For a complete list of shortcuts visit http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio-tips.html#KeyCommands — Stelian, Feb 01 '14 at 23:19
u could also record a macro like "CMD + SHIFT + L" and then "CMD + S" and set the CMD+S Shortcut to this macro. u can record a macro in Edit->Macros->Start Macro Recording. And you can change the shortcuts in AndroidStudio->Preferences->KeyMap, where you'll find your saved macro in "Macros" and the Save-Action (where you have to remove the CMD+S shortcut) in Main menu->File. Hope this is an additional Help! I think it's faster to format on save because you should be saving your code often anyway. — Coding John, Jan 11 '18 at 08:39
See also "Intellij Idea Keyboard Shortcuts" http://wiki.c2.com/?IntellijIdeaKeyboardShortcuts — Shomu, Oct 13 '18 at 11:23

Pankaj Kumar · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-10T07:31:54.037

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Windows: Ctrl + Alt + L

Linux: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + L

macOS: Option + Command + L

Reference: Key Commands and here are all of the commands for Windows/ Linux users and for Mac users.

As Rohit faced a problem in Ubuntu with the format code shortcut, this is due to the Ctrl + Alt + L key being used to lock the screen in Ubuntu.

I found that Ubuntu handles this keyboard shortcut first. So you should bind the Ctrl + Alt + L keyboard shortcut to something else so that it doesn't conflict with Ubuntu.

Steps

Go to System Tools → System Settings → Keyboard → Shortcuts tab → System → Lock Screen.
Select the row New Accelerator..., then press any special key with the Alpha key (e.g. Shift + L). You should've successfully changed the keyboard shortcut.
Check if the keyboard shortcut now works in Android Studio.

Alternative method

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + L (to show a dialog)

You can also use Eclipse shortcuts.

Windows and Linux: Go to menu File → Settings → Keymap
macOS: Go to menu Preferences → Keymap and choose Eclipse from the drop-down menu.

Using MenuBar

Select code which you want to reformat
Click on Code in the menu bar and select Reformat Code as shown in the image below:

In Android studio 3.5, there is problem with rearranging the xml code, it also rearrange the views as well, so need to use these settings first.

Settings -> Editor -> Code Style -> XML-> Set From -> Predefined Style > Android.

Update for Android Studio 4+

Since Android Studio 4+, you might face issue shortcuts on mac. Shortcuts not working after updating to Android studio 4, in Mac? have an answer for that.

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answered May 16 '13 at 06:13

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Thanks. can you please tell me how to jump to any method in android studio.in eclipse `ctrl+o` – Bhavesh Hirpara May 16 '13 at 06:21
it does not format the comments. if i have given more space before a comment line it will stay there until i manually cut all those space. please do suggest a walk around. – Sagar Nayak Jun 01 '17 at 10:53
@SagarNayak For that you need to set lines into editor's settings. Read more at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11118204/how-to-remove-unnecessary-blank-line-on-code-formatting-in-intellij or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26354301/how-do-i-auto-remove-trailing-whitespace-in-android-studio – Pankaj Kumar Jun 01 '17 at 11:01
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Also works in PyCharm (at least on Mac), so I assume this could be a helpful answer for users of all JetBrains products (not only Android Studio) – jammartin Aug 26 '17 at 08:15
@jmartin Correct. Actually Android Studio is customized JetBrains, so almost all shortcuts are same. – Pankaj Kumar Aug 26 '17 at 12:11
Ohh. They don't understand how it is important to format the code during the writing. Why? Why on NetBeans I dont bother about what shortcut it should be? Or recall that stuff. Just rightclick and format! – CodeToLife Oct 07 '18 at 17:11
EDIT 3 : Using MenuBar... only helped me for rearranging XML. I tried many times alt+cmd+L in mac Android studio but no luck.. for java file it was working fine. – Himanshu Mori Feb 19 '19 at 19:59
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Ctrl + Alt + L not working when i tried with korlin. – Arbaz.in Aug 05 '19 at 08:28

score 113 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 06 '19 at 00:59

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You can also use Eclipse's keyboard shortcuts: just go to menu Preferences → keymap and choose Eclipse from the dropdown menu.

The actual path is: menu File → Settings → Keymap (under IDE settings)

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answered May 16 '13 at 16:03

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score 74 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 06 '19 at 00:58

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Check Keyboard Commands given in the Android Studio Tips & Trick documentation:

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score 33 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 03 '21 at 02:24

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Just select the code and

on Windows do Ctrl + Alt + L
on Linux do Ctrl + Super + Alt + L
on Mac do CMD + Alt + L

This solution from junaidp

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P.S. It's probably a good idea to state what the "Windows key" is especially on a Mac running Ubuntu :) – Edric Nov 12 '18 at 09:49

score 16 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 06 '19 at 01:00

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For formatting code in Android Studio on Linux you could instead use Ctrl + Alt + Super + L. You could use this and avoid having to change the system shortcut. (Super key is the Windows icon key besides the Alt key).

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This solved my problem. Not sure why this wasn't mentioned in android's Keyboard Commands document. – mnaa Oct 03 '14 at 10:28

score 12 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 06 '19 at 01:05

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For code formatting in Android Studio:

Ctrl + Alt + L (Windows/Linux)

Option + Cmd + L (Mac)

The user can also use Eclipse's keyboard shortcuts: just go on menu Setting → Preferences → Keymap and choose Eclipse (or any one you like) from the dropdown menu.

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answered Jan 24 '15 at 08:33

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score 11 · Answer 7 · edited Apr 06 '19 at 03:28

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You will have to apply all Eclipse shortcuts with Android Studio before using all those shortcuts.

Procedure:

Steps:

Setting -> KeyMap -> Select Eclipse -> Apply -> OK

Now you can use all Eclipse shortcuts in Android Studio...

Have some snapshots here.

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answered Mar 12 '15 at 05:42

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score 11 · Answer 8 · edited Apr 06 '19 at 03:32

For auto formatting your Java/XML files in Android Studio, use following commands:

As you are looking for a single point to go with your work as Eclipse did, there is no such built-in functionality in Android Studio, but it gives you the ability to do it through a macro. Follow these steps:

In Android Studio, open any of your source code files.

Press Ctrl + Alt + O This is used to find/optimize unused import.

If a dialog open select "Don't show it again" and hit Run.

Go to Edit > Macros > Start Macro Recording.

Press Ctrl + Alt + O.

Press Ctrl + Alt + L. This formats your code. (Shift+Ctrl+Alt+L for Ubuntu).

Press Ctrl + S. This saves your file;)

Go to Edit > Macros > Stop Macro Recording.

Save this created macro with a name, for instance: “Auto Formatting".

Boom, you have now successfully created your macro. Now just add/assign a shortcut to it:

Open Preferences.

Search in the left bar for Keymap.

In the right hand pane, click in the search bar and type the name of your saved macro ("Auto Formatting".)

Double click on your item. There might be two, it doesn’t matter which one you click on.

Click Add Keyboard Shortcut.

Set your keyboard shortcut to Ctrl + S.

Finally, confirm overriding Ctrl + S to be your new macro.

score 9 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 21 '14 at 06:02

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Check this. Also you can change it as per your preference.

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score 8 · Answer 10 · edited Apr 06 '19 at 01:04

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Just to add to @user2340612 answer to switch keymaps to Eclipse, the path for Android Studio 1.0.1 is:

Menu File → Settings → Keymap (under the Editor option) → Keymaps = Eclipse

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answered Jan 09 '15 at 13:55

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score 7 · Answer 11 · answered Jan 21 '19 at 22:33

In addition to auto-formatting that the other answers describe, another trick is to highlight the text that you want to indent and then press

Tab to increase the indent or
Shift+Tab to decrease the indent.

Check out the Keyboard Shortcut docs for more.

score 6 · Answer 12 · edited Mar 19 '15 at 11:23

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Ctrl+Alt+L might conflict with Lock Screen shortcut in Ubuntu. In such case you can change the keyboard shortcut for Reformatting Code as follows:

File-> Settings-> IDE Settings-> Keymap

Search for Reformat Code and change the keyboard shortcut.

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score 6 · Answer 13 · edited Jun 24 '16 at 11:28

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Really, I went to this thread because of my Ubuntu locks screen after this shortcut Ctrl + Alt + L. So if you are have the same problem just go to the Settings - Keyboard - Shortcuts - System and change the default shortcut for the "Lock screen".

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score 5 · Answer 14 · edited Apr 06 '19 at 03:21

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For those who are wondering about the alignment issue inside bracket, JetBrains has this as in their issue tracking.

Here is the answer:

How do I align/format code in Android Studio?

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answered Jan 29 '15 at 21:58

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score 4 · Answer 15 · edited Jun 24 '16 at 11:24

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The shortcut that worked for me is

SHIFT+ALT+CMD+L

You can optimize imports to remove the ones you don't use, and auto import the new classes.

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score 4 · Answer 16 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

I think is clear that for code formatting in Android Studio the combination keys are:

CTRL + ALT + L (Win/ Linux)

OPTION + CMD + L (Mac)

However, we forgot to answer about the Jumping into the method. Well to go into any declaration/implementation there three ways:

Goto Declaration

CTRL + B or CTRL + CLICK (Win/ Linux)

CMD + B or CMD + CLICK (Mac)

Goto Implementation

These commands show a list of all the classes/interfaces that are implementing the selected class/interface. On variables, it has the same effect as Goto Declaration.

CTRL + ALT + B (Win/ Linux)

CMD + ALT + B (Mac)

Goto Type Declaration

These shortcuts will go into the declaration of the “AnyClass” class.

CTRL + SHIFT + B (Win/ Linux)

CTRL + SHIFT + B (Mac)

Additionally, there is a shortcut for Goto the Super Class. This will open the parent of the current symbol. Pretty much the opposite of Goto Implementation. For overridden methods, it will open its parent implementation.

CTRL + U (Win/ Linux)

CMD + U (Mac)

score 4 · Answer 17 · edited Apr 06 '19 at 03:34

If you are using the Dart plugin, go to Android Studio, menu File -> Settings. And search for "reformat code with", click "Reformat code with dartfmt" under the main menu:

Click "Add keyboard Shortcut". Then press Ctrl + Alt + L and the shortcut should work (If Ctrl + Alt + L make the computer sleep/suspend, change the shortcut in your system settings to something else. Otherwise, both shortcuts will collide).

score 4 · Answer 18 · answered Jul 25 '19 at 07:35

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Some times even I type Ctrl+Alt+L is not working in XML, so found this way to make it work.

Go to Settings --> Editor --> Code Style --> Select Default --> Ok.

For your reference see the screenshot:

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score 2 · Answer 19 · edited Mar 17 '17 at 12:15

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Try this.

On Windows do Ctrl + Alt + L
On Linux do Ctrl + Shift + Alt + L for dialog to open and then reformat.
On Mac do CMD + Alt + L

Note: Here many answers for Linux is just Ctrl + Alt + L which is wrong. In Linux, doing Ctrl + Alt + L locks the system.

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The lock happens because in Linux DE like KDE the shortcut is set for locking the desktop. For KDE, Change it from `KDE Menu -> System Settings -> Shortcuts and Gesture -> Global Keyboard Shortcut`, then in KDE Component spinner select The KDE Session Manager. Clear **lock session** shortcut. – ישו אוהב אותך Feb 17 '17 at 06:03

score 2 · Answer 20 · edited Nov 04 '17 at 16:34

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It's Ctrl + Alt + L for Windows. For a complete list of keyboard shortcuts please take a look at the user manual: https://developer.android.com/studio/intro/keyboard-shortcuts.html

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score 2 · Answer 21 · answered Feb 14 '21 at 06:19

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There are some shortcut keys for rearrange or reformat code in Android studio.

Linux: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + L

mac OS: Option + Command + L

Windows: Ctrl + Alt + L

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elyar abad · Answer 22 · 2019-09-21T14:47:46.453

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I have had an experience using Ctrl + Alt + L in Windows that this shortcut did not work at all because it was reserved by another software, running at the background; which I realized later.

I decided to mention this issue as I thought it may be helpful . . .

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score -1 · Answer 23 · edited Apr 06 '19 at 01:02

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The best key where you can find all commands in Eclipse is Ctrl + Shift + L.

By pressing this you can get all the commands in Eclipse.

One important is Ctrl + Shift + O to import and un-import useless imports.

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score -1 · Answer 24 · edited May 28 '18 at 15:14

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You can use the following shortcut for code formatting: Ctrl+Alt+L

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Code formatting shortcuts in Android Studio for Operation Systems

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Steps

Alternative method

Using MenuBar

Update for Android Studio 4+

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