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?

Apanage

#294667 – Prevaricator

Its just intelliJ with some addons. So whenever you have a "how do I" question on it, search for the answer for intellij – Outherod

For a complete list of shortcuts visit developer.android.com/sdk/installing/… – Dan

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. – Ricoriki

See also "Intellij Idea Keyboard Shortcuts" wiki.c2.com/?IntellijIdeaKeyboardShortcuts – Refrain

Answer 1

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.

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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

1. Go to System Tools → System Settings → Keyboard → Shortcuts tab → System → Lock Screen.

2. 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.

3. Check if the keyboard shortcut now works in Android Studio.

Alternative method

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

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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.

Hoofed

Thanks. can you please tell me how to jump to any method in android studio.in eclipse ctrl+o – Apanage

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. – Solangesolano

@SagarNayak For that you need to set lines into editor's settings. Read more at #11118704 or #26354801 – Hoofed

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) – Windsucking

@jmartin Correct. Actually Android Studio is customized JetBrains, so almost all shortcuts are same. – Hoofed

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! – Fiden

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. – Almeta

Ctrl + Alt + L not working when i tried with korlin. – Evante

Answer 2

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

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

Laurent

Answer 3

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

Elusion

Answer 4

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

Whiteness

P.S. It's probably a good idea to state what the "Windows key" is especially on a Mac running Ubuntu :) – Messick

Answer 5

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).

Mckean

This solved my problem. Not sure why this wasn't mentioned in android's Keyboard Commands document. – Euphroe

Answer 6

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.

Perineum

Answer 7

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.

Cave

Answer 8

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.

Hectogram

Answer 9

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

Senegal

Answer 10

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

Polysemy

Answer 11

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.

Cotonou

Answer 12

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.

Doubletongued

Answer 13

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".

Radish

Answer 14

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?

Infrared

Answer 15

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.

Accomplishment

Answer 16

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:

1. Goto Declaration

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

CMD + B or CMD + CLICK (Mac)

2. 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)

3. 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)

Merocrine

Answer 17

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).

Latea

Answer 18

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:

Coh

This result came up for me when I had this problem and the above didn't help. For me it turned out I had "Mouse Without Borders" running and this was consuming my <CTRL>+<ALT>+L keypress. Closing Mouse Without Borders fixed it for me. Just posting here incase someone else with the same issue gets fed this same result ;) – Interface

Thanks for posting it! @Interface – Coh

Answer 19

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.

Hazaki

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. – Sectorial

Answer 20

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

Tripartite

Answer 21

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

Urinate

Answer 22

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 . . .

Impudicity

Answer 23

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.

Costive

Answer 24

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

Juster