Keyboard shortcut for Jump to Previous View Location (Navigate back/forward) in IntelliJ IDEA

Question

I know Ctrl+Shift+Backspace is used to go to the location of the last edit.

But I want to jump to whichever location I was most rece

Answer 1

Q & A is built into Intellij ...

CTRL/CMD + SHIFT + A x 2 TYPE caret

Answer 2

If you are on a mac keyboard using with UNIX OS;

control + alt + command + left or right should work for sure.

Answer 3

CMD + [ -> Go Previous

CMD + ] -> Go Next

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For OSX, cmd + [ and ] are the best choices to go back & forth, Since they are found so near to fingers, avoiding you wrist twisting a bit, one keypress lesser, ideal for users in vim mode.

As the OP requested, this works well with cmd + B which facilitates jumping inside/to the method/variable definition and comes back immediately using cmd + [. Give a try.

Answer 4

The underlying problem is Ctrl+Alt+Left and Right are used by window managers to switch workspace and/or OEM utilities to change the screen orientation.

You can change the assignments using File / Settings / Keymap then Main Menu / Navigate find Back and Forward and right click to Add Keyboard Shortcut to set an alternative key chord.

Alt Graph+Left and Alt Graph+Right works well for me (IDEA 13.1.4 on Ubuntu under IceWM).

Answer 5

Navigate back/forward

Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right

Answer 6

For version 14. On mac, it is ⌥(alt) + ⌘ + ←