WebStorm macOS centric notes, tips and tricks
Use this to install any JetBrains app; have it uninstall your old/manually-installed JetBrain apps.
You can use this to launch projects and set some prefs, like:
There are a couple of ways to do this:
- IDE Settings Sync (my choice, as this syncs more than the following …)
- Settings Repository
Material Oceanic, with contrast mode enabled.
This theme uses FiraCode font … Be sure to enable ligatures.
I upped the font size to 18 and line height to 1.2 (Preferences > Editor > Font)
Navigate to Help > Edit Custom Properties… and add: editor.zero.latency.typing=true
Navigate to Help > Edit Custom VM Options… and modify the -Xmx setting to be 3000m (this bumps the max heap size to 3 gigabytes).
Show hidden (dot)files
Preferences > Editor > File Types, and change “Ignore files and folders” from:
*.hprof;*.pyc;*.pyo;*.rbc;*.yarb;*~;.DS_Store;.git;.hg;.svn;CVS;__pycache__;_svn;vssver.scc;vssver2.scc;
… to:
.DS_Store;
Print the key map.
To rename a variable or extract a function and see the available refactorings on a symbol: Ctrl + T
Type an abbreviation, e.g. iter in JavaScript or img in HTML, and hit TAB to expand it into a code snippet.
Navigate to files, classes, symbols and even settings with: Shift + Shift
ALT + CMD + F7
CMD + SHIFT + A
CTRL + CLICK
OPTION + ENTER to see the available quick-fixes.
To get the following list, navigate to Preferences > Plugins > Installed, select all using CMD + A and copy using CMD + C:
BashSupport (1.7.4)
CodeGlance (1.5.4)
Material Theme UI (3.5.0.1)
Nyan Progress Bar (1.12)
PostCSS support (183.3795.1)
QuickJump (4.3)
Rainbow Brackets (5.16)
String Manipulation (6.1.143.000.0)