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Arne Evertsson
Arne Evertsson

Reputation: 19829

Keyboard shortcut for Jump to Definition

I'm looking for a keyboard only shortcut for Jump to Definition. The built-in shortcut requires the mouse: ⌘ + Double click.

I've tried to add a regular keyboard shorcut for the Edit>Find>Jump to Defintion menu command, but, alas, it will only work when the method name is selected. I'd like to be able to position the cursor within the method name, class name, or other symbol, and hit something like ⌘+Shift+L.

Does anyone know of a solution, perhaps using a script, for the problem?

Update: The keyboard shortcut works sometimes and sometimes not. When I position the text cursor on a method call with no parameters and press ⌘+Shift+L it takes me to the definition. But it doesn't work for a method that takes an id parameter. However it works if the parameter is an int.

I have submitted a bug report to Apple.

Upvotes: 76

Views: 45692

Answers (6)

Feru
Feru

Reputation: 1221

For XCode (tested in Swift) following keyboard shortcuts work. Found very useful:

To go to the Implementation (probably definition in Obj-C) :

Ctrl + Command + J

To pop back to Previous context :

Ctrl + Command + ←

To go to the Forward context :

Ctrl + Command + →

Upvotes: 18

Naishta
Naishta

Reputation: 12343

Change it in Xcode Preferences -> Navigation , NOT Key Bindings enter image description here

Upvotes: 6

Steven Gardner
Steven Gardner

Reputation: 234

May Be it can work

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or try this way

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Upvotes: 0

atulkhatri
atulkhatri

Reputation: 11333

For Jump to Definition feature, you have the following 4 options:

  1. Ctrl + Command + J
  2. Ctrl + Command + Left Click (One finger tap)
  3. Command + Right Click (Two fingers tap)

XCode 9 only:

  1. Go to Xcode => Preferences => Navigation => Change Command-click on Code to Jumps to Definition and then use Command + Left Click (One finger tap)

Upvotes: 46

Thomas Kekeisen
Thomas Kekeisen

Reputation: 4406

In Xcode 4.5.2 the shortcut now is ^ + ⌘ + J (more readable Ctrl + Cmd + J).

Upvotes: 98

Ramashalanka
Ramashalanka

Reputation: 8854

Try the following: Cmd+Option+↑ (or Cmd+Shift+D and select from list) or see this link re assigning shortcuts (this last option is probably what you tried already - it may require selecting the method).

Upvotes: 2

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