What's the difference between keymaps - Mac OS X and Mac OS X 10.5+?
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I am new to IntelliJ IDEA and learning shortcuts first to start my development actively in the IDE.
The default keymap scheme is Mac OS X
.
What's the purpose of the other scheme Mac OS X 10.5+
? Is this any better (or worse?) than the default one? I'd like to know how they compare and what the main differences are.
Intellij Idea Solutions
Solution 1 - Intellij Idea
There is the good explanation in help about the difference between two schemas:
- the "Mac OS X 10.5+" schema is close to Mac OS default shortcuts. For example cmd+G is common Mac shortcut to find next matching text, cmd+O - open class - which is close to open action
- the "IntelliJ IDEA Classic - Mac OS X 10.5" schema is close to IDEA shortcuts on other operation systems - Windows and Linux. For example cmd+N - open class - is close to ctrl+N to same option in Linux or Windows
Solution 2 - Intellij Idea
The "10.5" keymap's raison d'être can be found in a 2009 post by a JetBrains engineer:
> I want to introduce here a new keymap scheme that we created recently for Mac OS X users. The main reasons for doing this are: > > 1. More native key combinations for standard actions (e.g. Find, Find Next, Go to Line, Close Tab, etc.) > 2. Less conflicts with the default system keybindings, such as Exposé (F9, F10, F11) and others.