blaze-nav - blaze fast navigation plugin for IntelliJ and derivatives (IDEA, PHPStorm, AppCode, WebStorm, PyCharm, RubyMine) inspired by ace-jump-mode for Emacs. In comparison with similar plugin blaze-nav stays more closely to Emacs version and is less visually noisy.
At the moment blaze-nav is compatible with latest versions of JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA 12 / 13 EAP, PHPStorm 6, AppCode 2.1, etc).
Download plugin and save it locally. Next, open IntelliJ plugin settings page, press 'Install plugin from disk…' button and select the file downloaded. Restart IDE.
- ctrl + ; - navigate to a word start;
- ctrl + alt + ; - navigate to any letter or symbol;
- ctrl + ' - navigate to a line.
These can be reassigned in settings - enter 'blaze nav' in filter on keymap preferences page to quickly locate them.
Having some text opened in editor, issue ctrl + ; and enter letter or number which starts a word. Matching characters will be highlighted:
Next, enter one of the highlighted letters to move cursor to its position:
This way you can quickly navigate to any words on the screen with at most three times key press. When only single candidate exists, you'll be moved immediately.
To quickly navigate to any character on the screen, issue ctrl + alt + ; and enter the symbol you need to navigate to:
Similarly, enter one of the highlighted letters to move cursor to its position:
To navigate to some visible line start, issue ctrl + '. Shortcuts for each line appear:
Select one you need to move cursor to:
Use Github issues page to report problems, suggest ideas and request new features.