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

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 recently at, not necessarily one where I edited anything.

For example, if I jumped to a declaration using Ctrl+B, then I want to go back to where I was before jumping.

Solution

  • Alt + Shift + ← (Left Arrow)

    or

    Ctrl + E (Recent Files pop-up).

    Also check:

    Ctrl + Shift + E (the Recently Edited Files pop-up).

    Mac users, replace Ctrl with ⌘ (command) and Alt with ⌥ (option).

    Update In v12.0 it's Alt + Shift +← (Left Arrow) instead of Alt + Ctrl + ← (Left Arrow).

    Update 2 In v14.1 (and possibly earlier) it's Ctrl + [

    Update 3 In IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3 it's Ctrl + Alt + ← (Left Arrow)

    Update 4 In IntelliJ IDEA 2018.3 it's Alt + Shift + ← (Left Arrow)

    Update 5 In IntelliJ IDEA 2019.3 it's Ctrl + Alt + ← (Left Arrow)