How to move out of auto-completed brackets in IntelliJ IDEA (without using the arrow keys)?

Question

I recently switched from Eclipse to IntelliJ IDEA, and found myself wondering how to move the cursor out of a pair of auto-completed brackets.

In Eclipse after I finished typing in a pair of brackets, pressing tab brings me out of the brackets. How can I do the same thing without using the arrow keys?

Many thanks for your help!

Solution 1

IDEA doesn't have such feature yet. The closest equivalent is the Complete Current Statement editor action (Ctrl+Shift+Enter).

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UPDATE

Initial implementation for this feature is available in 2018.2 EAP version - press Tab to jump out.

It works more like in MS Visual Studio - without visual indication of tab 'exit' position. For now, it should work in Java, SQL, Python and some other files. It will take some time for other languages to catch up - some language-specific code changes are required.

The feature is disabled by default, you can enable it in

Settings -> Editor -> General -> Smart Keys -> Jump outside closing bracket/quote with Tab

Solution 2

Ctrl + Shift + Enter does not seem to work for me in IDEA 12.1.4, but I found the closest feature to what I was looking for was Shift + Enter. This completes the line, creates a new line below the current line and moves the cursor to it.

Solution 3

You can do this by pressing the closing symbol that you would've pressed otherwise, but was auto completed. For example, if you have just typed the f below, you would press shift and 0 (or closing parenthesis), and it will move your cursor outside of the parenthesis.

String asdf = "hello world";
System.out.println(asdf);

Solution 4

I went to preferences->Keymap and set a shortcut for "Move Caret to Line End" to Shift-Space. It takes me to the end of the current line I am on without adding anything, if that's what you want.

Solution 5

Not currently supported by Intellij. There is an open feature request on this at http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-74666. Extra votes would be nice.

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Comments

[markdsievers]

This is one of the major annoyances for me after switching as well.

[Soorena]

I thought that I was the only person annoyed by this problem , thanks god stackoverflow exists! :D

[Paolo Fulgoni]

The issue has been moved to Idea Backlog 6984, which means that it won't be implemented in the nearest future

[bmoran]

Cmd + Shift + Enter on Mac :)

[Honghe.Wu]

@PaoloFulgoni One Year passed, it is still hanged up.

[Fuzzy Analysis]

This is true for WebStorm and PyCharm as well... probably all JetBrains IDEs, I'm guessing?

[Soorena]

your answer was the best solution , it would've been better if we could change the shortcut.

[Soorena]

from settings => keymap => Complete ... I changed the shortcut to Alt + ~ , it's way more handy.

[q335r49]

That's pretty good... but you have to press it twice to get to the end

[sonicblis]

Kinda funny. Defeats the purpose a bit.

[Andrew Keeton]

"Initial implementation for this feature is available in 2018.2 EAP version (just released). It works more like in MS Visual Studio - without visual indication of tab 'exit' position. For now, it should work in Java, SQL, Python and some other files. It will take some time for other languages to catch up - some language-specific code changes are required. The feature is disabled by default, you can enable it in Settings->Editor->General->Smart Keys->Jump outside closing bracket/quote with Tab." - Dmitry Batrak, Jet Brains, 16 May 2018

[Arthur Eirich]

NOW this IDE is my very very favorite one. NEVER ANYTHING ELSE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you JetBrains! Even that it took so long, doesnt matter anymore! Im the happiest developer ever! Just wanted to share my happiness with you guys! YAAAY!

[GhostCat]

I have to admit: jumping I dislike. I have to jump repeatedly to get to the end of the line. But I very much like the suggestion from bmoran!