Keyboard Shortcuts in Playgrounds

Keyboard shortcuts let us reduce the amount of time we spend reaching for the trackpad or a mouse.

Learn the shortcuts below and gain one of the small but helpful "super powers" of experienced software developers.

Run Playground

Run the latest version of your code.

Shortcut: Command-R

Step Through My Code

Step through your code, showing what line is being run, one at a time, when the playground runs.

Shortcut: Shift-Command-R

Show or Hide Sidebar

Toggle the visibility of the navigation sidebar. Hiding the sidebar provides more space to view your code!

Shortcut: Option-Command-S

Increase Text Size

Increase the size of text in the code window.

Shortcut: Command + or Command =

Decrease Text Size

Decrease the size of text in the code window.

Shortcut: Command -

Select All Text

Select all the text in the code window.

Shortcut: Command-A

Re-Indent

For any code that is selected, it will be re-indented.

This is a great way to clean up your code to make it more readable!

It can also be a way to spot syntax errors, when opening or closing curly brackets for a code block are missing.

Shortcut: Control-I

Shift Right

For the line of code the cursor is on, or for a selected block of code, shift the code to the right.

Shortcut: Command-]

Shift Left

For the line of code the cursor is on, or for a selected block of text, shift the code to the left.

Shortcut: Command-[

Move to End of Current Line

Move the cursor to the end of the current line.

Shortcut: Command-→

Move to Start of Current Line

Move the cursor to the start of the current line.

Shortcut: Command-←

Select Entire Line

Select an entire line of code, either above or below the cursor.

Shortcut: Shift-↑ or Shift-↓

Block Comment

Toggle a selected block of code between being commented out or active.

Code that is commented out will not be run by the playground.

Shortcut: Command-/