johnlindquist/AceJump: A single char search, select, and jump

AceJump is a plugin for the IntelliJ Platform that lets you jump to any symbol in the editor with just a few keystrokes. Press the keyboard shortcut for AceJump (Ctrl+; by default) to activate a tooltip overlay. Type any visible string in the editor, followed by one of illustrated tags, to jump its position:

Press the AceJump shortcut a second time before completing a tag to activate Target Mode. Once Target Mode is activated, jumping to a tag will select an entire word. You can also enter Target Mode directly by pressing the shortcut assigned to AceTargetMode (Ctrl+Alt+; by default).

Press the AceJump shortcut for line mode (Ctrl+Shift+; by default), to target the beginning, first non-whitespace characters, and end of every visible line in the editor). Then jump to one by completing the tag.

Press the AceJump shortcut, followed by →, ←, ↑, or ↑, to target the last, first, or first non-whitespace characters of every visible line in the editor.

Press Shift when completing the jump to select all text from the current cursor position to the destination.

If you mistype a character while searching, just press Backspace to restart from scratch.

Installing

AceJump can be installed by the unzipping the contents of AceJump.zip into:

$HOME/.IdeaIC<Major Version>/config/plugins/ if you are using IntelliJ IDEA Community, or
$HOME/.IntellijIdea<Major Version>/config/plugins/ if you are using IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate

You can also install AceJump directly from the IDE, via File | Settings | Plugins | Browse Repositories... | 🔍 "AceJump".

Configuring

If you are using IdeaVim, copy and paste the following command into your terminal to activate AceJump with a single keystroke (the keys f, F and g are user-configurable):

echo -e '

" Press `f` to activate AceJump
map f :action AceAction<CR>
" Press `F` to activate Target Mode
map F :action AceTargetAction<CR>
" Press `g` to activate Line Mode
map g :action AceLineAction<CR>

' >> ~/.ideavimrc

Building

To build AceJump from the source, clone this repository and run ./gradlew buildPlugin.

Contributing

To start an instance of IntelliJ IDEA with AceJump installed, run ./gradlew runIdea.

History

3.1.6 Fixes a rare tag collision scenario and UninitializedPropertyAccess exception
3.1.5 Allow users to enter target mode directly by pressing Ctrl+Alt+;
3.1.4 Fixes the "Assertion Failed" exception popup
3.1.3 Fixes an error affecting some users during startup.
3.1.2 Fixes an Android Studio regression.
3.1.1 Hotfix for broken target mode.
3.1.0 Removes the search box, lots of small usability improvements.
3.0.7 No longer tags "folded" regions and minor alignment adjustments.
3.0.6 Fixes alignment issues, removes top and bottom alignments until there is a better way to visually differentiate adjacent tags.
3.0.5 Hotfix for target mode.
3.0.4 Adds "line mode" - press [Ctrl+Shift+;] to activate.
3.0.3 Updates to tag placement and performance improvements.
3.0.2 Fixes target mode and default shortcut activation for Mac users.
3.0.1 Fixes target-mode issues affecting users with non-default shortcuts and adds support for Home/End.

3.0.0 Major rewrite of AceJump. Introducing:

Realtime search: Just type the word where you want to jump and AceJump will do the rest.

Smart tag placement: Tags now occupy nearby whitespace if available, rather than block text.

Keyboard-aware tagging: Tries to minimize finger travel distance on QWERTY keyboards.

Colorful highlighting: AceJump will now highlight the editor text, as you type.

2.0.13 Fix a regression affecting Target Mode and line-based navigation: github.com/johnlindqui…
2.0.12 Fix ClassCastException when input letter not present: github.com/johnlindqui…
2.0.11 One hundred percent all natural Kotlin.
2.0.10 Support 2016.2, remove upper version limit, update internal Kotlin version
2.0.9 Compile on Java 7 to address: github.com/johnlindqui…
2.0.8 Compile on Java 6 to address: github.com/johnlindqui…
2.0.7 Language update for Kotlin 1.0 release.
2.0.6 Fixing "lost focus" bugs mentioned here: github.com/johnlindqui…
2.0.5 Fixing "backspace" bugs mentioned here: github.com/johnlindqui…
2.0.4 Fixing "code folding" bugs mentioned here: github.com/johnlindqui…
2.0.3 More work on Ubuntu focus bug
2.0.2 Fixed bug when there's only 1 search result
2.0.1 Fixing Ubuntu focus bug
2.0.0 Major release: Added "target mode", many speed increases, multi-char search implemented
1.1.0 Switching to Kotlin for the code base
1.0.4 Fixing github.com/johnlindqui… and github.com/johnlindqui…
1.0.3 Fixed minor visual lag when removing the "jumpers" from the editor
1.0.2 Cleaning up minor bugs (npe when editor not in focus, not removing layers)
1.0.1 Adding a new jump: "Enter" will take you to the first non-whitespace char in a new line (compare to "Home" which takes you to a new line)
1.0.0 Cleaned up code base for release