IntelliJ IDEA · Project tool window
Tool windows
Windows · Linux
Alt+1Mac
Cmd+1Opens and closes the project file tree. Focus decides what happens: press it while the tree already has focus and the window closes and hands focus back to the editor, whereas Esc leaves the window open and only returns focus.
- Group
- Tool windows
- Keys held
- 2
IntelliJ IDEA ships a different default keymap per platform, and two of them on macOS — "macOS" and "macOS System Shortcuts" — so when nothing works, look at Keymap in Settings first; whichever you pick then serves PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand and Android Studio unchanged.
Reading the key names
- Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
- On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
- Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
- With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
- When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.
Common questions
Q. What is the shortcut for Project tool window in IntelliJ IDEA?
Opens and closes the project file tree. Focus decides what happens: press it while the tree already has focus and the window closes and hands focus back to the editor, whereas Esc leaves the window open and only returns focus. It is Alt+1 on Windows and Cmd+1 on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
No — Alt+1 on Windows, Cmd+1 on a Mac.
Q. How many keys is that?
2 pressed together. The combination sits under Tool windows in IntelliJ IDEA.