IntelliJ IDEA · Resume the program
Debug
Windows · Linux
F9Mac
Cmd+Option+RLets the paused program run on to the next breakpoint. The two keymaps share nothing here: on a Mac the Windows habit of reaching for F9 leaves the program standing still and throws the screen into Mission Control instead.
- Group
- Debug
- Keys held
- 1
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 Resume the program in IntelliJ IDEA?
Lets the paused program run on to the next breakpoint. The two keymaps share nothing here: on a Mac the Windows habit of reaching for F9 leaves the program standing still and throws the screen into Mission Control instead. It is F9 on Windows and Cmd+Option+R on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
No — F9 on Windows, Cmd+Option+R on a Mac.
Q. How many keys is that?
1 pressed together. The combination sits under Debug in IntelliJ IDEA.