Open a file by name keyboard shortcut in 7 apps
Open a file by name has a documented keyboard shortcut in 7 apps here, among them Android Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, Obsidian, Sublime Text. The most common keys are Ctrl + P on Windows and Cmd + P on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 14, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android Studio | Windows Ctrl + Shift + N | Mac Cmd + Shift + O | Find a file by name |
| IntelliJ IDEA | Windows Ctrl + Shift + N | Mac Cmd + Shift + O | Go to a file |
| Obsidian | Windows Ctrl + O | Mac Cmd + O | Open the quick switcher |
| Sublime Text | Windows Ctrl + P | Mac Cmd + P | Go to anything |
| Visual Studio | Windows Ctrl + P | Mac Not documented | Search files, types and members |
| Visual Studio Code | Windows Ctrl + P | Mac Cmd + P | Find and open a project file |
| Zed | Windows Ctrl + P | Mac Cmd + P | Find a file by name |
What most apps settled on for Open a file by name
On Windows, Ctrl + P is the combination in 4 of the 7 apps here that document one. On a Mac, it is Cmd + P in 3 of 6. 3 apps go their own way on Windows, and the table above is where to find them.
Where the table is deliberately empty
1 app here publishes no Mac key for Open a file by name, so that cell is left blank. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Open a file by name, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Open a file by name do nothing
The 7 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since open a file by name is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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