Most Code Editors: Use the AceJump feature of your preferred editor to quickly move to a particular place in code

Update 2021: I've added a section on doing this within VS Code.

Introduction

In your code editor, extensions exist which let you easily move the cursor to any point on the screen. The alternative (and sometimes longer) ways of doing this are:

• Using a mouse to move over and click on the desired location.
• Using arrow keys on your keyboard.
• Using goto features in your editor, e.g. where typing in @calculate moves your mouse cursor the the JavaScript method named calculate.

With AceJump, you can quickly move the cursor around the screen in your favourite code editor.

How to use Acejump

Using the Sublime Acejump Plugin as an example:

1. Use the shortcut Cmd + Shift + ; in Sublime.
2. Type in a single character for your desired cursor location.
3. Type in the matching label shown on-screen to move your cursor.

A VS Code alternative

If you are using VS Code, there's a great extension to achieve this: Jumpy. The Jumpy extension provides two letter-codes in your editor which lets you easily jump

Extra information

Plugins:

• Sublime Text 3
• WebStorm
• Atom
• Emacs
• Visual Studio Code