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# Working with Keybindings in the AWS Cloud9 IDE
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*Keybindings* define your shortcut key combinations. Keybindings apply across each AWS Cloud9 development environment that is associated with your IAM user. As you make changes to your keybindings, AWS Cloud9 pushes those changes to the cloud, and associates them with your IAM user. AWS Cloud9 also continually scans the cloud for changes to keybindings that are associated with your IAM user, and applies those changes to your current environment.

You can share your keybindings with other users.
+  [View or Change Your Keybindings](#settings-keybindings-view) 
+  [Share Your Keybindings with Another User](#settings-keybindings-share) 
+  [Change Your Keyboard Mode](#settings-keybindings-mode) 
+  [Change Your Operating System Keybindings](#settings-keybindings-os) 
+  [Change Specific Keybindings](#settings-keybindings-change) 
+  [Remove All of Your Custom Keybindings](#settings-keybindings-reset) 

## View or change your Keybindings
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1. On the menu bar, choose **AWS Cloud9**, **Preferences**.

1. To view your keybindings across each environment of yours, on the **Preferences** tab, in the side navigation pane, choose **Keybindings**.

1. To change your keybindings across each environment of yours, in the **Keybindings** pane, change the settings that you want.

1. To apply your changes to any environment, simply open that environment. If that environment is already open, refresh the web browser tab for that environment.

For more information, see the following:
+  [MacOS Default Keybindings Reference](keybindings-default-apple-osx.md) 
+  [MacOS Vim Keybindings Reference](keybindings-vim-apple-osx.md) 
+  [MacOS Emacs Keybindings Reference](keybindings-emacs-apple-osx.md) 
+  [MacOS Sublime Keybindings Reference](keybindings-sublime-apple-osx.md) 
+  [Windows / Linux Default Keybindings Reference](keybindings-default-windows-linux.md) 
+  [Windows / Linux Vim Keybindings Reference](keybindings-vim-windows-linux.md) 
+  [Windows / Linux Emacs Keybindings Reference](keybindings-emacs-windows-linux.md) 
+  [Windows / Linux Sublime Keybindings Reference](keybindings-sublime-windows-linux.md) 

## Share your Keybindings with another user
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1. In both the source and target environment, on the menu bar of the AWS Cloud9 IDE, choose **AWS Cloud9, Open Your Keymap**.

1. In the source environment, copy the contents of the **keybindings.settings** tab that's displayed.

1. In the target environment, overwrite the contents of the **keybindings.settings** tab with the copied contents from the source environment.

1. In the target environment, save the **keybindings.settings** tab.

## Change your Keyboard mode
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You can change the keyboard mode that the AWS Cloud9 IDE uses for interacting with text in the editor across each environment associated with your IAM user.

1. On the menu bar, choose **AWS Cloud9**, **Preferences**.

1. On the **Preferences** tab, in the side navigation pane, choose **Keybindings**.

1. For **Keyboard Mode**, choose one of these keyboard modes:
   +  **Default** to use a set of default keybindings.
   +  **Vim** to use Vim mode. For more information, see the [Vim help files](https://vimhelp.appspot.com/) website.
   +  **Emacs** to use Emacs mode. For more information, see [The Emacs Editor](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/index.html) on the GNU Operating System website.
   +  **Sublime** to use Sublime mode. For more information, see the [Sublime Text Documentation](https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/) website.

## Change your operating system Keybindings
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You can change the set of operating system keybindings that the AWS Cloud9 IDE recognizes across each environment associated with your IAM user.

1. On the menu bar, choose **AWS Cloud9**, **Preferences**.

1. On the **Preferences** tab, in the side navigation pane, choose **Keybindings**.

1. For **Operating System**, choose one of these operating systems:
   +  **Auto** for the AWS Cloud9 IDE to attempt to detect which set of operating system keybindings to use.
   +  **MacOS** for the AWS Cloud9 IDE to use the keybindings that are listed in the macOS format.
   +  **Windows / Linux** for the AWS Cloud9 IDE to use the keybindings that are listed in the Windows and Linux formats.

## Change specific Keybindings
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You can change individual keybindings across each environment that's associated with your IAM user.

**To change one keybinding at the same time**

1. On the menu bar, choose **AWS Cloud9**, **Preferences**.

1. On the **Preferences** tab, in the side navigation pane, choose **Keybindings**.

1. In the list of keybindings, open (double-click) the keybinding in the **Keystroke** column that you want to change.

1. Use the keyboard to specify the replacement key combination, and then press `Enter`.
**Note**  
To completely remove the current key combination, press `Backspace` for Windows or Linux, or `Delete` for macOS.

**To change multiple keybindings at the same time**

1. On the menu bar, choose **AWS Cloud9**, **Open Your Keymap**.

1. In the `keybindings.settings` file, define each keybinding to be changed. The following is example syntax.

   ```
   [
     {
       "command": "addfavorite",
       "keys": {
         "win": ["Ctrl-Alt-F"],
         "mac": ["Ctrl-Option-F"]
       }
     },
     {
       "command": "copyFilePath",
       "keys": {
         "win": ["Ctrl-Shift-F"],
         "mac": ["Alt-Shift-F"]
       }
     }
   ]
   ```

   In the example, `addFavorite` and `copyFilePath` are the names of keybindings in the **Keystroke** column in the **Keybindings** pane on the **Preferences** tab. The keybindings that you want are `win` and `mac` for Windows or Linux and macOS, respectively.

   To apply your changes, save the `keybindings.settings` file. Your changes appear in the **Keybindings** pane after a short delay.

## Remove all of your custom Keybindings
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You can remove all custom keybindings and restore all keybindings to their default values, across each environment that's associated with your IAM user.

**Warning**  
You *cannot* undo this action.

1. On the menu bar, choose **AWS Cloud9**, **Preferences**.

1. On the **Preferences** tab, in the side navigation pane, choose **Keybindings**.

1. Choose **Reset to Defaults**.