Common shortcut keys Foundation

This help topic is a brief summary of common default shortcut keys. User defined shortcuts are available via the Customizedialog.

Navigation

Alt+0

Sets focus to the frontmost tab in the Messages window.

Alt+1

Sets focus to the Project Manager.

Alt+2

Sets focus to the Code Explorer.

Alt+3

Sets focus to the Source Code Window.

Ctrl+Tab

Sets focus to the next tabbed window.

Ctrl+F11

Opens the File List. The file selected in this window is displayed in the Source Code window.

Ctrl+F12

Opens the Window List. The window selected from the list receives focus.

Shift+Ctrl+Tab

Sets focus to the previous tabbed window.

Shift+Ctrl+Up

Used for CLASS code only. This key combination changes the cursor position in the editor between METHOD declaration and implementation.

File handling

Ctrl+Alt+S

Opens the Save As... file dialog.

Ctrl+Enter

Opens the file at the cursor. When the cursor is located in the name of an #include file, for example, this file is loaded into the editor with Ctrl+Enter.

Ctrl+F4

Closes current file in editor window.

Ctrl+N

Creates a new file.

Ctrl+O

Opens the Open... file dialog.

Ctrl+S

Saves the current file.

Shift+Ctrl+F4

Closes all files.

Shift+Ctrl+O

Opens the Open Project... file dialog.

Shift+Ctrl+S

Saves all files.

IntelliCode and IntelliHelp

F1

Searches for the term found at the cursor in the Xbase++ online help. When the term cannot be found, a default help page is shown.

Ctrl+J

Displays the list of IntelliCode templates.

Ctrl+Space

Dislays a list of symbols for code completion. The list varies depending on what is found to the left of the cursor.

Shift+Ctrl+Space

Displays the IntelliHelp tooltip when the cursor is located to the right of an opening brace.

Shift+Ctrl+C

Completes CLASS code. When the METHOD declaration is finished, the code for METHOD implementation is automatically generated.

Shift+Alt+Cursor keys

Activates column marking.

Building and Debugging

F5

Toggles a breakpoint.

F7

Runs the program and interrupts it in the line where the cursor is located.

F8

Executes the current line in the debugger (Single Step).

F9

Runs the program to the next breakpoint in the debugger.

Ctrl+F7

Opens the Expression Inspector.

Ctrl+F9

Builds the active target.

Alt+F9

Builds the entire project.

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