Keyboard shortcuts¶
There's a lot of predefined default keyboard shortcuts, but there's also a lot of possible shortcuts that are not currently assigned.
Note that you can re-assign keyboard shortcuts as you want. I encourage you to look at the possibilities as maybe half of the possible keyboard shortcuts are currently assigned.
We have tried to keep a lot of shortcuts the same or similar to what you are used to in the DataFlex Studio.
You can find the currently assigned keyboard shortcuts via the menu. File -> Hammer options -> Editor Tab -> Keyboard
Here's a list of some of the more commonly used keyboard shortcuts
navigational¶
| Shortcut |
Description |
| Left Arrow |
Moves the cursor one character to the left |
| Up Arrow |
Moves the cursor up one line |
| Down Arrow |
Moves the cursor down one line |
| Right Arrow |
Moves the cursor one character to the right |
| Home |
Moves to the start of the current line or the start of the text on that line |
| End |
Moves to the end of the current line |
| Tab |
Indents to the selected text right one stop |
| Page Down |
Moves the text one page down |
| Page Up |
Moves the text one page up |
| Ctrl+Left |
Moves backward to the start of the previous word |
| Ctrl+Right |
Moves forward to the start of the next word |
| Ctrl+Home |
Moves to the start of the document |
| Ctrl+End |
Moves to the end of the document |
| Ctrl+G |
Goto Line |
| Ctrl+Alt+Left |
Moves to the beginning of the previous sentence |
| Ctrl+Alt+Right |
Moves the the beginning of the next sentence |
| Ctrl+] |
to jump between code block "begin" and "end", "while" and "loop", "procedure" and "end_procedure" etcetera |
| Ctrl+F7 |
Synchronize the code explorer to the line of code where your cursor is positioned |
| Ctrl+Tab |
Activates the next view |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
Activates the previous view |
| Ctrl+Page Up |
Scrolls the window to the left |
| Ctrl+Page Down |
Scrolls the window to the right |
Selection¶
| Shortcut |
Description |
| Shift+Left |
Extends the selection one character to the left |
| Shift+Right |
Extends the selection one character to the right |
| Shift+Down Arrow |
Extends the selection down next line |
| Shift+Up Arrow |
Extends the selection up one line |
| Shift+Home |
Extends the selection to either the start of the current line or the start of the text on that line |
| Shift+End |
Extends the selection to the end of the current line |
| Ctrl+Shift+Left |
Extends the selection backward to the start of the previous word |
| Ctrl+Shift+Right |
Extends the selection forward to the start of the next word |
| Ctrl+Shift+Home |
Extends the selection to the begin of the file |
| Ctrl+Shift+End |
Extends the selection to the end of the file |
| Shift+Page Down |
Extends the selection down one page |
| Shift+Page Up |
Extends the selection up one page |
| Ctrl+A |
Select all text in the current document |
| Delete |
Delete the selection |
| Backspace, Shift+Backspace |
Deletes the selection, or if there's no selection, the character to the left of the cursor |
| Ctrl+Alt+F8 |
Selects lines of text |
| Ctrl+Shift+X |
Swaps the anchor and the cursor in a selection |
| Ctrl+L |
Make the selection lowercase |
| Ctrl+U |
Make the selection Uppercase |
| Ctrl+Alt+K |
Deletes the remainder of a sentence |
| Ctrl+Backspace |
Deletes a word to the left |
| Ctrl+Delete |
Deletes a word to the right |
| Ctrl+Shift+T |
Tabify the selection, replaces spaces with tabs in the selection |
| Ctrl+Shift+space |
Untabify the selection, replaces the tabs with spaces in the selection |
| Shift+Tab |
Indents the selected text left one stop |
clipboard¶
| Shortcut |
Description |
| Ctrl+C |
Copy selected text |
| Ctrl+X |
Cut selected text |
| Ctrl+Y |
Deletes the selected line and places the text on the clipboard |
| Ctrl+V |
Inserts the clipboard contents at the insertion point |
| Ctrl+Z |
Undo the last action |
bookmarks¶
| Shortcut |
Description |
| Ctrl+Enter |
Toggle a bookmark, create or remove a bookmark on the selected line |
| Ctrl+Up Arrow |
Previous bookmark |
| Ctrl+Down Arrow |
Next bookmark |
Find / Replace¶
| Shortcut |
Description |
| Ctrl+F |
Find in Document |
| F3 |
Find Next |
| Shift+F3 |
Find Previous |
| Control+F3 |
Find the next occurrence of the selected word |
| Control+Shift+F3 |
Find the previous occurrence of the selected word |
| Ctrl+Alt+F3 |
Find & Replace in Document |
| Ctrl+Shift+F |
Find in all files in the workspace |
Compile / Run¶
| Shortcut |
Description |
| F5 |
Build Execute |
| F7 |
Build debug run |
Save / Load¶
| Shortcut |
Description |
| F2 |
Save Current File |
| Ctrl+F2 |
Save Current File As |
| Ctrl+S |
Save all opened files |
| Ctrl+N |
New File |
| Ctrl+O |
Open File, select a file |
Various¶
| Shortcut |
Description |
| Ctrl+Shift+Down |
Activate the code list control |
| Ctrl+Space |
Activates the code tip control |
| Ctrl+F4 |
Closes the file |
| Ctrl+Alt+H |
Insert a revision mark |
| Ctrl+Shift+N |
Opens a new line above the cursor |
| Alt+Left Arrow |
Activates the creator List |
| Alt+/ |
Activates the list with IDE Tags |
| Alt+Down Arrow |
Activates the object list |
| Alt+Right Arrow |
Activates the local variables list |
| Alt+Enter |
Displays the properties dialog |
| Ctrl+Shift+S |
Refactor option to clean Self references that are not needed in recent DataFlex code |
| Ctrl+W |
Select Workspace |
| Ctrl+R |
Sets the repeat count for the next command * does this work? * |
| Alt+A |
Toggle the current line comment |
| Insert |
Toggles between inserting and replacing text |
| Ctrl+Alt+T |
Shows or hides whitespace indicators |
| Ctrl+H |
Inserts a header into the current file |
| Alt+F1 |
Activates the codeview window |