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TI4549D.txt - ShortCut Keys For Delphi

Category   :IDE
Platform   :All-32Bit
Product    :Delphi3.x,   Delphi4.x,   

Description:
                     Object Inspector ShortCut Keys

Ctrl+DwnArr
          Makes the Object ComboBox drop Down and gives it focus.
Ctrl+Tab
          Switches Between Events and Properties.
Ctrl+Enter
          Executes a dialog associated with a property, makes an event handler
          procedure.
Alt + DwnArr
          If the property is a drop down list, it will drop down this list.


                            IDE ShortCutKeys

F1
           Displays context-sensitive Help
F4
           Run|Go to Cursor
F5
           Run|Toggle Breakpoint
F7
           Run|Trace Into
F8
           Run|Step Over
F9
           Run|Run
F11
           View|Object Inspector
F12
           View|Toggle Form/Unit
Ctrl+F2
           Run|Program Reset
Ctrl+F3
           View|Call Stack
Ctrl+F4
           Close the Focused Page in the Delphi Source Editor
Ctrl+F5
           Executes the Watch List and the Watch Properties dialogs
Ctrl+F7
           Executes the Evaluate Modify Dialog
Ctrl+F9
           Compile application
Ctrl+F12
           Executes the 'View Unit' Dialog
Ctrl+Spc
           Brings up the Code Completion Window.
Ctrl+Enter
           When Done in the Source Code Editor, it executes the Open Dialog Box
           and populates the file name with the word that the cursor was nearest
           to with an extension of .pas. It also opens up in the current
           directory.
Ctrl+Home
           Top of Source File
Ctrl+End
           End of Source File
Ctrl+Del or Del
           Delete a component from the form
Ctrl+C
           Copy Selected block to the Clipboard
Ctrl+E
           Incremental Word search within a Source file. Searches one letter at
           a time. Also populates the word search edit box.
Ctrl+F
           Full word search. this searches the Source file for a specific word.
Ctrl+J
           Code Completion Window
Ctrl+K+E
           Changes a word to lowercase
Ctrl+K+F
           Capitalize word to the Left of cursor
Ctrl+K+N
           Changes a block to uppercase
Ctrl+K+O
           Changes a block to lowercase
Ctrl+K+P
           Executes the Print Dialog Box
Ctrl+K+R
           Reads a block from a file
Ctrl+K+T
           Highlight word to the left of cursor
Ctrl+K+W
           Writes a selected block to a file
Ctrl+O+G
           Search|Go to line number
Ctrl+O+O
           Inserts compiler options and directives
Ctrl+O+U
           Toggles Upper/Lower case of highlighted text
Ctrl+P
           Causes next character to be interpreted as an ASCII sequence
Ctrl+R
           Search and Replace a word
Ctrl+S
           Save a Source file
Ctrl+T
           Delete a word at a time
Ctrl+V
           Paste from the Clipboard
Ctrl+X
           Cut Selected block to the Clipboard
Ctrl+Y
           Delete a line of UNHIGHLIGHTED Source Code
Ctrl+Z
           Undo Changes
Ctrl+0
           Goes to bookmark 0
Ctrl+1
           Goes to bookmark 1
Ctrl+2
           Goes to bookmark 2
Ctrl+3
           Goes to bookmark 3
Ctrl+4
           Goes to bookmark 4
Ctrl+5
           Goes to bookmark 5
Ctrl+6
           Goes to bookmark 6
Ctrl+7
           Goes to bookmark 7
Ctrl+8
           Goes to bookmark 8
Ctrl+9
           Goes to bookmark 9
Ctrl+Shift+Spc
           Brings up the Code Parameters Window.
Ctrl+Shift+G
           Creates and displays a GUID
Ctrl+Shift+I
           Indents a highlighted block of text
Ctrl+Shift+P
           Plays back a key macro
Ctrl+Shift+R
           Records a key macro
Ctrl+Shift+U
           OutDents a Highlighted block of text
Ctrl+Shift+Y
           Deletes to the End of the Line.
Ctrl+Shift+Z
           Redo Changes
Ctrl+Shift+0
           Sets or removes bookmark 0
Ctrl+Shift+1
           Sets or removes bookmark 1
Ctrl+Shift+2
           Sets or removes bookmark 2
Ctrl+Shift+3
           Sets or removes bookmark 3
Ctrl+Shift+4
           Sets or removes bookmark 4
Ctrl+Shift+5
           Sets or removes bookmark 5
Ctrl+Shift+6
           Sets or removes bookmark 6
Ctrl+Shift+7
           Sets or removes bookmark 7
Ctrl+Shift+8
           Sets or removes bookmark 8
Ctrl+Shift+9
           Sets or removes bookmark 9
Alt+F4
           Closes Focused Window
Alt+F6
           Switches between the last 2 objects that had focus in the IDE (i.e.
           the Form Designer and the Object Inspector or the Form and the Main
           Delphi Menu, or the Object Inspector and the Main Delphi Menu, etc..)
Alt+F10
           Executes a Right Click in the Source Code Editor
Alt+F12
           View Form as Text
Alt+Spc
           Current Windows' System Menu
Alt+0
           Executes the Window List dialog
Shift+F7
           Trace to next Source Line
Shift+F12
           Executes the 'View Form' Dialog
Shift+Alt+Arw
           Highlights a column of text.


                 Highlighting a column of text using the mouse

Hold down Alt+LeftMouseButton. Drag around to get a Highlighted Column...


                      Moving Components in Design Time

Highlight the desired component:

Shift+DownArrow
                Increases the Components Height property.
Shift+UpArrow
                Decreases the Components Height property.
Shift+RightArrow
                Increases the Components Width property.
Shift+LeftArrow
                Decreases the Components Width property.
Ctrl+DownArrow
                Increases the Components Top property.
Ctrl+UpArrow
                Decreases the Components Top property.
Ctrl+RightArrow
                Increases the Components Left property.
Ctrl+LeftArrow
                Decreases the Components Left property.
Ctrl+Shift+DownArrow
                Increases the Components Top property by a grid snap space.
Ctrl+Shift+UpArrow
                Decreases the Components Top property by a grid snap space.
Ctrl+Shift+RightArrow
                Increases the Components Left property by a grid snap space.
Ctrl+Shift+LeftArrow
                Decreases the Components Left property by a grid snap space.


                           Delphi's TLB Editor

Tip: If you Create an Interface, Method, Property, etc, you can Ctrl+C (copy) it
to the windows Clipboard and then when you want to create a new one, you can
Ctrl+V (paste) it from the windows clipboard... The Type Library Editor will
create a new object of whatever type that you copied to the clipboard.

                         Delphi's Package Editor

Ctrl+S
     Save Package.
Ctrl+B
     Compile Package.
Ctrl+I
     Install Package.
Ins
     Add Unit to package or add a required package to another packages Requires
     Page.
Del
     Remove Package or Unit from a package.
Enter
     View Required Unit/Package that is currently highlighted.


                              SQL Explorer

F2
         Rename an Alias.
F6
         Switch between the Databases/Dictionary Tab and the Definition Tab.
Ctrl+A
         Apply Changes.
Ctrl+D
         Delete an Alias.
Ctrl+M
         Rename an Alias.
Ctrl+N
         Create a New Database Alias.
Ctrl+P
         Previous View.
Ctrl+R
         Refresh.
Ctrl+S
         Copy an Alias and its settings to a new alias. (Save Foo as NewName)...
Alt+F10
         Executes a Right Click over the selected Item.
Alt+BckSpc
         Cancel.
ArrowKeys
         Use the Arrow Keys to navigate through the Alias List. Pressing the
         Right Arrow Key while an Alias is highlighted will attempt to connect
         to the associated Database.



Reference:
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