Menu Shortcuts

Shortcuts for commands available from the main menu:

Menus

Keys Action
Alt-F Opens the File menu.
Alt-E Opens the Edit menu.
Alt-V Opens the View menu.
Alt-P Opens the Project menu.
Alt-B Opens the Build menu.
Alt-D Opens the Debug menu.
Alt-R Opens the Versioning menu.
Alt-T Opens the Tools menu.
Alt-W Opens the Window menu.
Alt-H Opens the Help menu.

File Menu

Keys Command Action
Ctrl-N New Creates a new object with the New From Template wizard.
Ctrl-O Open File Opens an existing file.
Ctrl-S Save Saves the current file.
Ctrl-P Print Prints the current file.

Edit Menu

Keys Command Action
Ctrl-Z Undo Reverses (one at a time) a series of editor actions, except Save.
Ctrl-Y Redo Reverses (one at a time) a series of Undo commands.
Ctrl-X Cut Deletes the current selection and places it on the clipboard.
Ctrl-C Copy Copies the current selection to the clipboard.
Delete Delete Deletes the current selection.
Ctrl-F Find Finds a text string.
Ctrl-R Replace Finds a string of text and replaces it with the string specified.
Ctrl-G Goto Goes to the line specified in the file.

View Menu

Keys Command Action
Ctrl-0 Explore From Here Opens a new Explorer window.
Ctrl-1 Properties Opens the Properties window.
Ctrl-2 Explorer Opens the Explorer window.
Ctrl-3 Source Editor Opens the Source Editor window.
Ctrl-4 Output Window Opens the Output window.
Ctrl-5 Debugger Window Opens the Debugger window.
Ctrl-6 Execution Window Opens the Execution window.
Ctrl-7 Web Browser Opens the Web Browser.
Ctrl-8 Component Inspector Opens the Component Inspector window.
Ctrl-9 Object Browser Opens the Object Browser window.
Ctrl-F1 Javadoc Index Search Opens the Javadoc Index Search window.

Project Menu

Keys Command Action
Ctrl-Shift-S Save Project Saves the current project.
Ctrl-Shift-F9 Compile Project Compiles all of a project's uncompiled and out-of-date class files, that have been changed or that have not been previously compiled.
Ctrl-Shift-F10 Build Project Compiles all of the current project's classes and the classes they are dependent on whether or not they were previously compiled.
Ctrl-Shift-M Set Main Class Specifies the main class of a program.
Ctrl-Shift-F6 Execute Project Changes workspace to the Running workspace and runs the current project.
Ctrl-Shift-F5 Debug Project Turns on debugging and changes workspace to the Debugging workspace.

Build Menu

Keys Command Action
F9 Compile Compiles the file. If you select a folder, the IDE compiles only the files that are new or have changed since the last compile.
Ctrl-F9 Compile All Compiles all files within the selected folder that are new or that have changed.
Alt-F9 Build Compiles the file. If you select a folder, the IDE compiles all files regardless of whether they have changed since the last compile.
Ctrl-Alt-F9 Build All Compiles all files within the selected folder regardless of whether they have changed since the last compile.
F11 Clean Remove obsolete and extraneous files of the selected node.
Ctrl-F11 Clean All Remove obsolete and extraneous files of the selected node and its subnodes.
Ctrl-Alt-C Stop Compile Stops compilation of the current program.
F12 Next Error Scrolls the editor window to the line that contains the next build error.
Shift-F12 Previous Error Scrolls the editor window to the line that contains the previous build error.
F6 Execute Run the current program.

Debug Menu

Keys Command Action
F5 Start Starts debugging the current program until a breakpoint or the end of the program is reached. Changes the workspace to the Debugging workspace.
Shift-F5 Finish Stops the current debugging session..
Ctrl-F5 Continue Resume debugging until the next breakpoint or the end of the program is reached.
F4 Run to Cursor Runs the current project to the cursor's location in the file and stop program execution.
F8 Step Over Executes one source line of a program. If the line is a method call, executes the entire method then stops.
F7 Step Into Executes one source line of a program. If the line is a method call, executes the program up to the method's first statement and stops.
Ctrl-F7 Step Out Executes one source line of a program. If the line is a method call, executes the methods and returns control to the caller.
Ctrl-F8 Toggle Breakpoint Adds a breakpoint or removes the breakpoint at the cursor location in the program.
Ctrl-Shift-F8 Add Breakpoint Sets a new breakpoint at the specified line, exception, or method.
Shift-F8 Add Watch Adds the specified variable to watch.
Ctrl-5 Debugger Window Opens the Debugger window.

Window Menu

Keys Command Action
Alt-right Next View Displays the next file.
Alt-left Previous View Displays the previous file.


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