Keyboard Shortcuts

The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts generally available in the Application Builder or for use when working with a form in a form window or with a method in a method editor window.

Table 2-1: Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Action	General	Form windows	Method Editors
Ctrl+A	Select all	√	√	√
Ctrl+D	Deselect all	√
Ctrl+C	Copy	√	√	√
Ctrl+V	Paste		√	√
Del	Delete	√	√	√
Ctrl+N	Create a new application	√	√	√
Ctrl+S	Save an application	√	√	√
Ctrl+F8	Test an application	√	√	√
Ctrl+Shift+F8	Apply changes	√	√	√
Ctrl+R	Record code			√
F1	Display help	√	√	√
F2	Rename applicable nodes	√
F3	Disable applicable nodes	√
F4	Enable applicable nodes	√
F11	Go to model node			√
F12	Extract variable			√
Ctrl+up arrow	Move applicable nodes up	√
Ctrl+down arrow	Move applicable nodes down	√
Ctrl+Z	Undo	√	√	√
Ctrl+Y (Ctrl+Shift+Z on Mac)	Redo	√	√	√
F5	Continue (in debugger)			√
F6	Step (in debugger)			√
F7	Step into (in debugger)			√
F8	Check syntax			√
Ctrl+F	Find search term in application, and search and replace text in methods	√		√
Ctrl+K	Create a shortcut to an object or menu	√	√
Ctrl+space	Autocomplete method code			√
Ctrl+M	Move cursor between matching braces			√
Ctrl+Shift+M	Select text between matching braces			√
Ctrl+U	Make selected code lowercase			√
Ctrl+Shift+U	Make selected code uppercase			√
Ctrl+B	Toggle breakpoint on selected line			√
Ctrl+scroll wheel up	Zoom in, in method code window			√
Ctrl+scroll wheel down	Zoom out, in method code window			√
Ctrl+all arrow keys	Nudge position of form objects a little in sketch mode		√
All arrow keys	Nudge position of form objects more in sketch mode; traverse and select cells in grid mode		√
Shift+all arrow keys	Select multiple cells in grid mode		√
Ctrl+Alt+A	Return to the Application Builder window	√
Ctrl+Alt+M	Return to the Model Builder window	√
Ctrl+Alt+double-click	Open the editor window for a method called from another method			√
Alt+F4	Close window	√	√	√
Ctrl+F4	Close a form or method window		√	√
Ctrl+Shift+F4	Close all form and method windows		√	√
Ctrl+Pause	Stop running a method when testing running applications.	√