Default Keyboard Shortcuts

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General Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut Menu Action

Ctrl+F11

File > Open Project...

Opens a project file using the Open Project dialog.

Ctrl+S

File > Save

Saves only the module that is currently open in the IDE (and any associated header files).

Shift+Ctrl+S

File > Save All

Saves all the files for the current project.

Alt+F11

File > Use Unit

Opens the Use Unit dialog box where you can select and insert a reference to another unit into the unit currently active in the Code Editor.

Shift+F11

Adds a file to the project using the Add to Project dialog.

Ctrl+Z

Edit > Undo
Form Designer | right-click a component | Edit > Undo

Reverts the previous actions.

Shift+Ctrl+Z

Edit > Redo

Re-executes the last command.

Ctrl+D

Edit > Format Source

Formats the code.

Ctrl+X

Edit > Cut
Form Designer | right-click a component | Edit > Cut

Removes the current selection and stores it to the clipboard.

Ctrl+C

Edit > Copy
Form Designer | right-click a component | Edit > Copy

Copies the current selection to the clipboard.

Ctrl+V

Edit > Paste
Form Designer | right-click a component | Edit > Paste

Inserts the contents of the clipboard previously captured using Cut or Copy.

Ctrl+Del

Edit > Delete
Form Designer | right-click a component | Edit > Delete

Removes the selected text or objects.

Ctrl+A

Edit > Select All
Form Designer | right-click a component | Edit > Select All

Selects all the text or objects in the active window.

Ctrl+H

Edit > Hide Non-Visual Components
Form Designer | right-click | Hide Non-Visual Components
Toolbars | View | Hide Non-Visual Components
Tools > Options > Form Designer > Options > Show non-visual components checkmark

Hides the non-visual components at design time. It applies to RAD Studio Seattle and superior.

Ctrl+F / Ctrl+Q+F

Search > Find...

Searches for the specified text in the active window.

Shift+Ctrl+F

Search > Find in Files...

Searches for strings in files in specified folders and shows the results in the Messages View pane.

Ctrl+R / Ctrl+H / Ctrl+Q+A

Search > Replace...

Searches for the specified text and replaces it with other text.

F3 / Ctrl L

Search > Search Again

Goes to the next coincidence of the string.

Ctrl+E

Search > Incremental Search

Allows you to interactively search for text.

Shift+Ctrl+Enter

Search > Find Local References (Delphi only)

Locates references in the active code file.

Ctrl+G

Search > Find Original Symbol (Delphi only)

Searches through the list of files in the Project Manager and then displays the original declaration of the symbol in question.

F6 / Ctrl+.

Search > IDE Insight...

Focuses the IDE Insight search box where you can perform a filtered incremental search through the element of the IDE.

Alt+G

Search > Go to Line Number...

Jumps to the specified line number of the Code Editor.

Ctrl+Alt+B

View > Debug Windows > Breakpoints

Opens the Breakpoint List pane where you can manage your breakpoints.

Ctrl+Alt+S

View > Debug Windows > Call Stack

Opens the Call Stack pane where you can see the called functions.

Ctrl+Alt+W

View > Debug Windows > Watches

Opens the Watch List pane where you can manage and watch the values of your watches.

Ctrl+Alt+L

View > Debug Windows > Local Variables

Opens the Local variables pane where you can see local variables of the the current functions while in debug mode.

Ctrl+Alt+T

View > Debug Windows > Threads

Opens the Thread Status pane with the status of all processes and threads that are executing in each application being debugged.

Ctrl+Alt+V

View > Debug Windows > Event Log

Opens the Event Log Window with messages for breakpoints, process control, threads, modules, and output that occur during a debug session.

Ctrl+Alt+M

View > Debug Windows > Modules

Opens the Modules Window pane.

Ctrl+Alt+C

View > Debug Windows > CPU Windows > Entire CPU

Opens the Entire CPU pane view during a debugging session.

Ctrl+Alt+D

View > Debug Windows > CPU Windows > Disassembly

Displays the address, the hexadecimal representation of the machine code instructions (opcodes), and the assembly instructions for each line of source code.

Ctrl+Alt+R

View > Debug Windows > CPU Windows > Registers

This pane displays the contents of the CPU registers of the 80386 and greater processors.

Ctrl+Alt+K

View > Debug Windows > CPU Windows > Stack

Displays the raw values contained in the program stack.

Ctrl+Alt+E

View > Debug Windows > CPU Windows > Memory1

Displays the raw values contained in addressable areas of your program. There are four different Memory views in order to view four distinct areas in memory at the same time.

Ctrl+Alt+2

View > Debug Windows > CPU Windows > Memory2

Displays the raw values contained in addressable areas of your program. There are four different Memory views in order to view four distinct areas in memory at the same time.

Ctrl+Alt+3

View > Debug Windows > CPU Windows > Memory3

Displays the raw values contained in addressable areas of your program. There are four different Memory views in order to view four distinct areas in memory at the same time.

Ctrl+Alt+4

View > Debug Windows > CPU Windows > Memory4

Displays the raw values contained in addressable areas of your program. There are four different Memory views in order to view four distinct areas in memory at the same time.

Ctrl+Alt+F

View > Debug Windows > FPU

Displays the contents of the Floating-point Unit and SSE registers in the CPU.

Ctrl+Alt+O

View > Debug Windows > CodeGuard Log

Provides runtime debugging for C++ applications being developed.

Shift+Ctrl+H

View > Help Insight

Displays a hint containing information about the symbol at the cursor.

Ctrl+F12

View > Units...

Displays the Search for Units dialog box with all the units in the current project.

Shift+F12

View > Forms...

Displays the Search for forms dialog box with all the forms in the current project.

F12

View > Toggle Form/Unit

Changes the view between the Form and the corresponding code unit.

Shift+Alt+F11

View > Structure

Opens or focuses on the Structure pane.

F11

View > Object Inspector

Opens or focus on the Object Inspector.

Alt+0

View > Window List...

Displays a list of open windows.

Ctrl+Alt+P

View > Tool Palette

Opens the Tool Palette pane.

Ctrl+Alt+F11

View > Project Manager

Opens the Project Manager pane.

Shift+Ctrl+E

Refactor > Rename... (Delphi)
Refactor > Rename... (C++)

Opens the Rename <symbol> to rename an identifier and all references to this identifier.

Shift+Ctrl+V

Refactor > Declare Variable... (Delphi only)

Opens the Declare Variable window to declare a local variable in a procedure.

Shift+Ctrl+D

Refactor > Declare Field... (Delphi only)

Opens the Declare New Field window to declare a type in the code.

Shift+Ctrl+M

Refactor > Extract Method... (Delphi only)

Turns a selected code fragment into a method.

Shift+Ctrl+L

Refactor > Extract Resource String... (Delphi only)

Converts the string currently selected in the Code Editor to a resource string.

Shift+Ctrl+X

Refactor > Change Params... (Delphi only)

Adds, edits, removes, and rearranges the parameters of a method.

Shift+Ctrl+A

Refactor > Find Unit... (Delphi only)

Opens the Find Unit window to locate units and add them to the uses clause of your Delphi code file.

Shift+F11

Project > Add to Project...

Adds another source file to the current project.

Alt+F9

Project > Build <file_name>.cpp (C++ only)

Rebuilds all files in your current project regardless of whether they have changed.

Ctrl+F9

Project > Make <project_name> (C++)
Project > Compile <project_name> (Delphi)

Compile (for Delphi) or Make (for C++) compiles only those files that have changed since the last build, as well as any files that depend on them.

Shift+F9

Project > Build <project_name>

Rebuilds all files in your current project regardless of whether they have changed.

Shift+Ctrl+F11

Project > Options...

Opens the Project Options window for the selected project.

F9

Run > Run

Compiles any changed source code and, if the compile is successful, executes your application, allowing you to use and test the application with the debugger built into the IDE.

Shift+Ctrl+F9

Run > Run Without Debugging

Compiles any changed source code, and if the compile is successful, executes your application without invoking the debugger built into the IDE.

F8

Run > Step Over

Tells the debugger to execute the next line of code. If the line contains a function, Step Over executes the function and then stops at the first line after the function.

F7

Run > Trace Into

Tells the debugger to execute the next line of code. If the line contains a function, Trace Into executes the function and then stops at the first line of code inside the function.

Shift+F7

Run > Trace to Next Source Line

Executes a single source line.

F4

Run > Run to Cursor

Executes the current program and stops at the cursor location.

Shift+F8

Run > Run Until Return

Executes the current program and stops when the function returns.

Ctrl+F2

Run > Program Reset

Terminates the application or process that is currently under the control of the debugger.

Ctrl+F7

Run > Evaluate/Modify...

Evaluates or changes the value of an existing expression or property.

Ctrl+F5

Run > Add Watch...

Adds a watch or changes the properties of an existing watch. The watch appears in the Watch List.

Alt+End

Window > Next Window

When the windows are floating, it toggles between windows.

Ctrl+R

Refactorings | right-click on the Refactorings pane | Apply Refactoring

Applies the refactoring definition that appears in the Refactorings pane.

Ctrl+Z

Refactorings | right-click on the Refactorings pane | Undo/Redo

Undoes the refactoring.

Del

Refactorings | right-click on the Refactorings pane | Remove
Find | right-click on the C++ Find References pane | Remove

Removes the refactoring definition of the Refactorings pane.

Ctrl+A

To-Do List | right-click on the To-Do List pane | Add...

Opens the Add To-Do Item where you can introduce the new task to appear in the To-Do List pane.

F2

To-Do List | right-click on the To-Do List pane | Add...

Opens the Add To-Do Item to edit the selected task.

Ctrl+C

To-Do List | right-click on the To-Do List pane | Copy As > Text

Copies the content of the To-Do List as plain text.

Ctrl+T

To-Do List | right-click on the To-Do List pane | Copy As > HTML Table

Copies the content of the To-Do List as an HTML table.

Ctrl+V

Messages | right-click on the Messages View pane | View Source

Opens the source file in a new tab in the Code Editor.

Ctrl+S

Messages | right-click on the Messages View pane | Edit Source

Highlights in red the code line related with the error that appears in the Messages pane. It opens the source file if necessary.

Click+Shift

Tool Palette

Targets the component in the Tool Palette to make the selection repetitive. Click the component again to cancel the selection.

Esc

Tool Palette

Displays all the categories of the Tool Palette.

Ctrl+Arrow keys

Form Designer

Moves the selected component.

Shift+Ctrl+Arrow

Form Designer

Moves the component faster.

Tab / Arrow Key

Form Designer

Switches between components.

Shift+Arrow Key

Form Designer

Changes the size of the component.

Esc

Form Designer

Selects the parent component.

Ctrl+Tab

Form Designer

Moves forward on the Editing tabs.

Shift+Ctrl+Tab

Form Designer

Moves backwards on the Editing tabs.

Ctrl+Tab

Object Inspector

Switches between the Properties tab and the Events tab.

Tab

Object Inspector

Changes the focus between the two columns of the two tabs. In the Properties name column you can navigate typing the name of the property.

Ctrl+Enter

Object Inspector

Allows selecting an option from a combo box in the values column of the two tabs. On the Events tab, it generates the event handler and the focus changes to the code editor where it appears highlighted.

Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow

Object Inspector

Shows the list of values for the selected field.

+/-

Object Inspector

Expands or contracts the tree node for the property.

Ctrl+Down Arrow

Object Inspector

Shows all the elements of the combo box.

F12

Object Inspector

Switches between the designer tab and the code editor tab.

Shift+Alt+F11

Object Inspector

Focuses on the Structure pane.

Alt+F4

Closes RAD Studio.

Ctrl+Num +

Code Editor Context Menu | Increase Font Size

Increases the font size of the Code Editor.

Ctrl+Num -

Code Editor Context Menu | Decrease Font Size

Decreases the font size of the Code Editor.

Shift+Ctrl+N

Code Editor Context Menu | Find > Find Definition

Searches the entire project for definitions of the selected identifier.

Shift+Ctrl+Enter

Code Editor Context Menu | Find > Find References

Searches the entire active project for references to a selected identifier.

Shift+Ctrl+B

Code Editor Context Menu | Find > Show Base Types

Searches the entire project for base types of the selected class or method.

Shift+Ctrl+Q

Code Editor Context Menu | Find > Show Derived Types

Searches the entire project for derived types of the selected class or method.

Code Editor Keyboard Shortcuts

The following table lists the Default Mapping keyboard shortcuts for the Code Editor.

Note: Keyboard shortcuts that include the Ctrl+Alt key combination are disabled when the Use Ctrl+Alt Keys option is unchecked on the Tools > Options > Editor Options > Key Mappings page.

Shortcut Action

Alt+[ / Ctrl+Q+[

Finds the forward matching delimiter.

Alt+] / Ctrl+Q+]

Finds the backward matching delimiter.

Down Arrow

Moves down one line.

Up Arrow

Moves up one line.

Right Arrow

Moves the cursor one character to the right.

Left Arrow

Moves the cursor one character to the left.

Spacebar

Inserts a space.

Tab

Inserts a tab.

End

Moves to the end of the current line.

Enter

Inserts the carriage return.

Ins

Toggles between the insert and overwrite modes.

Backspace

Deletes a character to the left of the cursor.

Del

Deletes a character to the right of the cursor.

F1

Displays the Help for the selected fully qualified name space.

F5

Toggles between adding and removing a breakpoint in the current line.

Page Down

Moves down one page.

Page Up

Moves up one page.

Alt+Backspace / Ctrl + Z

Undo.

Alt+F7

Go to previous error or message in Messages View.

Alt+F8

Go to next error / message in Messages View.

Alt+F10 / Shift+F10

Displays the Code Editor Context Menu.

Alt+Page Down

Goes to the next tab.

Alt+Page Up

Goes to the previous tab.

Alt+Right Arrow

Goes forward after Alt+Left Arrow operation.

Alt+Shift+Backspace

Redo.

Alt+Shift+Down Arrow

Moves the cursor down one line and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position.

Alt+Shift+End

Selects the column from the cursor position to the end of the current line.

Alt+Shift+Home

Selects the column from the cursor position to the start of the current line.

Alt+Shift+Left Arrow

Selects the column to the left of the cursor.

Alt+Shift+Page Down

Moves the cursor down one line and selects the column from the right of the starting cursor position.

Alt+Shift+Page Up

Moves the cursor up one screen and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position.

Alt+Shift+Right Arrow

Selects the column to the right of the cursor.

Alt+Shift+Up Arrow

Moves the cursor up one line and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position.

Alt+Up Arrow / Ctrl+Right Click

Goes to declaration.

Alt+Left Arrow

Goes back after Alt+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Click (go to declaration) operation.

Click+Alt+mousemove

Selects column-oriented blocks.

Ctrl+/

Adds or removes // to each line in the selected code block to comment the code.

Ctrl+Spacebar

Displays the Code Completion pop-up window or the Argument Value List.

Ctrl+0 (or 1-9) / Ctrl+Q+0 (or 1-9)

Goes to the corresponding bookmark.

Ctrl+K+1 (or 2-9)

Sets the bookmark.

Shift+Ctrl+1 (or 2-9)

Removes the bookmark.

Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow

Goes to the first line of the following method in the file/class.

Ctrl+Alt+End

Goes to the last method in the file/class.

Ctrl+Alt+F12

Displays a drop down list of open files.

Ctrl+Alt+Home

Goes to the first method in the file/class.

Ctrl+Alt+N & Ctrl+Alt+U

Opens the Used Units of the Navigation Toolbar; displays a list of all the units that the current unit uses.

Ctrl+Alt+N & Ctrl+Alt+S

Opens the File Sections of the Navigation Toolbar; displays a list of sections in the file.

Ctrl+Alt+N & Ctrl+Alt+T

Opens the Types combo box of the Navigation Toolbar; displays the names of all the declared types in the current unit.

Ctrl+Alt+N & Ctrl+Alt+P

Opens the Methods combo box of the Navigation Toolbar; displays the names of all the procedures and functions of the current unit.

Ctrl+Alt+N & Ctrl+Alt+F

Opens the Project Symbol Search of the Navigation Toolbar.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+End

Selects the column from the cursor position to the end of the current file.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Home

Selects the column from the cursor position to the start of the current file.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Arrow

Selects the column to the left of the cursor.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P

Synchronizes the interface and implementation copies of your procedure and function prototypes.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Page Down

Selects the column from the cursor position to the top of the screen.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Page Up

Selects the column from the cursor position to the bottom of the screen.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Arrow

Selects the column to the right of the cursor.

Ctrl+Alt+Mouse Scroll

Hops between methods in a file/class.

Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow

Hops to the first line of the current method or the first line of the preceding method in the file/class.

Ctrl+Backspace

Deletes the word to the left of the cursor (deletes characters to the preceding space).

Ctrl+C / Ctrl+Ins

Copies the selection to the clipboard.

Ctrl+V / Shift+Ins

Pastes a selection form the clipboard.

Ctrl+X/ Shift+Del

Cuts a selection to the clipboard.

Ctrl+Del

Deletes a currently selected block.

Ctrl+Down Arrow

Scrolls down one line.

Ctrl+End / Crtl+Q+C

Moves to the end of a file.

Ctrl+Enter / Ctrl+O+A

Opens file at cursor.

Ctrl+Home / Ctrl+Q+R

Moves the cursor to the top of a file.

Ctrl+Q+S / Home

Moves the cursor to the beginning of a line.

Ctrl+F4

Closes the current editor page.

Ctrl+F10, F10

Gives focus to Delphi's main menu instead of the cursor.

Ctrl+I / Ctrl+K+I / Shift+Ctrl+I / Tab

Inserts a tab character.

Ctrl+J

Displays the Code template completion pop-up menu.

Ctrl+K+B

Marks the beginning of a block.

Ctrl+K+C

Copies the selected block.

Ctrl+K+E

Lowercases the current word.

Ctrl+K+F

Uppercases the current word.

Ctrl+K+H

Toggles a block selection.

Ctrl+K+N

Changes a selected block to uppercase.

Ctrl+K+O

Changes a selected block to lowercase.

Ctrl+K+P

Opens the Print Selection dialog box to print the selected block.

Ctrl+K+R

Opens the Read File as Block dialog box.

Ctrl+K+T

Marks a word as a block.

Ctrl+K+U / Shift+Ctrl+U / Shift+Tab

Outdents a selected line or block.

Ctrl+K+W

Opens the Write Block to File dialog box.

Ctrl+K+Y

Deletes a selected block.

Ctrl+Left Arrow

Moves the cursor one word to the left.

Ctrl+Right Arrow

Moves the cursor one word to the right.

Ctrl+N

Inserts a new line.

Ctrl+O+C

Turns on column blocking.

Ctrl+O+K

Turns off column blocking.

Ctrl+O+L

Turns on line blocking mode.

Ctrl+O+O

Inserts compiler options.

Ctrl+O+U

Toggles case of a selected block.

Ctrl+P

Causes the next character to be interpreted as an ASCII sequence.

Ctrl+Q+B

Moves the cursor to the beginning of a block.

Ctrl+Q+D / End

Moves the cursor to the end of a line.

Ctrl+Q+K

Moves the cursor to the end of a block.

Ctrl+PgDn / Ctrl+Q+X

Moves to the bottom of a screen.

Ctrl+PgUp / Ctrl+Q+E

Moves to the top of a screen.

Ctrl+Q+T

Shifts the Code Editor, moving the current line to the top of the editor window.

Shift+Ctrl+C

Invokes class completion for the class declaration in which the cursor is positioned.

Shift+Ctrl+B

Displays the buffer list.

Shift+Ctrl+Down Arrow

Jumps between declaration and implementation sections in the same unit.

Shift+Ctrl+J

Enter or exits the SyncEdit mode.

Shift+Ctrl+K+A

Expands all blocks of code.

Shift+Ctrl+K+C

Collapses all classes.

Shift+Ctrl+K+E

Collapses a block of code.

Shift+Ctrl+K+G

Collapses Initializes/finalize and interface/implementation.

Shift+Ctrl+K+M

Collapses all methods.

Shift+Ctrl+K+N

Collapses a namespace/Unit.

Shift+Ctrl+K+O

Toggles between enabling and disabling Code Folding.

Shift+Ctrl+K+P

Collapses nested procedures.

Shift+Ctrl+K+T

Toggles the current block between collapsed and expanded.

Shift+Ctrl+K+U

Expands a block of code.

Shift+Ctrl+F4

Closes all the editor pages except the main one.

Shift+Ctrl+End

Selects from the cursor position to the end of the current file.

Shift+Ctrl+G

Inserts a new Globally Unique Identifier (GUID).

Shift+Ctrl+Home

Selects from the cursor position to the start of the current file.

Shift+Ctrl+I

Indents a selected block.

Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow

Selects the word to the left of the cursor.

Shift+Ctrl+P

Plays a recorded keystroke macro.

Shift+Ctrl+PgDn

Selects from the cursor position to the bottom of the screen.

Shift+Ctrl+PgUp

Selects from the cursor position to the top of the screen.

Shift+Ctrl+R

Toggles between starting and stopping the recording of a keystroke macro.

Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow

Selects the word to the right of the cursor.

Shift+Ctrl+Spacebar

Displays the Code Parameters pop-up window.

Shift+Ctrl+T

Opens the Add or Edit To-Do Item dialog box.

Shift+Ctrl+Tab

Moves to the previous code page (or file).

Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow

Jumps between declaration and implementation.

Shift+Ctrl+Y / Ctrl+Q+Y

Deletes to the end of a line.

Ctrl+T

Deletes a word to the right (deletes characters to the next space) of the cursor.

Ctrl+O+G

Opens the Go to Line Number dialog box.

Ctrl+Tab

Moves to the next code page (or file).

Ctrl+Up Arrow

Scrolls up one line.

Ctrl+Y

Deletes the current line.

Ctrl+S

Saves the current file. If the file is unsaved, it opens the Save < file_name > As dialog box.

Shift+Alt+Arrow

Selects column-oriented blocks.

Shift+Backspace

Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.

Shift+Down Arrow

Moves the cursor down one line and selects from the right of the starting cursor position.

Shift+End

Selects from the cursor position to the end of the current line.

Shift+Enter

Inserts a new line with a carriage return.

Shift+Home

Selects from the cursor position to the start of the current line.

Shift+Left Arrow

Selects the character to the left of the cursor.

Shift+PgDn

Moves the cursor down one line and selects from the right of the starting cursor position.

Shift+PgUp

Moves the cursor up one screen and selects from the left of the starting cursor position.

Shift+Right Arrow

Selects the character to the right of the cursor.

Shift+Space

Inserts a blank space.

Shift+Tab

Moves the cursor to the left one tab position.

Shift+Up Arrow

Moves the cursor up one line and selects from the left of the starting cursor position.

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