Editor Hot Keys

The following table summarizes the hot-keys available in the PowerBASIC IDE Editor Window:

Keystroke | Description
F1 | Dynamic Help
F2 | Code Finder dialog
F3 | Find dialog/Find next
SHIFT+F3 | Find previous
F4 | Duplicate current line
CTRL+F4 | Close current document
ALT+F4 | Exit PBEDIT
F5 | Compile and debug (if in edit mode) or Run program (if in debug mode)
CTRL+F5 | Animate program.
F6 | Clear to end-of-line
CTRL+TAB | Switch to the next document window
CTRL+F6 | Switch to the next document window
SHIFT+CTRL+TAB | Switch to the previous document window
CTRL+SHIFT+F6 | Switch to the previous document window
F8 | Step into next program line (when debugging)
CTRL+SHIFT+F8 | Step out of current procedure (when debugging)
SHIFT+F8 | Step over next program line (when debugging)
CTRL+F8 | Run to caret (when debugging)
F9 | Break (stop the program being debugged)
CTRL++ | Increases the IDE's Font size
CTRL+- | Decreases the IDE's Font size
SHIFT+INSERT | Paste text from clipboard
SHIFT+DELETE | Cut text to clipboard
CTRL+DELETE | Cut text to clipboard
CTRL+INSERT | Copy text to clipboard
CTRL+HOME | Move to start of document
CTRL+END | Move to end of document
CTRL+PAGEUP | Move to start of document, maintaining caret position on screen
CTRL+PAGEDOWN | Move to end of document, maintaining caret position on screen
CTRL+ALT+G | Insert a GUID
CTRL+ALT+O | Display the Open Project dialog box.
CTRL+ALT+P | Primary Source File Dialog
SHIFT+CTRL+S | Save all opened files
CTRL+0 | Go to bookmark 0
ALT+0 | Set bookmark 0
CTRL+1 | Go to bookmark 1
ALT+1 | Set bookmark 1
CTRL+2 | Go to bookmark 2
ALT+2 | Set bookmark 2
CTRL+3 | Go to bookmark 3
ALT+3 | Set bookmark 3
CTRL+4 | Go to bookmark 4
ALT+4 | Set bookmark 4
CTRL+5 | Go to bookmark 5
ALT+5 | Set bookmark 5
CTRL+6 | Go to bookmark 6
ALT+6 | Set bookmark 6
CTRL+7 | Go to bookmark 7
ALT+7 | Set bookmark 7
CTRL+8 | Go to bookmark 8
ALT+8 | Set bookmark 8
CTRL+9 | Go to bookmark 9
ALT+9 | Set bookmark 9
TAB | Indent marked block by one tab level
SHIFT+TAB | Outdent marked block by one tab level
SPACE | Indent marked block by one space
SHIFT+SPACE | Outdent marked block by one space
CTRL+A | Select all
ALT+B | Toggle Bookmark
CTRL+B | Go to Bookmark dialog
ALT+C | Copy text to the clipboard as BB Code for posting in the PowerBASIC Forums.
CTRL+C | Copy text to the clipboard
CTRL+D | Duplicate current line
CTRL+E | Build and Execute
CTRL+F | Find dialog
CTRL+G | Go to Line dialog
CTRL+I | Toggle auto-indent mode
CTRL+K | Clear to end-of-line
CTRL+L | Select current line
CTRL+M | Compile the current document (or primary source file, if any)
CTRL+N | Create a new document, using the default file template
CTRL+O | Open an existing document
CTRL+P | Print the current source document
CTRL+Q | Comment-out marked block
CTRL+SHIFT+Q | Uncomment-out marked block
CTRL+R | Find and Replace dialog
CTRL+S | Save the current document
CTRL+T | Delete the word at the caret
CTRL+U | Paste text from clipboard
CTRL+V | Paste text from clipboard
CTRL+X | Cut text to clipboard
CTRL+Y | Cut current line to clipboard
CTRL+Z | Undo last change