There are keyboard shortcuts available to activate the
following Source Editor operations:
| Keys |
Action |
| Alt-U, T |
Scrolls the line the instertion point is on to the top of window. |
| Alt-U, M |
Scrolls the line the instertion point is on to the middle of window. |
| Alt-U, B |
Scrolls the line the instertion point is on to the to bottom of window. |
| Ctrl-down arrow |
Scrolls the window up without moving the insertion point. |
| Ctrl-up arrow |
Scrolls the window down without moving the insertion point. |
| Ctrl-[ |
Moves the insertion point to the highlighted matching bracket. This shortcut
only works when the instertion point is immediately after the opening or closing bracket. |
| Ctrl-Shift-[ |
Selects the block between a pair of brackets. This shortcut only works
when the insertion point is imtmediately after either the opening or closing
bracket. |
| Ctrl-G |
Jumps to any specified line. |
| Alt-Shift-T |
Moves the insertion point to the top of the window. |
| Alt-Shift-M |
Moves the insertion point to the middle of the window. |
| Alt-Shift-B |
Moves the insertion point to the bottom of the window. |
| Ctrl-Home |
Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the document. |
| Ctrl-End |
Moves the insertion point to the end of the document. |
| Alt-Shift-S |
In Java classes, selects the current syntactic element.
With successive pressings, the containing element is selected. For example,
if the insertion point is in a statement, the statement is selected with the
first pressing. On the second pressing, the method is selected. On the third
pressing, the class is selected. |
| Alt-Shift-A |
Used with Alt-Shift-S, reverts the selection back one step.
For example, if you have pressed Alt-Shift-S several times to select a class,
you could press Alt-Shift-A to reduce the selection to the method where the
insertion point is. |
| Ctrl-A |
Selects all text in the file. |
| Keys |
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. |
| Shift-Delete |
(Cut) Deletes the current selection and places it on the
clipboard. |
| Ctrl-C |
(Copy) Copies the current selection to the clipboard. |
| Ctrl-Insert |
(Copy) Copies the current selection to the clipboard. |
| Ctrl-V |
(Paste) Pastes the contents of the clipbard at the insert
point. |
| Delete |
(Delete) Deletes the current selection. |
| Ctrl-E |
Deletes the current line. |
| Ctrl-U |
Deletes text in the following sequence:
- text preceding insertion point on same line
- indentation on same line
- line break
- text on previous line
|
| Ctrl-Backspace |
Removes the text in the current word preceding the insertion
point. |
| Ctrl-K |
Copies the word preceding the insertion point and pastes
it at the insertion point. (The insertion point must be on a whitespace
before or after a word.) Press K multiple times to cycle through consecutive
previous words.
|
| Ctrl-L |
Copies the word following the insertion point and pastes
it at the insertion point. (The insertion point must be on a whitespace
before or after a word.) Press L multiple times to cycle through consecutive
following words. |
| Keys |
Action |
| Ctrl-Spacebar |
Opens the Java code completion dialog box. |
| Alt-Enter |
Display editor hints for Java files. The IDE informs
you when a hint is available when the lightbulb (
) icon is displayed. |
| Ctrl-\ |
Opens the Java code completion dialog box. |
| Shift-Enter |
Enters the text that is selected in the code completion box into your
file. |
| Alt-Shift-F |
Generates missing import statements and removes unused import statements for the current class. |
| Alt-Shift-I |
Adds an import statement to the import section of the code when cursor
is over the class name to be imported. |
| Alt-U, G |
Appends the prefix get to the identifier. |
| Alt-U, S |
Appends the prefix set to the identifier. |
| Alt-U, I |
Appends the prefix is to the identifier. |
| Alt-G |
Goes to the method or variable declaration for method or variable the
insertion point is on. |
| Ctrl-M |
Selects the next parameter. You must have a parameter
selected (highlighted) for this shortcut to work. |
| Ctrl-Shift-T |
Comments out the current line or selected lines. |
| Ctrl-Shift-D |
Removes comment from the current line or selected lines. |
| Alt-K |
Goes to the previous entry in the jump list. This
The jump list is a list of locations in your files where you have been
working. |
| Alt-L |
Goes to the next entry in the jump list. This
shortcut is related to the Alt-K shortcut and only
works if you have just used Alt-K or Alt-Shift-K. |
| Alt-Shift-K |
Goes to the previous entry in jump list not in the same file.
The jump list is a list of locations in your files where you have been
working. |
| Alt-Shift-L |
Goes to the next entry in jump list not in the same file.
This shortcut is related to the Alt-Shift-K shortcut and only
works if you have just used Alt-K or Alt-Shift-K. |
| Ctrl-Shift-F |
Reformats selected code or entire file if nothing is selected. |
| Shift-F10 |
Opens editor's contextual menu. |
| Ctrl-J, D |
A macro that selects the identifier that the insertion point is in
and then inserts debugging code on the previous line to print
the value of that identifier. |
| Shift-Spacebar |
Adds a space without checking for code templates that can be created from
the previous word. |