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• 1 General Keyboard Shortcuts
• 2 Code Editor Keyboard Shortcuts
• 3 See Also

General Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Menu	Action
F1		Opens the help topic on a selected item.
Ctrl+F11	File > Open Project	Opens a project file using the Open Projectdialog.
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 componentscheckmark	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 Viewpane.
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 > Projects Window	Opens the Project Manager pane.
Shift+Ctrl+E	Refactor > Rename(Delphi only)	Opens the Rename  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 .cpp(C++ only)	Rebuilds all files in your current project regardless of whether they have changed.
Ctrl+F9	Project > Make (C++) Project > Compile (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	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 Overexecutes 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 Intoexecutes 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 Viewpane | View Source	Opens the source file in a new tab in the Code Editor.
Ctrl+S	Messages | right-click on the Messages Viewpane | 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 a help topic describing: A pointed reserved word, directive, or C++ keyword. A pointed identifier (or selected qualified identifier) corresponding to a name of a procedure, function, constant, property, variable, field, type, program, unit, library, or package described in installed CHM help files. The Code Editor.
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+Q & Ctrl+Alt+G	Swaps the last stack bookmark placed and the cursor location.
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 & Ctrl+G	Drops a stack bookmark in the current cursor location.
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+K	Marks the end of a block.
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 & Ctrl+G	Picks up the last stack bookmark moving the cursor to such location.
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.
Ctrl+W	Selects the identifier under the cursor and then expands the selection to larger syntactic groups.
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.