The IDE uses JFC/Swing keyboard shortcuts for navigate, activate, and select operations in windows in the IDE. The JFC/Swing keyboard shortcuts are not configurable in the IDE.
The following table lists the keystrokes needed for window operations in compact window mode.
Keys | Action |
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Tab | Shifts focus to the next component or to the first member of the next group of components (the upper-left component in left-to-right reading order). |
Shift-Tab | Shifts focus to the previous component or to the last component in the previous group of components (reverse navigation of Tab). |
Home | Selects the first item in the list or pane. |
End | Selects the last item in the list or pane. |
Up arrow | Moves keyboard focus to the previous item in a group of items.
Navigates to the previous setting in a combo box in a property sheet. |
Down arrow | Moves keyboard focus to the next item in a group of items. Navigates to the next setting in a combo box in a property sheet. |
Left arrow | Closes a folder (node). |
Right arrow | Opens a folder (node). |
Spacebar | Activates the item that has focus. |
Ctrl-0 | Switches to the Source Editor. |
Ctrl-1/Ctrl-Shift-1 | Opens the Projects window. |
Ctrl-2/Ctrl-Shift-2 | Opens the Files window. |
Ctrl-3/Ctrl-Shift-3 | Opens the Favorites window. |
Ctrl-4 | Opens the Output window. |
Ctrl-5 | Opens the Runtime window. |
Ctrl-6 | Opens the To Do window. |
Ctrl-7 | Opens the HTTP Monitor. |
Ctrl-8/Ctrl-Shift-8 | Opens the Versioning window. |
Ctrl-9 | Opens the VCS Output window. |
Alt-Shift-1 | Opens the Local Variables debugger window. |
Alt-Shift-2 | Opens the Watches debugger window. |
Alt-Shift-3 | Opens the Call Stack debugger window. |
Alt-Shift-4 | Opens the Classes debugger window. |
Alt-Shift-5 | Opens the Breakpoints debugger window. |
Alt-Shift-6 | Opens the Sessions debugger window. |
Alt-Shift-7 | Opens the Threads debugger window. |
Alt-Shift-8 | Opens the Sources window. |
Ctrl-Tab (Ctrl-') | Toggles through the open windows in the order that they were last used. The dialog box displays all open windows and each of the open documents in the Source Editor. |
Shift-Escape | Maximizes the Source Editor or the present window. |
Ctrl-F4 | Closes the current tab in the current window. If the window has no tabs, the whole window is closed. |
Ctrl-Shift-F4 | Closes all open documents in the Source Editor. |
Shift-F4 | Opens the Documents dialog box, in which you can save and close groups of open documents. |
Alt-right | Displays the next tab in the current window. |
Alt-left | Displays the previous tab in the current window.. |