Delphi keyboard shortcuts 

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Zeynel -
7 years ago
- Shortcuts
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Esc

Selects parent control in design mode. Left mouse click + Escape drags the parent control

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↑  Shift +

After selecting control in form designer, click on it with Shift again to select top most parent Form

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Tab

In Object Inspector activates incremental search for properties. Press again Tab to move focus to property value

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Ctrl + J

Invoke code templates also called code snippets

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Ctrl + T

Delete text from cursor position until end of word

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Ctrl + E

Incremental search

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Ctrl + Y

Delete current line

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Ctrl + B

Invoke buffer window when focus is on editor. The buffer window shows a list of all different tabs.

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + G

Insert a new GUID at the cursor position

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + I

Indent the current selected block

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + U

Unindent the current selected block

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Ctrl + K + I

Indent the current selected block or current line in case of no selection

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Ctrl + K + U

Unindent the current selected block or current line in case of no selection

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + J

Invoke SyncEdit

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + V

Automatically declare variable at cursor position

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Y

Delete to the end of line

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Alt + [

Match pair forward

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Alt + ]

Match pair backward

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Alt +

Browse forward (hotlink history)

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Alt +

Browse backward (hotlink history)

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Alt +

Browse to symbol under editor cursor (invoke a hotlink and add it to the hotlink history)

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F4

Run program to current cursor position

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F5

Toggle breakpoint

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F7

Debugger step into

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↑  Shift + F7

Trace into next source line

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F8

Debugger step over

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↑  Shift + F8

Run until return

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F9

Run program under debugger

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Ctrl + F2

Program Reset

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Ctrl + F7

Evaluate/modify

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Ctrl + F5

Add Watch

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Ctrl + F12

View units

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Alt + G

Go to line number in editor

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or Ctrl + O + G
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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + R

Start/stop recording editor macro

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + P

Play editor macro

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Ctrl + Space

Invoke code completion

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Space

Invoke code parameter hints

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Ctrl + ⤶ Enter

Open file at cursor

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + ⤶ Enter

Find all references

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + C

Invoke class completion for the class that currently contains the cursor

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Navigate to method implementation/declaration

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or Ctrl + ↑  Shift +
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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + 1 - 9

Set a bookmark at current row in the source

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Ctrl + 1 - 9

Go to a bookmark row in the source

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Ctrl + Alt + F12

Opens the drop-down on the top-right corner of the code editor, listing all open files

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Ctrl + Alt +

Navigate to previous or next method implementation in lexical order in this source unit, or within the class to which scope has been limited using Ctrl + Q + L

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Ctrl + Alt +

Navigate to previous method implementation in lexical order in this source unit, or within the class to which scope has been limited using Ctrl + Q + L

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Ctrl + Alt +

Navigate to next method implementation in lexical order in this source unit, or within the class to which scope has been limited using Ctrl + Q + L

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Ctrl + Alt + Home

Navigate to the lexically first method implementation in this source unit, or within the class to which scope has been limited using Ctrl + Q + L

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Ctrl + Alt + End

Navigate to the lexically last method implementation in this source unit, or within the class to which scope has been limited using Ctrl + Q + L

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Ctrl + Alt + P

Activate the Tool Palette in filtering mode (start typing, press Enter to drop component)

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Ctrl + Alt + A

Adds current date to source code

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Ctrl + /

Toggle comment per line or selected block and cursors goes down one line, Ctrl  +  # on nordic (and perhaps other international ) keyboards

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + T

Add todo list item

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Alt + F12

Toggle between Form as text mode or design mode

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Alt + F11

Invoke Use unit dialog

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Ctrl + F11

Invoke Open Project Dialog

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Ctrl + Alt + F11

Invoke Project manager window

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F11

Invoke Object Inspector window

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F12

Toggle between code view and design view

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Alt + 0

Invoke Window list

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↑  Shift + Alt + F11

Invoke Structure window

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + B

Invoke Browser window

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Ctrl + Alt + B

Invoke Breakpoint window

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Ctrl + Alt + S

Invoke Call Stack window

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Ctrl + Alt + W

Invoke Watches window

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Ctrl + Alt + L

Invoke Local Variables window

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Ctrl + Alt + T

Invoke Threads window

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Ctrl + Alt + F

Invoke FPU window

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Ctrl + Alt + C

Invoke CPU window

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Ctrl + Alt + V

Invoke Event window

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Ctrl + Alt + M

Invoke Modules window

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↑  Shift + F12

Invoke Forms window

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + A

Invoke Add to uses clause (Find unit in Delphi 2006) window (Refactoring)

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F11

Invoke Project Options window

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Ctrl + F9

Compile Project

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↑  Shift + F9

Build Project

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↑  Shift + F11

Invoke Add to project window

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + F9

Run without debugging

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Ctrl + F

Find

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↑  Shift + Ctrl + F

Find in Files

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Alt + F7

Previous/next result (for Find in Files and Build Error Messages)

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Ctrl + K + E

Changes a word to lowercase and deselects selection

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Ctrl + K + F

Changes a word to uppercase and deselects selection

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Ctrl + K + O

Changes a word to lowercase

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Ctrl + K + N

Changes a word to uppercase

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Ctrl + O + U

Toggles case

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K + O

Toggles Code folding between On and Off

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K + A

Code folding: Expands All blocks of code

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K + E

Code folding: Collapse current block of code

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K + U

Code folding: Expand current block of code

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K + T

Code folding: Toggle Current block (expand & collapse)

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K + R

Code folding: Collapses all regions {$region 'comment'}..{$endregion}

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K + P

Code folding: Collapse nested procedures

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K + M

Code folding: Collapse all methods

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K + C

Code folding: Collapse all classes

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K + G

Code folding: Collapses down to primary Groups [Interface/Implementation]

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + K + N

Code folding: Collapses Namespace/Unit

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Ctrl + Tab

Switch to the next open file in the editor

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Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Tab

Switch to the previous open file in the editor

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Ctrl + K + P

Invokes print selection dialog

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Ctrl + K + W

Invokes Write block to file(selected text)

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Ctrl + K + R

Invokes Read block from file(inserts text at cursor)

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Ctrl + K + C

Copies selected text at the end of the selection

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Ctrl + K + T

Select word at cursor position

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Ctrl + O + C

Turns on block selection mode

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Ctrl + O + L

Selects current line (and turns off block selection mode)

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Ctrl + Q + L

Toggles between limiting the Ctrl + Alt navigation shortcuts to the current class, or limiting it to the current unit

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Ctrl + Q + W

Go to next item of Messages window

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Ctrl + F6

Switches between source (.cpp) and header (.h)

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Alt + Backspace

Undo

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Alt + F10

Display Popup menu

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

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

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Alt + ↑  Shift + End

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

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Alt + ↑  Shift + Home

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

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Selects the column to the left of the cursor

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Alt + Shift + Page Down

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

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Alt + Shift + Page Up

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

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

Selects the column to the right of the cursor

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Alt + ↑  Shift +

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

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Alt + X

Cut word under cursor / current selected block

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Ctrl + C

Copy word under Cursor / selected block

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Ctrl + A

Select all

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Ctrl + Backspace

Delete the word to the beginning

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Ctrl + D

Deletes a currently selected block

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Ctrl +

Scrolls down one line

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Ctrl + End

Moves to the end of a file

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Ctrl + F1

Topic Search

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Ctrl + F10

Open Main Menu

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Ctrl + Home

Moves to the top of a file

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Ctrl + H

Replace Dialog

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Ctrl + I

Inserts a tab character

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Ctrl + Insert

Copy selected Block

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Ctrl + L

Find again

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Ctrl +

Moves one word left

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Ctrl + M

Insert new line (same as Enter)

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Ctrl + N

Insert new line after cursor (cursor stays in current line)

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Ctrl + O + A

Open file at cursor

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Ctrl + O + B

Browse symbol at cursor

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Ctrl + O + O

Inserts compiler options and directives

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Ctrl + Page Down

Moves to the bottom of a screen

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Ctrl + Page Up

Moves to the top of a screen

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Ctrl + Q + A

Search Replace Dialog

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Ctrl + Q + B

Moves cursor to the beginning of a block

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Ctrl + Q + C

Moves cursor to end of a file

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Ctrl + Q + D

Moves cursor to the end of a line

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Ctrl + Q + E

Moves cursor to the top of the window

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Ctrl + Q + F

Search Find Dialog


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Program information

Program name: Delphi Delphi (Developer tools)

Web page: embarcadero.com/products/rad-s...

Last update: 7/1/2020 8:02 AM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 72%

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Updated: Updated program information. (3 updates.) 7/1/2020 7:39:48 AM Added some shortcuts.
7/1/2020 8:02:01 AM Updated program information.
7/1/2020 8:02:25 AM Updated program information.

Shortcut count: 194

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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