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Hot Keys

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The following hot keys are supported within the Form Designer:

 

Functionality:

 

[F6]

Display Format / Format Mask examples

[F7]

Switch Between Design/Code tabs

[F8]

Find Next (text search in Code tab)

[F11]

Properties for selected object

[Ctrl+F9]

Run Form

[Ctrl+A]

Select All

[Ctrl+C]

Copy

[Ctrl+F]

Search for text in form Custom EEPs

[Ctrl+L]

Search for caption/label text in form control properties

[Ctrl+N]

New Form

[Ctrl+O]

Open Form

[Ctrl+S]

Save Form

[Ctrl+X]

Cut

[Ctrl+V]

Paste

[Ctrl+Z]

Undo

[Ctrl+Alt+A]

Launch the Custom Form Action designer

[Ctrl+Alt+B]

Launch the Scrapbook utility

[Ctrl+Alt+P]

Launch the Control List

[Ctrl+Shift+A]

Select All within Parent Object

[Ctrl+Shift+C]

Toggle between arrow and cross cursor (for alignment help)

[Ctrl+Shift+M]

Launch the EEP Map

[Ctrl+Shift+F9]

Run Form (Live)

[Ctrl+Up Arrow]

Move selected object up

[Ctrl+Down Arrow]

Move selected object down

[Ctrl+Left Arrow]

Move selected object left

[Ctrl+Right Arrow]

Move selected object right

[Ctrl+Page Up]

Moves up the pages for a Tab Control object

[Ctrl+Page Down]

Moves down the pages for a Tab Control object

[Ctrl]+<Number>

Moves to the page number for a Tab Control object

[Ctrl+Mouse double click

Properties for selected object

Mouse double click

Default EEP command syntax for selected object

[Shift+F1]

Launch the Form Designer Help

[Shift+F8]

Find (text search in Code tab)

[Shift+F9]

Reload Form

[Shift+Up Arrow]

Shrink height for selected object

[Shift+Down Arrow]

Increase height for selected object

[Shift+Left Arrow]

Shrink width for selected object

[Shift+Right Arrow]

Increase width for selected object

 

Display and Navigation:

 

[F1]

Main R:BASE Help

[F3]

Data Dictionary

[Ctrl+F3]

Help Index

[Ctrl+F4]

Closes an R:BASE module window

[Ctrl+E]

R:BASE Editor

[Ctrl+L]

Database Explorer

[Ctrl+R]

R> Prompt

[Ctrl+W]

Watch Variables

[Ctrl+F11]

Scratch Pad

[Ctrl+Alt+M]

Magnifying Glass

[Ctrl+Tab] or [Ctrl+F6]

Next window for R:BASE module

[Ctrl+Shift+Tab]

Previous window for R:BASE module

[Shift+F1]

Help File for current R:BASE module

[Shift+F4]

Tile Windows

[Shift+F5]

Cascade Windows

[Shift+F9]

Help Search

 

The following hot keys are supported during Forms Runtime:

 

[F2]

Add Row

[F4]

Lowers the List for Drop-Down Controls

[F5]

Reset Field

[F7]

Previous Row

[F8]

Next Row

[F9]

Delete Row

[Ctrl+D]

Multi-Column Sorting (Enhanced DB Grid)

[Ctrl+F]

Record Search (Enhanced DB Grid, Tree View)

[Ctrl+L]

Display Filer (Enhanced DB Grid)

[Ctrl+S]

Show/Hide Columns (Enhanced DB Grid)

[Ctrl+F10]

Refresh Row

[Ctrl+Alt+I]

Provides form information including database (with path), form name, driving table, slave tables, version, and current folder. The dialog also includes a button to save the displayed information to the clipboard.

[Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I]

Performs an image capture of the current form at runtime and launches the BLOB Editor, to alter (image annotations) and save

[Ctrl+Shift+D]

Clear Sorting (Enhanced DB Grid)

[Shift+F3]

Pop-up Menu

[Shift+F7]

Previous Table

[Shift+F8]

Next Table