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Code Editing

Keyboard Shortcuts

Being able to keep your hands on the keyboard when writing code is crucial for high productivity. You can explore various keyboard shortcuts by navigating to File -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts from the menu tab or clicking Ctrl+Alt+,.

Selection

Different selection options can be explored from Selection in the menu tab. A few of the important ones are Shift + Right/Left/Up/Down for basic selection, Ctrl + Shift + Right/Left for whole words selection, and column selection by placing the cursor in one corner and then holding Shift+Alt while dragging to the opposite corner.

Save & Auto Save

To save a file press Ctrl+S or enable auto save from File -> Auto Save which will save your changes after a configured delay or when focus leaves the editor.

Find & Replace

Alt text Press Ctrl+F to toggle the Find feature of the IDE, write the word or phrase you're searching for and press Enter or Shift+Enter to go up and down the results. As seen in the above figure, there are several options to the search namely:

  1. Match Case: to find a word or phrase with the same case letters.
  2. Match Whole Word: to eliminate words or phrases that don't contain all the letters of each word from the results.
  3. Use Regular Expression: For an advanced search using regular expresions.
  4. Find in Selection: to first select a piece of code and then search only within the selection.
  5. Replace: to replace each search result with the word or phrase in the Replace field.
  6. Replace All: to replace all of the search result with the word or phrase in the Replace field, all in one click.

Note

To search multiple files at once press Ctrl+Shift+F.