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<h1>Delphi IDE Editor Keyboard Shortcuts</h1>
<p>These keyboard shortcuts were valid as of Delphi 2006, using the default key mapping.</p>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Jccc</span></td>
<td>Invoke code templates</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+T</span></td>
<td>Delete current word</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+E</span></td>
<td>Incremental search</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Y</span></td>
<td>Delete current line</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+O+C</span></td>
<td>Select a columnar block of text</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+O+L</span></td>
<td>Normal text selection mode (use to return to normal selection behaviour after using <span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+O+C</span>)</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Shift+G</span></td>
<td>Insert a new GUID at the cursor position</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Shift+I</span></td>
<td>Indent the current selected block</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Shift+U</span></td>
<td>Outdent the current selected block</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Shift+Y</span></td>
<td>Delete to the end of line</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Shift+J</span></td>
<td>Invoke syncedit</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Alt+[</span></td>
<td>Match pair forward</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Alt+]</span></td>
<td>Match pair backward</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Alt+RightArrow</span></td>
<td>Browse forward (hotlink history)</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Alt+LeftArrow</span></td>
<td>Browse backward (hotlink history)</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Alt+UpArrow</span></td>
<td>Browse to symbol under editor cursor (invoke a hotlink and add it to the hotlink history)</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">F4</span></td>
<td>Run program to current cursor position</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">F5</span></td>
<td>Toggle breakpoint</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">F7</span></td>
<td>Debugger step into</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">F8</span></td>
<td>Debugger step over</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">F9</span></td>
<td>Run program under debugger</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+F12</span></td>
<td>View units</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Alt+G</span></td>
<td>Goto line number in editor</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Shift+R</span></td>
<td>Start/Stop recording editor macro</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Shift+P</span></td>
<td>Play editor macro</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Space</span></td>
<td>Invoke code completion</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Shift+Space</span></td>
<td>Invoke code parameter hints</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Enter</span></td>
<td>Open file at cursor</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Shift+C</span></td>
<td>Invoke class completion for the class that currently contains the cursor</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Shift+UpArrow</span></td>
<td>Navigate to method implementation/declaration</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Shift+DownArrow</span></td>
<td>Navigate to method implementation/declaration</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Alt+UpArrow</span></td>
<td>Navigate to previous method implementation in lexical order</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Alt+DownArrow</span></td>
<td>Navigate to next method implementation in lexical order</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Alt+Home</span></td>
<td>Navigate to the lexically first method implementation in this source unit</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+Alt+End</span></td>
<td>Navigate to the lexically last method implementation in this source unit</td>
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<td><span class="text-smallcaps">Ctrl+/</span></td>
<td>Toggle comment per line or selected block</td>
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