Keyboard shortcuts for the EmWi Software

Description:

The EmWi Software supports several keyboard shortcuts for the application control and for quick execution of commands that often require a lot of mouse clicks. In this article the most common keyboard shortcuts are listed as a reference.

 

Solution:

<CTRL + SHIFT>

1) Drag a "class" brick with left mouse button. Press "Ctrl" + "Shift" into a unit:  A derived class is created.

2) Drag a "class" brick with left mouse button. Press "Ctrl" + "Shift" into another class: An object of the class is created. (Instantiation)

3) In the Inspector drag an inherited "member" brick with left mouse + "Ctrl" + "Shift" into Composer: The member is overridden or its inherited value is changed.

 

<CTRL>

B.1) Drag a "class" brick with left mouse + "Ctrl" into a unit: A copy of the class is created.

2) Drag an object in a class with left mouse + "Ctrl" into the same or another class: A copy of the object is created.

 

<CTRL + SHIFT + ALT>

Drag a "class", "font" "bitmap" brick with left mouse + "Ctrl" + "Shift" + "Alt" into a unit: A variant of that element is created.

 

<CTRL + ALT>

Drag a "class" brick with left mouse + "Ctrl" + "Alt" into a unit: An AutoObject (global object) of the class is created.

 

<F2>

Rename the selected member.

 

<F5>

Starts the Prototyper for the current Composer window.

 

<CTRL + F5>

Since version V5.30 the new attribute "ApplicationClass" of a profile brick can be defined to a class that should be launched directly in the Prototyper.

 

<F7>

Reload composer window.

 

<F8>

Generate code for the selected profile.

 

<SHIFT + F8>

Generate code in batch mode for selected profiles.

 

<F9>

Toggels a breakpoint in the Editor window.

 

<F10>

Step over an instruction in the debug mode.

 

<F11>

Step into an instruction in the debug mode.

 

<F12>

Show current statement in debug mode.

 

<CTRL + F>

Search for text in the editor window.

 

<CTRL + SHIFT + F>

Search for text in the entire project.

 

<CTRL + SHIFT + P>

Navigate to the project in the Composer.

 

<CTRL + SHIFT + U>

Navigate to the Unit of the currently selected class in the Composer.

 

<CTRL + SHIFT + O>

Navigate to the origin of the currently selected Composer window. It navigates from a class to its brick in the unit or from a unit to its brick in the project.

 

<CTRL + SHIFT + S>

Navigate to the super class of the currently selected class in the Composer.

 

<CTRL + SHIFT + A>

Navigate to the ancestor class of the currently selected class in the Composer.

 

<CTRL + SHIFT + D>

Navigate to the first ancestor class of the currently selected class in the Composer.

 

<CTRL + SHIFT + T>

Navigate to the definition of the currently selected text. If for example the text "Graphics::Mode.Blend" is selected, EmWi will open to the enumeration Graphics::Mode and show the brick of the member "Blend" in the Composer.

 

<CTRL + M>

Override the selected method in the Inspector.

 

<CTRL + UP>

Restack the selected member in the Inspector one position upwards in the z-order.

 

<CTRL + DOWN>

Restack the selected member in the Inspector one position upwards in the z-order.

 

<CTRL + SHIFT + UP>

Restack the selected member in the Inspector top most in the z-order.

 

<CTRL + SHIFT + DOWN>

Restack the selected member in the Inspector back most in the z-order.

 

<CTRL + A>

Select all.

 

<CTRL + C>

Copy.

 

<CTRL + V>

Paste.

 

<CTRL + X>

Cut.

 

<CTRL + Z>

Undo.

 

<CTRL + Y>

Redo.

 

<Del>

Delete.

 

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Keywords:

IDE, event, key, keyboard, command, control, shortcut