Menu Keyboard Shortcuts

There are keyboard shortcuts available to activate the following menu commands and other general commands:

• File Menu
• Edit Menu
• View Menu
• Build Menu
• Run Menu
• Refactoring Menu
• Versioning Menu
• Data Menu
• Tools Menu
• Window Menu
• Help Menu

 
Each menu section shows how to open the menu and use the associated keyboard shortcuts for that menu. The following keyboard shortcuts work with any menu:

• Up arrow or Down arrow scrolls through a list
   
  
• Enter opens the selected item
   
  
• Esc closes an open menu
   
  

File Menu

Keys	Command	Action
Alt-F	File	Opens the File menu.
Ctrl-Shift-N	New Project	Creates a new project with the New Project wizard.
Ctrl-N	New Item	Creates a new file with the New File wizard.
Ctrl-Shift-O (letter O)	Open Project	Opens an existing project.
Ctrl-O (letter O)	Open File	Opens an existing file.
Ctrl-W	Close Project	Closes a project.
Ctrl-S	Save	Saves the current file if there are changes to the file.
Ctrl-Shift-S	Save All	Saves all files if there are changes to any file.
Ctrl-P	Print	Prints the current file.
Ctrl-Q	Exit	Exit the IDE.

Edit Menu

Keys	Command	Action
Alt-E	Edit	Opens the Edit menu.
Ctrl-Z	Undo	Reverses (one at a time) a series of editor actions, except Save.
Ctrl-Y	Redo	Reverses (one at a time) a series of Undo commands.
Ctrl-X	Cut	Deletes the current selection and places it on the clipboard.
Ctrl-C	Copy	Copies the current selection to the clipboard.
Ctrl-V	Paste	Pastes the contents of the clipboard into the insertion point.
Delete	Delete	Deletes the current selection.
Ctrl-F	Find	Finds a text string if you are using a code editor.
Ctrl-H	Replace	Finds a string of text and replaces it with the string specified if you are using a code editor.
Alt-F7	Find Usages	Finds usages and subtypes of selected code if you are using a code editor.
Ctrl-Shift-F	Find in Projects	Finds specified text, object names, object types modified in a specified time period within all open projects when the focus is in the Projects window.
Alt-O	Go To > Go to Source	In the Java Editor, the insertion point moves to the Java source for the identifier.
Alt-G	Go To > Go to Declaration	In the Java Editor, the insertion point moves to the Java method or field.
Ctrl-B	Go To > Go to Super Implementation	In the Java Editor, the insertion point moves to the base method that the current method implements or overrides.
Ctrl-G	Go To > Go to Line	In the Java Editor, goes to any specified line.

View Menu

Keys	Command	Action
Alt-V	View	Opens the View menu.
Ctrl-Alt-T	Outline	Opens the Outline window.
Ctrl-Alt-H	Dynamic Help	Opens the Dynamic Help window.
Ctrl-Alt-S	Servers	Opens the Servers window.
Ctrl-Alt-X	Palette	Opens the Palette window.
Ctrl-Alt-W	Welcome	Opens the Welcome window.
Ctrl-Alt-P	Properties	Opens the Properties window.
Ctrl-7	Navigator	Opens the Navigator window.
Ctrl-4	Output	Opens the Output window.
Ctrl-5	Runtime	Opens the Runtime window.
Ctrl-Shift-0	Search Results	Opens the Search Results window.
Ctrl-Alt-F	Find Usage Results	Opens the Usages window.
Ctrl-1	Projects	Opens the Projects window.
Ctrl-2	Files	Opens the Files window.
Ctrl-6	To Do	Opens the To Do window.
Alt-Shift-1	Debugging > Local Variables	Opens the Local Variables window.
Alt-Shift-2	Debugging > Watches	Opens the Watches window.
Alt-Shift-3	Debugging > Call Stack	Opens the Call Stack window.
Alt-Shift-4	Debugging > Classes	Opens the Classes window.
Alt-Shift-5	Debugging > Breakpoints	Opens the Breakpoints window.
Alt-Shift-6	Debugging > Sessions	Opens the Sessions window.
Alt-Shift-7	Debugging > Threads	Opens the Threads window.
Alt-Shift-8	Debugging > Sources	Opens the Sources window.
Ctrl-Shift-5	Debugging > HTTP Monitor	Opens the HTTP Monitor.

Build Menu

Keys	Command	Action
	Build	To open the Build menu: Press Ctrl-Alt. The focus changes to File in the main menu.   Press the right arrow key to scroll to the Build menu, and then press the spacebar to open the Build menu.
Ctrl-Shift-B	Build Main Project	Compiles the file. If you select a folder, the IDE compiles all files regardless of whether they have changed since the last compile.
Alt-B	Clean and Build Main Project	Compiles the file. If you select a folder, the IDE compiles all files regardless of whether they have changed since the last compile.
Shift-F9	Compile File	Compiles the file. If you select a folder, the IDE compiles only the files that are new or have changed since the last compile.
F12	Next Error	Scrolls the Source Editor to the line that contains the next build error.
Shift-F12	Previous Error	Scrolls the Source Editor to the line that contains the previous build error.

Run Menu

Keys	Command	Action
Alt-R	Run	Opens the Run menu.
Ctrl-F5	Run Main Project	Runs the main project.
F5	Debug Main Project	Debugs the main project.
Shift-F5	Finish Debugger Session	Ends the debugging session.
Alt-F5	Continue	Resumes debugging until the next breakpoint or the end of the program is reached while using the Debugger.
F10	Step Over	While using the Debugger, executes one source line of a program. If the line is a method call, executes the entire method then stops.
F11	Step Into	While using the Debugger, executes one source line of a program. If the line is a method call, executes the program up to the method's first statement and stops.
Shift-F11	Step Out	While using the Debugger, executes one source line of a program. If the line is a method call, executes the methods and returns control to the caller.
Ctrl-F10	Run to Cursor	While using the Debugger, runs the current project to the cursor's location in the file and stop program execution.
Ctrl-Alt-Up	Stack > Make Callee Current	While using the Debugger, makes the method being called the current call. Only available when a call is selected in the Call Stack.
Ctrl-Alt-Down	Stack > Make Caller Current	While using the Debugger, makes the calling method the current call. Only available when a call is selected in the Call Stack window.
F9	Toggle Breakpoint	Adds a line breakpoint or removes the breakpoint at the cursor location in the program.
Ctrl-B	New Breakpoint	Sets a new breakpoint at the specified line, exception, or method.
Ctrl-Shift-W	New Watch	Adds the specified variable to watch.

Refactor Menu (works if the Java Editor is open)

Keys	Command	Action
Alt-C	Refactor	Opens the Refactoring menu.
Alt-Shift-R	Rename	Opens the Rename dialog box.
Alt-Shift-V	Move Class	Lets you search the Javadoc index.

Versioning Menu

Keys	Command	Action
Alt-S	Versioning	Opens the Versioning menu.

Data Menu

Keys	Command	Action
Alt-A	Data	Opens the Data menu.

Tools Menu

Keys	Command	Action
Alt-T	Tools	Opens the Tools menu.
Shift-F1	Javadoc Index Search	Lets you search the Javadoc index.
Ctrl-Alt-J	JUnitTests> Create Tests	Create a compilable test class.
Ctrl-Alt-K	JUnitTests > Open Test	View the test class.
Ctrl-I	Override Methods	Opens the Override and Implement Methods dialog box.

Window Menu

Keys	Command	Action
Alt-W (with the focus in the Visual Designer)	Window	Opens the Window menu.
Ctrl-Tab	Switch to Recent Window	Switches between two open windows.
Ctrl-0 (zero)	Switches to Document	Switch to an open document.
Ctrl-Shift-1	Select Document In > Projects	Selects a file that has the focus in the Projects window.
Ctrl-Shift-2	Select Document In > Files	Selects a file that has the focus in the Files window.
Ctrl-4	Close	Closes the current window.
Shift-Escape	Maximizes/Restores Current Window	Maximizes or restores current window.
Ctrl-Shift-F4	Close All Documents	Closes all documents.
Shift-F4	Documents	Opens the Documents dialog box.
Ctrl-NumPad (-)	Code Fold > Collapse Fold	While using a Code Editor, collapses the fold of a selected line.
Ctrl-NumPad (+)	Code Fold > Expand Fold	While using a Code Editor, expands the fold of a selected line.
Ctrl-Shift-NumPad (-)	Code Fold > Collapse All	While using a Code Editor, collapses all code.
Ctrl-Shift-NumPad (+)	Code Fold > Expand All	While using a Code Editor, expands all code.

Help Menu

Keys	Command	Action
Alt-H	Dynamic Help	Opens the Dynamic Help menu.
F1	Help Contents	Displays the JavaHelp viewer with the installed help set.