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Keyboard Shortcuts


Most of the IDL Development Environment menu options can be accessed from the keyboard instead of clicking on the menus.

Note
See Using Keyboard Accelerators for information about using IDL's keyboard shortcuts on a Macintosh.

The following table lists all of the available keyboard equivalents. Note that these equivalents are also shown to the right of each menu item in the menus themselves.

Windows
Keyboard
Shortcut
UNIX
Keyboard
Shortcut
Function
Ctrl+A
n/a
Toggle Variable Watch Window
Ctrl+C
Alt+C
Copy selection to clipboard
Ctrl+D
Ctrl+T
Go to definition
Ctrl+E
Alt+I
Find highlighted selection
Ctrl+F
Alt+F
Start Find dialog
F3
Alt+G
Find Again
Ctrl+G
Ctrl+G
Start Go To Line dialog
Ctrl+H
Alt+R
Start Replace dialog
n/a
Alt+P
Replace and Find Again
n/a
Alt+T
Enter Selection in the Find dialog
Ctrl+I
n/a
Toggle Command Input Line
Ctrl+L
n/a
Toggle Output Log
Ctrl+N
Ctrl+N
Open new (empty) Editor Window
Ctrl+O
Ctrl+O
Open file
Ctrl+P
Ctrl+P
Print currently-active file
Ctrl+Q
Ctrl+Q
Exit IDL
Ctrl+R
n/a
Stop the IDL environment
Ctrl+S
Ctrl+S
Save currently-active file
n/a
Ctrl+W
Save to a new file (Save As...)
n/a
Ctrl+Y
Erase contents of Output Log.
Ctrl+V
Alt+V
Paste selection from clipboard at insertion point
Ctrl+X
Alt+X
Cut selection to clipboard
Ctrl+Y
Alt+Y
Redo last undo
Ctrl+Z
Alt+Z
Undo previous editing action
Ctrl+Break
Ctrl+C
Interrupt program execution /Break
Ctrl+Del
n/a
Clear current Editor window
Ctrl+F1
n/a
Online Help Contents Page
n/a
Alt+F5
Resolve Dependencies
Ctrl+F5
Ctrl+F5
Compile currently-selected file
Ctrl+F6
Ctrl+F6
Compile program from memory
Ctrl+F7
Ctrl+F7
Execute file to return
Ctrl+F8
Ctrl+F8
Continue processing until program returns: .OUT
Ctrl+¦
Ctrl+¦
Move up call stack
Ctrl+¯
Ctrl+¯
Move down call stack
Delete
Delete
Delete selection
F1
n/a
Start Find Topic in Online Help
F5
F5
Run
F5
F6
Continue stopped program: .CONTINUE
F6
F11
Display next-numbered Editor window
F7
F7
Execute file to cursor
F8
F8
Execute a single statement: .STEP
F9
F9
Set / Clear breakpoint
F10
F10
Execute a single statement: .STEPOVER
Shift+F6
Alt+F11
Display previously-numbered Editor window


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