Keyboard Shortcuts
Visual FoxPro supports keyboard shortcuts in these areas:
- Browse window
- Class Browser
- Code window
- Controls
- Editor
- Form and Class Designer
- Help
- Menu commands
- Print Preview window
- Properties window
- Report and Label Designer
- Window manipulation
Browse Window
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| CTRL+HOME | Moves to first record of a cursor or table in a grid and when using the BROWSE command. |
| CTRL+END | Moves to the last record of a cursor or table in a grid and when using the BROWSE command. |
Class Browser
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| F5 | Refreshes the current view. |
| SHIFT+F10 | Displays a shortcut menu. |
| Right-click+Open button Right-click+Add button Right-click+Component Gallery button |
Displays a history of last 32 files loaded. |
| Right-click+View Class Code button | Displays the class code in a webview form. |
| CTRL+Right-click+Class icon (in upper left corner of the Class Browser) |
Creates an instance of the class with the NEWOBJECT( ) function in the Command window.
Identical to dragging the Class icon onto the Command window. |
| SHIFT+Right-click+Class icon (in upper left corner of the Class Browser) |
For forms, runs the form.
For other controls and objects, creates an instance of the control or object. For controls, also adds the control to the Visual FoxPro desktop at 0,0. Identical to dragging the Class icon onto the Visual FoxPro desktop. |
Code Window
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ALT+I | Presses the View Parent Code button. |
Controls
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| CTRL+TAB | When a Grid control has focus, exits the grid.
When an EditBox control has focus, and EditBoxAllowTabs property is True (.T.), exits the edit box. When inside a form or dialog box containing a PageFrame control, moves to the next page in the page frame. However, this behavior is not supported in project files or when the page frame contains an ActiveX control. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+TAB | If inside a form or dialog box containing a PageFrame control, moves to the previous page in the page frame. However, this behavior is not supported in project files or when the page frame contains an ActiveX control. |
| TAB | When a Grid control has focus, moves to the next field. |
Editor
To edit windows in Visual FoxPro, you can use modifier keys to choose either cut-and-paste or copy-and-paste dragging.
In Visual FoxPro, you can change the default drag-and-drop behavior by selecting the option, Drag drop between words, in the Editor tab in the Options dialog box. You can see the Editor tab by selecting Options from the Tools menu and choosing the Editor tab. Use ALT+Drag to toggle to the alternate setting (drag to within words or drag between words only).
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ALT+Drag (previous Visual FoxPro default) | Cuts and pastes. |
| CTRL+Drag | Copies and pastes. |
| CTRL+I | Show IntelliSense information. |
| CTRL+J | Show members or list values using IntelliSense. |
| F2 | Moves to the line containing the next bookmark. |
| SHIFT+F2 | Moves to the line containing the previous bookmark. |
| ALT+SHIFT+F2 | Toggles a bookmark for the current line on and off. |
| F3 | Finds the next occurrence of the specified text. |
| CTRL+F3, CTRL+G | Finds the next occurrence of the selected text. |
| SHIFT+F3 | Finds the previous occurrence of the specified text. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+F3 | Finds the previous occurrence of the selected text. |
| CTRL+DOWNARROW | Scrolls window up without moving cursor. |
| CTRL+UPARROW | Scrolls window down without moving cursor. |
| CTRL+LEFTARROW | Moves the cursor one word to the left. |
| CTRL+RIGHTARROW | Moves the cursor one word to the right. |
| F9 | Inserts or removes a breakpoint. |
| CTRL+F9 | Enables or disables a breakpoint. |
| CTRL+B | Brings up Breakpoints dialog box. |
| ALT+F2 | Adds/Removes Task List shortcut. |
| CTRL+U | Makes the selection all lowercase. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+U | Makes the selection all uppercase. |
| CTRL+BACKSPACE | Deletes a word to the left. |
Form Designer and Class Designer
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| CTRL+E | Runs the form in the Form Designer. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+Click the control | Drills down to a control in a container. |
| CTRL+Click the container | Drills down through the container. |
Help
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| F1 | Displays Help Contents or context-sensitive Help on active items, for example, a highlighted keyword in the Command window or the current property in the Properties window. |
| SHIFT+F1 | Enables user-prompted context-sensitive Help. The insertion pointer changes to a question mark so that you can click an item, for example, a menu command or toolbar, to display context-sensitive Help. |
Menu Commands
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| CTRL+A | Select All on the Edit menu |
| CTRL+C | Copy on the Edit menu |
| CTRL+D | Do on the Program menu |
| CTRL+E | Delete Item on the Menu menu |
| CTRL+E | Do <program> on the Program menu
RunForm on the Form menu |
| CTRL+F | Find on the Edit menu |
| CTRL+G | Find Again on the Edit menu |
| CTRL+H | Change Partitions on the Table menu |
| CTRL+I | Insert Item on the Menu menu |
| CTRL+J | Project Info on the Project menu |
| CTRL+L | Replace on the Edit menu |
| CTRL+M | Resume on the Program menu |
| CTRL+N | New on the File menu |
| CTRL+O | Open on the File menu |
| CTRL+P | Print on the File menu |
| CTRL+Q | Closes current text window and discards changes. See also CTRL+W. Run Query on the Query menu |
| CTRL+R | Redo on the Edit menu |
| CTRL+S | Save on the File menu |
| CTRL+T | Toggle Deletion Mark on the Table menu |
| CTRL+V | Paste on the Edit menu |
| CTRL+W | Closes current text window or dialog box and saves changes. |
| CTRL+X | Cut on the Edit menu |
| CTRL+Y | Append New Record on the Table menu |
| CTRL+Z | Undo on the Edit menu |
Print Preview Window
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Z | Zooms in and out of the page. |
| L | Toggles between various zoom levels. |
| G | Opens Goto page dialog box. |
| ESC | Closes Print Preview window. |
| LEFTARROW | Scrolls to the left of the page in the Print Preview window. |
| RIGHTARROW | Scrolls to the right of the page in the Print Preview window. |
| UPARROW | Scrolls towards the top of the page in the Print Preview window. |
| DOWNARROW | Scrolls towards the bottom of the page in the Print Preview window. |
| PAGEDOWN | Moves to the next page in the Print Preview window. |
| PAGEUP | Moves to the previous page in the Print Preview window. |
| HOME | Moves to the first page in the Print Preview window. |
| END | Moves to the last page in the Print Preview window. |
Properties Window
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ALT+DOWN ARROW | Expands the object list. |
| ALT+UP ARROW | Closes the object list. |
| CTRL+PAGE DOWN or DOWN ARROW or RIGHT ARROW | Moves to next object in the object list. |
| CTRL+PAGE UP or UP ARROW or LEFT ARROW | Moves to previous object in object list. |
| CTRL+END | Moves to last object in the object list. |
| CTRL+HOME | Moves to first object in the object list. |
| TAB | Moves to the next control in the Properties window. |
| SHIFT+TAB | Moves to the previous control in the Properties window. |
| SHIFT+F10 | Displays the appropriate shortcut menu. |
| CTRL+ALT+letter | Selects the next property in the properties list that begins with the letter character. For example, pressing CTRL+ALT+B selects the next property that begins with B. |
Report Designer
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ALT+ENTER | Opens the appropriate properties dialog box for a selected field. |
| CTRL+E | Enters Edit mode for a Label control when it is selected in the Report designer. |
| ESC | Exits Edit mode for a Label control and returns to Select mode. |
| TAB | Enters Tab mode automatically and moves to the next object in the Report Designer. |
| SHIFT+TAB | Moves to the previous object on the Report designer when in Tab mode. |
Window Manipulation
Visual FoxPro preserves the order of windows and brings the newest window to the foreground instead of shifting the last window to the background when cycling through windows.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| CTRL+F1 | Cycles through windows. |
| CTRL+TAB | Moves to the next window. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+TAB | Moves to the previous window. |
| CTRL+F2 | Displays Command window |
| CTRL+F4 | Closes active window. |
| CTRL+F6 | Moves to the next window. |
| CTRL+ALT+SHIFT | Hides all child windows while the keys are pressed down. Hiding windows makes it easy to see output displayed in the main application window. |
| CTRL+F10 | Toggles window size between maximum and restore. |
See Also
Debugger Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus | Command Window | Class Browser Window