Keyboard Shortcuts (Visual FoxPro)
Visual FoxPro supports keyboard shortcuts in these areas:
Browse window
Class Browser
Code window
Controls
Editor
Form Designer and Class Designer
Help
Menu commands
Print Preview window
Properties window
Report Designer 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. |
CTRL+HOME CTRL+SHIFT+HOME CTRL+PAGE UP CTRL+PAGE DOWN |
Opens an editing window when pressed in a memo field. |
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 EditBox AllowTabs 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
Shortcut |
Action |
|---|---|
ALT+Drag |
Cuts and pastes. Note To change the default drag-and-drop behavior from dragging text in words to dragging text between words, on the Tools menu, click the Editor tab, and select the Drag drop between words option. To toggle between dragging text within words and dragging text between words, press ALT+Drag. |
CTRL+Drag |
Copies and pastes. |
CTRL+I |
Show IntelliSense Quick Info. |
CTRL+J |
Show IntelliSense List Members or List Values. |
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 |
|---|---|
Arrow keys |
Moves the selected control or controls in pixel increments. |
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. |
SHIFT+Arrow key |
Changes the height or width of the selected control or controls in pixel increments. |
Help
Shortcut |
Action |
|---|---|
F1 |
Displays Help topics 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. Run Form 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 DOWN ARROW RIGHT ARROW |
Moves to next object in the object list. |
CTRL+PAGE UP UP ARROW 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 and Label Designer
Shortcut |
Action |
|---|---|
ALT+ENTER |
Opens the appropriate report control settings dialog box. |
Arrow keys |
Moves the selected control or controls in pixel increments. |
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. |
SHIFT+Arrow key |
Changes the height or width of the selected control or controls in pixel increments. |
SHIFT+TAB |
Moves to the previous object on the Report Designer when in Tab mode. |
SHIFT+Double Click on a report band |
Selects all objects in the band. |
TAB |
Enters Tab mode automatically and moves to the next object in the Report Designer. |
Window Manipulation
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. |
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.
See Also
Reference
Debugger Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus
Command Window (Visual FoxPro)