Did you know… Why the Object Browser has so many commands you can bind to (and how to create a keyboard shortcut to clear the search results) - #227

As I’ve been writing the Object Browser Tip Series, I noticed that there were a lot of commands available under Tools – Options – Environment – Keyboard…  Just type in ObjectBrowser and you’ll see what i mean.

Technically, this is a bug, since not all these commands need keyboard shortcuts.  For example, the ability to sort objects by access level probably doesn’t need a keyboard shortcut.  But since they do, let’s have some fun…

If you bind any of the Object Browser Settings commands to a keyboard shortcut, you’ll see that shortcut in the drop down menu.  Oh, the things I’ve discovered writing this Tip of the Day series =D

How you can take advantage of this:  If you use the object browser a lot to search, you might find it meaningful to clear the search via the keyboard shortcut. 

View.ObjectBrowserClearSearch – clears the search combo, hence clearing the object browser filter.

If you have a particular keybinding or command that you use in this list, please leave a comment below and share with the group.

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Comments

• Anonymous
  May 30, 2008
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• Anonymous
  May 30, 2008
  "Technically, this is a bug, since not all these commands need keyboard shortcuts. " Surely that make them features. Unrequested, unnessecary, but not actually detrimental to the health of the system therefore not actually a bug?