Keyboard Shortcuts
Visual FoxPro supports keyboard shortcuts in these areas:
- Menu Commands
- Window Manipulation
- Help
- Properties Window
- Default Macros Definitions
- Class Browser
- Editor
- Report Designer
- Print Preview Window
Menu Commands
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| CTRL+A | Select All (Edit menu) |
| CTRL+C | Copy (Edit menu) |
| CTRL+D | Do (Program menu) |
| CTRL+E | Delete Item (Menu menu) |
| CTRL+E | Do <program> (Program menu)
RunForm (Form menu) |
| CTRL+F | Find (Edit menu) |
| CTRL+G | Find Again (Edit menu) |
| CTRL+H | Change Partitions (Table menu) |
| CTRL+I | Insert Item (Menu menu) |
| CTRL+J | Project Info (Project menu) |
| CTRL+L | Replace (Edit menu) |
| CTRL+M | Resume (Program menu) |
| CTRL+N | New (File menu) |
| CTRL+O | Open (File menu) |
| CTRL+P | Print (File menu) |
| CTRL+Q | Closes current text window and discards changes (see also CTRL+W). Run Query (Query menu) |
| CTRL+R | Redo (Edit menu) |
| CTRL+S | Save (File menu) |
| CTRL+T | Toggle Deletion Mark (Table menu) |
| CTRL+V | Paste (Edit menu) |
| CTRL+W | Closes current text window or dialog box and saves changes. |
| CTRL+X | Cut (Edit menu) |
| CTRL+Y | Append New Record (Table menu) |
| CTRL+Z | Undo (Edit menu) |
Window Manipulation
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| CTRL+F1 | Cycles windows |
| CTRL+F2 | Displays Command window |
| CTRL+F4 | Closes active window |
| CTRL+F6 | Cycles windows |
| 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. |
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 on an item (for example, a menu command or toolbar) to display context-sensitive Help. |
Properties Window
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| CTRL+ALT+alpha | Selects the next property in the properties list that begins with the alpha character. For example, pressing CTRL+ALT+B selects the next property that begins with B. |
| CTRL+PAGE DOWN | Moves to next object in drop-down Object list. |
| CTRL+PAGE UP | Moves to previous object in drop-down Object list. |
| CTRL+END | Moves to last object in drop-down Object list. |
| CTRL+HOME | Moves to first object in drop-down Object list. |
| For Labels: CTRL+E ESC |
Toggles from Select to Edit mode Toggles from Edit to Select mode |
Default Macros Definitions
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|---|
| F2 | SET |
| F3 | LIST |
| F4 | DIRECTORY( ) Function |
| F5 | DISPLAY STRUCTURE |
| F6 | DISPLAY STATUS |
| F7 | DISPLAY MEMORY |
| F8 | DISPLAY |
| F9 | APPEND |
**Note **The macro definitions apply to the Command window. You can change the macro definitions with the Macros command on the Tools menu.
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. |
Editor
To edit windows in Visual FoxPro you can use modifier keys to choose either cut-and-paste or copy-and-paste dragging.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| CTRL+Drag | Copies and pastes. |
| ALT+Drag (previous Visual FoxPro default) | Cuts and pastes. |
| CTRL+J | IntelliSense – activates list members |
| CTRL+I | IntelliSense – show info |
| CTRL+J | IntelliSense – list values |
| F3 | Finds the next occurrence of the specified text |
| SHIFT+F3 | Finds the previous occurrence of the specified text |
| CTRL+F3, CTRL+G | Finds the next occurrence of the selected text |
| CTRL+SHIFT+F3 | Finds the previous occurrence of the selected text |
| CTRL+UPARROW | Scrolls window down without moving cursor |
| CTRL+DOWNARROW | Scrolls window up without moving cursor |
| CTRL+RIGHTARROW | Enhances navigation in editor |
| CTRL+LEFTARROW | Enhances navigation in editor |
| CTRL+F9 | Enables or disables a breakpoint |
| F9 | Inserts or removes a breakpoint |
| CTRL+B | Brings up Breakpoints dialog box |
| 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 |
| ALT+F2 | Adds/Removes Task List shortcut |
| CTRL+SHIFT+U | Makes the selection all uppercase |
| CTRL+U | Makes the selection all lowercase |
| CTRL+BACKSPACE | Deletes a word to the left |
Report Designer
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| CTRL+TAB | Toggles designer to Tab mode, so the Tab key can be used to navigate between objects on the report. |
| TAB | Tabs to the next object on the Report designer when in Tab mode. |
| SHIFT+TAB | Tabs to the previous object on the Report designer when in Tab mode. |
| CTRL+E | Places control in Edit mode when a Label control is selected on the Report designer. Use ESC key to go back to Select mode. |
In Visual FoxPro, you can change the default DragDrop behavior by clicking DragDrop between words in the Editor tab of the Tools, Options dialog box. Use ALT+Drag to toggle to the alternate setting — drag to within words or drag between words only.
Form Designer and Class Designer
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| CTRL+E | Runs the form in the Form Designer. |
| CTRL+SHIFT+Click on the control | Drills down to a control in a container. |
| CTRL+Click on the container | Drills down through the container. |
Print Preview Window
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Z | Zooms in and out. |
| L | Toggles between various zoom levels. |
| G | Opens Goto page dialog box. |
| ESC | Closes Print Preview window. |
| LEFTARROW | Scrolls Print Preview window left. |
| RIGHTARROW | Scrolls Print Preview window right. |
| UPARROW | Scrolls Print Preview window up. |
| DOWNARROW | Scrolls Print Preview window down. |
| PAGEDOWN | Moves Print Preview window to next page. |
| PAGEUP | Moves Print Preview window to previous page. |
| HOME | Moves Print Preview window to first page. |
| END | Moves Print Preview window to last page. |
See Also
Debugger Keyboard Shortcuts | Command Window | Class Browser Window | New Keyboard Access and Control Shortcuts