To indent/outdent a block of text:
Mark the text
[Control]-[Shift]-[I] to indent entire block
[Control]-[Shift]-[U] to indent entire block
Bonus: It autorepeats! Cool..
Keyboard recorder:
[Control]-[Shift]-[R]: record your keystrokes (press again to stop recording)
[Control]-[Shift]-[P]: playback recorded keystrokes
[Control]-[click] on a token to navigate to the declaration
[Control]-[Shift]-[Up/Down arrow] to navigate between function interface and implementation
[Control]-[Shift]-[G] to insert a new GUID in the editor
Hold down [Control] while dragging a window in the IDE to prevent it from docking
[Esc] while dragging a window in the IDE to cancel the move/dock
[Control]-[Space] to force Code Completion
[Control]-[Shift]-[Space] to force Code Parameter Insight
[Control]-[J] to use a Code Template
[Alt]-[Shift]-[Up/Down arrow] to move cursor up/down and select the column above/beyond
Use the wheel on your IntelliMouse (or compatible) to navigate in the editor
All of the debugger window hot keys are [Control]-[Alt]-something - making them easy to remember
[Control]-[Shift]-[C] early and often to complete class declarations and method implementations!
[Control]-[E]: incremental search. When some letter is wrong - click [Backspace], this will delete it, and continue typing. Delphi also remembers your last searched word, and you can repeate search with [F3]!
Mark string in modile with [Ctrl]+[Shift]+ (or [Control]+[K]+). This will show a small green square with your number on the gutter. To find this, mark click [Control]+. To delete it, back to the [Control]+[Shift]+ when the cursor on the marked string.
[Control]+[Shift]+[T] deletes the word right to cursor position
[Control]+[Shift]+[Y] deletes the whole string right to cursor position
[Control]+[Backspace] deletes the word left to cursor position
To put multiple copies of the same component on a form:
Hold down shift and click on the desired component (it goes flat)
Then each click on the form leaves a new component!
click on the 'cursor' component to turn it off!
Hidden Secrets:
- In Delphi 1 go to 'about' and do ALT + AND and see a picture of a "Mr. Anders H." ;-) winking !
- or ALT + TEAM and see names of the team
- or ALT + DEVELOPERS and see developers
- or ALT + QUALITY and see names of quality team (Delphi 3..5 C/S only)
- or ALT + VERSION to see the internal version number (Delphi 2 only)
- or ALT + CHUCK and see something like an animated picture of Chuck J (D3)
- or ALT + JEDI to see a list of the Team JEDI members (Delphi 5 only - then press Cursor down to see a secret message.. ;)
A webpage dedicated to those "Easter Eggs" can be found here and here.
But now: Fun over .. back to work !