Default IDE Shortcut Keys

Shortcut Description IDE Version
Escape Selects parent control in design mode. Left mouse click + Escape drags the parent control Delphi 2 and up
Shift + Click After selecting control in form designer, click on it with Shift again to select top most parent Form Delphi 5 and up
Tab In Object Inspector activates incremental search for properties. Press again Tab to move focus to property value Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + J Invoke code templates also called code snippets Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + T Delete text from cursor position until end of word Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + E Incremental search Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Y Delete current line Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + B Invoke buffer window when focus is on editor. The buffer window shows a list of all different tabs. Delphi 2007 and up
Ctrl + Shift + G Insert a new GUID at the cursor position Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Shift + I Indent the current selected block Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Shift + U Unindent the current selected block Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + K + I Indent the current selected block or current line in case of no selection Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + K + U Unindent the current selected block or current line in case of no selection Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Shift + J Invoke SyncEdit Borland Developer Studio 2006
Ctrl + Shift + V Automatically declare variable at cursor position Borland Developer Studio 2006
Ctrl + Shift + Y Delete to the end of line Delphi 5 and up
Alt + [ Match pair forward Delphi 5 and up
Alt + ] Match pair backward Delphi 5 and up
Alt + RightArrow Browse forward (hotlink history) Delphi 6 and up
Alt + LeftArrow Browse backward (hotlink history) Delphi 6 and up
Alt + UpArrow Browse to symbol under editor cursor (invoke a hotlink and add it to the hotlink history) Borland Developer Studio 2006
F4 Run program to current cursor position Delphi 2 and up
F5 Toggle breakpoint Delphi 2 and up
F7 Debugger step into Delphi 2 and up
Shift - F7 Trace into next source line Delphi 5 and up
F8 Debugger step over Delphi 2 and up
Shift - F8 Run until return Delphi 5 and up
F9 Run program under debugger Delphi 2 and up
Ctrl + F2 Program Reset Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + F7 Evaluate/modify Delphi 2005 and up
Ctrl + F5 Add Watch Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + F12 View units Delphi 2 and up
Alt + G Goto line number in editor Delphi 2 and up
Ctrl + O + G Goto line number in editor Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Shift + R Start/stop recording editor macro Delphi 2 and up
Ctrl + Shift + P Play editor macro Delphi 2 and up
Ctrl + Spacebar Invoke code completion Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar Invoke code parameter hints Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Enter Open file at cursor Delphi 2 and up
Ctrl + Shift + Enter Find all references Delphi 2005 and up
Ctrl + Shift + C Invoke class completion for the class that currently contains the cursor Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Shift + UpArrow Navigate to method implementation/declaration Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Shift + DownArrow Navigate to method implementation/declaration Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Alt + F12 Opens the drop-down on the top-right corner of the code editor, listing all open files Borland Developer Studio 2006
Ctrl + Alt + Mouse Wheel Navigate to previous or next method implementation in lexical order in this source unit, or within the class to which scope has been limited using Ctrl+Q+L Borland Developer Studio 2006
Ctrl + Alt + UpArrow Navigate to previous method implementation in lexical order in this source unit, or within the class to which scope has been limited using Ctrl+Q+L Borland Developer Studio 2006
Ctrl + Alt + DownArrow Navigate to next method implementation in lexical order in this source unit, or within the class to which scope has been limited using Ctrl+Q+L Borland Developer Studio 2006
Ctrl + Alt + Home Navigate to the lexically first method implementation in this source unit, or within the class to which scope has been limited using Ctrl+Q+L Borland Developer Studio 2006
Ctrl + Alt + End Navigate to the lexically last method implementation in this source unit, or within the class to which scope has been limited using Ctrl+Q+L Borland Developer Studio 2006
Ctrl + Alt + P Activate the Tool Palette in filtering mode (start typing, press Enter to drop component) Delphi 2005 and up
Ctrl + Alt + A Adds current date to source code since BCB 4.0
Ctrl + / Toggle comment per line or selected block, Ctrl + ' on nordic (and perhaps other international ) keyboards Delphi 2005 and up
Ctrl + Shift + T Add todo list item Delphi 2005 and up
Alt + F12 Toggle between Form as text mode or design mode Delphi 5 and up
Alt + F11 Invoke Use unit dialog Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + F11 Invoke Open Project Dialog Delphi 2005 and up
Ctrl + Alt + F11 Invoke Project manager window Delphi 2005 and up
F11 Invoke Object Inspector window Delphi 5 and up
F12 Toggle between code view and design view Delphi 5 and up
Alt + 0 Invoke Window list Delphi 2005 and up
Shift + Alt + F11 Invoke Structure window Delphi 2005 and up
Ctrl + Shift + B Invoke Browser window Delphi 5
Ctrl + Alt + B Invoke Breakpoint window Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Alt + S Invoke Call Stack window Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Alt + W Invoke Watches window Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Alt + L Invoke Local Variables window Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Alt + T Invoke Threads window Delphi 7 and up
Ctrl + Alt + F Invoke FPU window Delphi 2005(removed from Delphi 2006)
Ctrl + Alt + C Invoke CPU window Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Alt + V Invoke Event window Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Alt + M Invoke Modules window Delphi 2005 and up
Shift + F12 Invoke Forms window Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Shift + A Invoke Add to uses clause(Find unit in Delphi 2006) window (Refactoring) Delphi 2005 and up
Ctrl + Shift + F11 Invoke Project Options window Delphi 2005 and up
Ctrl + F9 Compile Project Delphi 5 and up
Shift + F9 Build Project Delphi 5 and up
Shift + F11 Invoke Add to project window Delphi 5 and up
Shift + Ctrl + F9 Run without debugging Delphi 2005 and up
Ctrl + F Find Delphi 3 and up
Shift + Ctrl + F Find in Files Delphi 3 and up
Alt + F7/F8 Previous/next result (for Find in Files and Build Error Messages) Delphi 7 and up
Ctrl+K+E Changes a word to lowercase and deselects selection Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl+K+F Changes a word to uppercase and deselects selection Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl+K+O Changes a word to lowercase Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl+K+N Changes a word to uppercase Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl+O+U Toggles case Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl+Shift+K+O Toggles Code folding between On and Off Delphi 2006 and up
Ctrl+Shift+K+A Code folding: Expands All blocks of code Delphi 2006 and up
Ctrl+Shift+K+E Code folding: Collapse current block of code Delphi 2006 and up
Ctrl+Shift+K+U Code folding: Expand current block of code Delphi 2006 and up
Ctrl+Shift+K+T Code folding: Toggle Current block (expand & collapse)
Ctrl+Shift+K+R Code folding: Collapses all regions {$region 'comment'}..{$endregion} Delphi 2006 and up
Ctrl+Shift+K+P Code folding: Collapse nested procedures
Ctrl+Shift+K+M Code folding: Collapse all methods
Ctrl+Shift+K+C Code folding: Collapse all classes
Ctrl+Shift+K+G Code folding: Collapses down to primary Groups [Interface/Implementation] Delphi 2006 and up
Ctrl+Shift+K+N Code folding: Collapses Namespace/Unit Delphi 2006 and up
Ctrl+Tab Switch to the next open file in the editor Delphi 2006 and up
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to the previous open file in the editor Delphi 2006 and up
Ctrl + K + P Invokes print selection dialog Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + K + W Invokes Write block to file(selected text) Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + K + R Invokes Read block from file(inserts text at cursor) Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + K + C Copies selected text at the end of the selection Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + K + T Select word at cursor position Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + O + L Selects current line Delphi 5 and up
Ctrl + Q + L Toggles between limiting the Ctrl+Alt navigation shortcuts to the current class, or limiting it to the current unit Borland Developer Studio 2006
Ctrl + Q + W Go to next item of Messages window Delphi 5 and up