keyboard-shortcuts

OS X keybindings in AIR app

When used in an AIR app, some standard keystrokes in OS X are either ignored or produce "mystery" characters rather than behaving as expected. Examples: option + left arrow should move the caret one word backward, it prints a mystery character ctrl + h should delete one character backward, it prints h How do I support OS X default ke...

How can replace the string [Foo alloc]<cursor> with [[Foo alloc]<cursor>] in XCode?

Is there a key shortcut for this in XCode? Can I implement an Applescript for this and run it within XCode? ...

Does anyone have emacs style keybindings setup in Visual Studio 2008?

I'm looking for a .vssettings file that has emacs keybindings in it so that a member of our development team can use them. Anyone already have one setup they can share? ...

Shortcut to collapse to definitions except regions

In vs2008, how can I (possibly with a macro) assign a shortcut key to collapse to definitons but leave regions expanded (they must expand if collapsed)? EDIT: I hate regions but my co-workers does not (: So I want this to avoid the regions used by them. I read jeff's post. Ctrl M + O is what I really want to do, if there were not regio...

Hotkeys for Previous and Next call stack frames in Visual Studio

Visual Studio gives many navigation hotkeys: F8 for next item in current panel (search results, errors ...), Control+K,N for bookmarks, Alt- for going back and more. There is one hotkey that I can't find, and I can't even find the menu-command for it, so I can't create the hotkey myself. I don't know if such exist: Previous and Next c...

How to globally map AltGr key to Alt key?

I want my AltGr key to behave exactly like left Alt. Usually, I do this kind of stuff with Autohotkey, but I'm open to different solutions. I tried this: LControl & RAlt::Alt And Autohotkey displayed error about "Alt" not being recognized action. Then I tried the following code: LControl & RAlt:: Send {Alt down} KeyWait LCtrl ...

Worst "muscle memory" keyboard shortcut?

What's the worst shortcut you have in your "muscle memory"? For example, mine is CTRL-L: compiles the current object in Sybase Powerbuilder, but deletes the current line in Visual Studio. ...

Is there a standard keyboard shortcut to build the current project in Visual Studio?

I know that Ctrl+Shift+B launches a solution build, but I would like a shortcut that just builds the current project. Is a custom shortcut my only option? Edit: Looks like a custom shortcut is my only option as Shift+F6 does not work for me. ...

Eclipse Shortcut to Split Long Strings

I swear I've seen someone do this, but I can't find it in the various lists of shortcuts. Given: String s = "A very long ............................ String"; Is there an Eclipse shortcut to turn it into: String s = "A very long ............................ " + "String"; ...

Fastest way to insert replacement characters in Visual Studio

I'm just starting to pick up ASP.Net MVC and find myself writing a lot of <%= %> in the views. Intellisense does supply the closing %>, but I find that typing the introductory <%= to be burdensome (they are tough for me to type :-)). I've dabbled around a bit with Rails and the NetBeans IDE where I was able to type: r<tab> - which wo...

PuTTY Shortcuts to Minimize, Maximize, Restore, and Move the Window

The Alt+Space command doesn't work on Putty (at least for me). So, if I've to minimize or maximize my PuTTY windows, I'll have to use the mouse which is very uncomfortable. Did anyone get around this problem? Thanks for your time! ...

Is there a way to customize Firebug's keyboard shortcuts?

Is there a way to customize Firebug's keyboard shortcuts? I love being able to step through javascript code using the Firebug console, but it looks like I'm limited to either using the default keyboard shortcuts for stepping over/into/out of code or using the mouse to click the appropriate button. Am I missing something? Is there ...

List of de facto standard keyboard shortcuts for Windows apps?

Let's say I'm developing a new desktop application for Windows. Is there a list somewhere that I can consult (either from Microsoft or a 3rd party) of keyboard shortcuts that all Windows applications should support? (Note: When I say "all Windows applications" here, I really mean "all Windows applications where a particular keyboard sh...

How to find all pages that use a Master Page in Visual Studio

Is there a way to find all web pages that implement a specific master page in Visual Studio? I'm looking for a shortcut like shift F12 that will find all usages of a master page. When I do it on the master page class name it only takes me to the design view instead of showing all pages that use it. I do have Resharper if there is somet...

Eclipse Optimize Imports to Include Static Imports

Is there anyway to get Eclipse to automatically look for static imports? For example, now that I've finally upgraded to Junit 4, I'd like to be able to write: assertEquals(expectedValue, actualValue); hit ctrl-SHIFT-O and have Eclipse add: import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals; Maybe I'm asking too much. ...

Eclipse jump to closing brace

What is the keyboard short cut in Eclipse to jump to the closing brace of a scope? ...

Why does < C-a> (CTRL+A) not work under gvim on windows?

I'm trying to use the < C-a> (CTRL+A) shorcut under vim to increment a variable under the cursor. This works fine under vim running on Linux. However when I try to do this in gvim under windows it "selects all" (i.e. highlights or visually selects all text in the current window). How can I change this behaviour or alternatively how can I...

What are the most useful Intellij IDEA keyboard shortcuts?

I did a bit of googling hoping to find a post on IDEA shortcuts similar to Jeff's post on Visual Studio shortcuts (http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000315.html), but didn't really spot anything that helped. Hopefully the answers to this question will fill the void. ...

Keyboard shortcut to move away from a full-screen remote desktop session

Using remote desktop in full-screen, what is the shortest way to move to another app? (Without using the mouse, of course. I hate mice). I currently use one of the following: ctrl-alt-del, alt-t (get to local machine's taskmgr), alt-tab (move to desired application), or: ctrl-alt-pause (toggle remote-desktop to a window), alt-tab. Is ...

How to handle conflicting keybindings

paredit binds M-<up> and M-<down>, but I want windmove to own those keybindings. I have paredit-mode set to activate in certain modes only, but windmove is set to run globally. I want windmove to win, but paredit steals those keybindings when it loads. How can I easily stop paredit from stomping on windmove's keybindings? I have been...