Shortcuts Delphi for Windows

We present to your attention the shortcuts for the Delphi for Windows which is used on the operating system Windows, in this hotkeys description 193 of the most popular and important shortcuts are offered. You can also add your changes on our portal if you consider the data insufficiently complete or add a new program from the very beginning.

Windows Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Esc Selects parent control in design mode Left mouse click+Esc drags the parent control
Shift+Click After selecting control in form designer, click on it with Shift again to select top most parent Form
Tab In Object Inspector activates incremental search for properties. Press again Tab to move focus to property value
Ctrl+J Invoke Code Templates also called Code Snippets
Ctrl+T Delete text from cursor position until end of word
Ctrl+E Incremental Search
Ctrl+Y Delete current line
Ctrl+B Invoke buffer window when focus is on editor. The buffer window shows a list of all different tabs.
Ctrl+Shift+G Insert a new GUID at the cursor position
Ctrl+Shift+I Indent the current selected block
Ctrl+Shift+U Unindent the current selected block
Ctrl+K+I Indent the current selected block or current line in case of no selection
Ctrl+K+U Unindent the current selected block or current line in case of no selection
Ctrl+Shift+J Invoke SyncEdit
Ctrl+Shift+V Automatically Declare Variable at cursor position
Ctrl+Shift+Y Delete to the end of line
Alt+[ Match pair forward
Alt+] Match pair backward
Alt+Right Arrow Browse Forward (hotlink history)
Alt+Left Arrow Browse Backward (hotlink history)
Alt+Up Arrow Browse to symbol under editor cursor (invoke a hotlink and add it to the hotlink history)
F4 Run program to current cursor position
F5 Toggle Breakpoint
F7 Debugger step into
Shift+F7 Trace into next source line
F8 Debugger step over
Shift+F8 Run until return
F9 Run program under debugger
Ctrl+F2 Program Reset
Ctrl+F7 Evaluate/modify
Ctrl+F5 Add Watch
Ctrl+F12 View units
Alt+G Goto line number in editor
Ctrl+O+G Goto line number in editor
Ctrl+Shift+R Start/stop Recording editor macro
Ctrl+Shift+P Play editor macro
Ctrl+Spacebar Invoke code completion
Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar Invoke code parameter hints
Ctrl+Enter Open file at cursor
Ctrl+Shift+Enter Find all references
Ctrl+Shift+C Invoke class completion for the class that currently contains the cursor
Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow Navigate to method implementation/declaration
Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow Navigate to method implementation/declaration
Ctrl+Shift+1..9 Set a bookmark at current row in the source
Ctrl+1..9 Go to a bookmark row in the source
Ctrl+Alt+F12 Opens the drop-down on the top-right corner of the code editor, listing all open files
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
Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow 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
Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow 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
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
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
Ctrl+Alt+P Activate the Tool Palette in filtering mode (start typing, press Enter to drop component)
Ctrl+Alt+A Adds current date to source code
Ctrl+/ Toggle comment per line or selected block and cursors goes down one line, Ctrl+#
Ctrl+Shift+T Add Todo list item
Alt+F12 Toggle between Form as text mode or design mode
Alt+F11 Invoke Use unit dialog
Ctrl+F11 Invoke Open Project Dialog
Ctrl+Alt+F11 Invoke Project manager window
F11 Invoke Object Inspector window
F12 Toggle between code view and design view
Alt+0 Invoke Window list
Shift+Alt+F11 Invoke Structure window
Ctrl+Shift+B Invoke Browser window
Ctrl+Alt+B Invoke Breakpoint window
Ctrl+Alt+S Invoke Call Stack window
Ctrl+Alt+W Invoke Watches window
Ctrl+Alt+L Invoke Local Variables window
Ctrl+Alt+T Invoke Threads window
Ctrl+Alt+F Invoke FPU window
Ctrl+Alt+C Invoke CPU window
Ctrl+Alt+V Invoke Event window
Ctrl+Alt+M Invoke Modules window
Shift+F12 Invoke Forms window
Ctrl+Shift+A Invoke Add to uses clause window
Ctrl+Shift+F11 Invoke Project Options window
Ctrl+F9 Compile Project
Shift+F9 Build Project
Shift+F11 Invoke Add to project window
Shift+Ctrl+F9 Run without debugging
Ctrl+F Find
Shift+Ctrl+F Find in Files
Alt+F7/F8 Previous/Next result (for Find in Files and Build Error Messages)
Ctrl+K+E Changes a word to lowercase and deselects selection
Ctrl+K+F Changes a word to uppercase and deselects selection
Ctrl+K+O Changes a word to lowercase
Ctrl+K+N Changes a word to uppercase
Ctrl+O+U Toggles case
Ctrl+Shift+K+O Toggles Code folding between On and Off
Ctrl+Shift+K+A Code folding: Expands All blocks of code
Ctrl+Shift+K+E Code folding: Collapse current block of code
Ctrl+Shift+K+U Code folding: Expand current block of code
Ctrl+Shift+K+T Code folding: Toggle Current block (expand & collapse)
Ctrl+Shift+K+R Code folding: Collapses All Regions {$region 'comment'}..{$endregion}
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)
Ctrl+Shift+K+N Code folding: Collapses Namespace/Unit
Ctrl+Tab Switch to the next open file in the editor
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Switch to the previous open file in the editor
Ctrl+K+P Invokes Print selection dialog
Ctrl+K+W Invokes Write block to file(selected text)
Ctrl+K+R Invokes Read block from file(inserts text at cursor)
Ctrl+K+C Copies selected text at the end of the selection
Ctrl+K+T Select word at cursor position
Ctrl+O+C Turns on block selection mode
Ctrl+O+L Selects current Line (and turns off block selection mode)
Ctrl+Q+L Toggles between limiting the Ctrl+Alt navigation shortcuts to the current class, or limiting it to the current unit
Ctrl+Q+W Go to next item of Messages Window
Ctrl+F6 Switches between source (.cpp) and header (.h)
Alt+Backspace Undo
Alt+F10 Display Popup menu
Alt+Shift+Down Arrow Moves the cursor down one line and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position
Alt+Shift+End Selects the column from the cursor position to the end of the current line
Alt+Shift+Home Selects the column from the cursor position to the start of the current line
Alt+Shift+Left Arrow Selects the column to the left of the cursor
Alt+Shift+PgDn Moves the cursor down one line and selects the column from the right of the starting cursor position
Alt+Shift+PgUp Moves the cursor up one screen and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position
Alt+Shift+Right Arrow Selects the column to the right of the cursor
Alt+Shift+Up Arrow Moves the cursor up one line and selects the column from the left of the starting cursor position
Alt+X Cut word under cursor / current selected block
Ctrl+C Copy word under Cursor / selected block
Ctrl+A Select all
Ctrl+Backspace Delete the word to the beginning
Ctrl+D Deletes a currently selected block
Ctrl+Down Arrow Scrolls down one line
Ctrl+End Moves to the end of a file
Ctrl+F1 Topic Search
Ctrl+F10 Open Main Menu
Ctrl+Home Moves to the top of a file
Ctrl+H Replace Dialog
Ctrl+I Inserts a tab character
Ctrl+Insert Copy selected Block
Ctrl+L Find again
Ctrl+Left Arrow Moves one word left
Ctrl+M Insert new line
Ctrl+N Insert new line after cursor (cursor stays in current line)
Ctrl+O+A Open file at cursor
Ctrl+O+B Browse symbol at cursor
Ctrl+O+O Inserts compiler options and directives
Ctrl+PgDn Moves to the bottom of a screen
Ctrl+PgUp Moves to the top of a screen
Ctrl+Q+A Search Replace Dialog
Ctrl+Q+B Moves cursor to the beginning of a block
Ctrl+Q+C Moves cursor to end of a file
Ctrl+Q+D Moves cursor to the end of a line
Ctrl+Q+E Moves cursor to the top of the window
Ctrl+Q+F Search Find Dialog
Ctrl+Q+K Moves cursor to the end of a block
Ctrl+Q+P Moves cursor to previous position
Ctrl+Q+R Moves cursor to the beginning of a file
Ctrl+Q+S Moves cursor to the beginning of a line
Ctrl+Q+T Moves cursor to the top of the window
Ctrl+Q+U Moves cursor to the bottom of the window
Ctrl+Q+X Moves cursor to the bottom of the window
Ctrl+Q+Y Deletes to the end of Line
Ctrl+R Replace Dialog
Ctrl+Right Arrow Moves one word right
Ctrl+S Save
Ctrl+Shift+S Save All
Ctrl+Shift+End Selects from the cursor position to the end of the current file
Ctrl+Shift+Home Selects from the cursor position to the start of the current file
Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow Selects the word to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+Shift+PgDn Selects from the cursor position to the bottom of the screen
Ctrl+Shift+PgUp Selects from the cursor position to the top of the screen
Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow Selects the word to the right of the cursor
Ctrl+Shift+Z Redo
Ctrl+Up Arrow Scrolls up one line
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+Z Undo
F1 Display Help
F3 Find again
Insert Insert Mode On / Off
Shift+Down Arrow Moves the cursor down one line and selects from the right of the starting cursor position.
Shift+End Selects from the cursor position to the end of the current line
Shift+Enter Inserts a new line with a carriage return
Shift+Home Selects from the cursor position to the start of the current line
Shift+Insert Paste from clipboard
Shift+Left Arrow Selects the character to the left of the cursor
Shift+PgDn Moves the cursor down one line and selects from the right of the starting cursor position
Shift+PgUp Moves the cursor up one screen and selects from the left of the starting cursor position
Shift+Right Arrow Selects the character to the right of the cursor
Shift+Tab Moves the cursor to the left one tab position
Shift+Up Arrow Moves the cursor up one line and selects from the left of the starting cursor position
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+End Selects the column from the cursor position to the end of the current file
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Home Selects the column from the cursor position to the start of the current file
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Arrow Selects the column to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+PgDn Selects the column from the cursor position to the top of the screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+PgUp Selects the column from the cursor position to the bottom of the screen
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Arrow Selects the column to the right of the cursor
Alt+F12 Select editor window tab
F6/Ctrl+. IDE Insight
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Date of change: 24.01.2019
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*Some of the keys listed may not work in older versions of the program