Did You Know…
30 Aug
Okay, Steve, I’m up to the task.
Did you know that you can indent and unindent chunks of text in the Delphi Code Editor using CTRL+SHIFT+I and CTRL+SHIFT+U?
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If you would add "Indent (Ctrl + Shift + I)" and "Unindent (Ctrl + Shift + U)" to the Edit menu many more of your (especially new) users would be aware of the cool things Delphi is able to do.
Browsing through the main menu is thing that almost everyone does to find the features an application supports. Yet, very little companies see the main menu as a way to advertise features.
August 30th, 2007 at 9:04 amI’m still using Ctrl+K, and Ctrl+I or Ctrl+U for indentation. Interestingly, old shortcuts like Ctrl+K and Ctrl+B, and Ctrl+K and Ctrl+K still works.
I now realize how much I missed Borland Pascal 7.
August 30th, 2007 at 9:27 amYes I did. Don’t go getting any ideas about removing them either - personally, they’ve been THE keyboard shortcut of choice for years. Why wouldn’t you use them!
August 30th, 2007 at 9:31 amYup
August 30th, 2007 at 9:48 amI use those shortcuts but I would prefer the Tab/Shift-Tab combination for indent. I’ve tried changing the keyboard bindings but could never get that combo to work.
August 30th, 2007 at 11:31 amYes!
August 30th, 2007 at 1:13 pmSince I use the Visual Studio keymapping option, I just use Tab and Shift Tab when text is selected to indent and unindent. Shouldn’t this be the default? It’s pretty much the only reason I use the VS keymapping option.
August 30th, 2007 at 1:20 pmAnd it’s the reason why I wrote my own additional keymapping in DDevExtensions that does not cause me to use the VS keymapping.
August 30th, 2007 at 1:49 pmOne more vote for Tab and Shift Tab. It is not convenient to use Ctrl Shift I/U, because in that case I need to use my right hand which is by default holding the mouse.
August 30th, 2007 at 6:21 pmDamn, i didn’t know that. Why u guys didn’t put those functionality as buttons ? Vs has buttons for this
August 30th, 2007 at 7:56 pmYes - essential to me.
Changing the block indent down to 1 makes it work even better IMHO.
August 31st, 2007 at 1:56 amEvery App uses Tab and Shift+Tab for indenting. It should really supported by Delphi’s default key binding.
August 31st, 2007 at 3:19 amHere is another Did you know keyboard shortcut:
http://www.davinciunltd.com/2007/08/did-you-know/
August 31st, 2007 at 8:28 amHmm, didn’t know those shortcut. Am I getting old - I’m still using WordStar shortcuts
August 31st, 2007 at 12:54 pm