1.4. Keyboard Shortcuts for the Dialog Editor

The following keyboard shortcuts can be used for some of the operations you will perform most frequently in Dialog Editor.

Key(s)

Function

Alt+F4

Closes Dialog Editor's application window.

Ctrl+C

Copies the selected dialog box or control, without removing it from Dialog Editor's application window, and places it on the Clipboard.

Ctrl+D

Creates a duplicate copy of the selected control.

Ctrl+G

Displays the Grid dialog box.

Ctrl+I

Displays the Information dialog box for the selected dialog box or control.

Ctrl+V

Inserts the contents of the Clipboard into Dialog Editor. If the Clipboard contains script statements describing one or more controls, then Dialog Editor adds those controls to the current dialog box. If the Clipboard contains the script template for an entire dialog box, then Dialog Editor creates a new dialog box from the statements in the template.

Ctrl+X

Removes the selected dialog box or control from Dialog Editor's application window and places it on the Clipboard.

Ctrl+Z

Undoes the preceding operation.

Del

Removes the selected dialog box or control from Dialog Editor's application window without placing it on the Clipboard.

F1

Displays Help for the currently active window.

F2

Runs the dialog box for testing purposes.

F3

Sizes certain controls to fit the text they contain.

Shift+F1

Toggles the Help pointer.

More information

1. Use the Dialog Editor.