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Appendix: Using keyboard shortcuts

Viewing or modifying keyboard shortcuts

By default, some BlackBerry® Integrated Development Environment menu items map to keyboard shortcuts. You can associate all BlackBerry IDE menu items with a custom keyboard shortcut.

Note: When a window in the BlackBerry IDE is the active window, the keyboard shortcuts for that window override any identical menu keyboard shortcuts. For example, if the Bookmarks > Delete window menu item maps to the CTRL+D keyboard shortcut, and the Project menu Dependencies item maps to the CTRL+D keyboard shortcut, when the Bookmarks window has focus, pressing CTRL+D runs the Bookmarks > Delete command.

To view or modify keyboard shortcut information, perform the following actions:

    1. On the Edit menu, select Preferences.
    2. In the dialog box, click the Short cuts tab.
    3. Click the Main Menu or Popup Menus tab.
    4. Select a menu item.
    5. In the field under the Use the keyboard to set the new accelerator text, view or modify the keyboard shortcut information.
    6. To create a shortcut command, press the keys that you want to use for the shortcut.

      You can use any combination of the CTRL, Alt, and SHIFT keys, in conjunction with one other key. For example, to set Alt-F2 as a new shortcut, hold down the Alt key and press F2.


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