Delphi IDE Keyboard Shortcuts for easy use

Delphi IDE frequently used Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Description
Escape	Selects parent control in design mode. Left mouse click + Escape 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	On Form Designer activates next component. And on Object Inspector 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 + 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
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 + 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 + UpArrow	Navigate to method implementation/declaration
Ctrl + Shift + DownArrow	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 + 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 + 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 + # on nordic (and perhaps other international ) keyboards
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
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 + 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+O	Changes a word to lowercase
Ctrl+K+N	Changes a word to uppercase
Ctrl+O+U	Toggles case
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
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 + Page Down	Moves the cursor down one line and selects the column from the right of the starting cursor position
Alt + Shift + Page Up	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
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 + I	Inserts a tab character
Ctrl + INS	Copy selected Block
Ctrl + L	Find again
Ctrl + Left Arrow	Moves one word left
Ctrl + M	Insert new line (same as Enter)
Ctrl + N	Insert new line after cursor (cursor stays in current line)
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
Ins	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 + Ins	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