Useful Shortcuts

Requirements

VRL-Studio >= 4.5.x
VRL >= 0.4.2.x

Depends on

What Is VRL-Studio?

This tutorial lists the most useful shortcuts.

Difficulty Level

Beginner

Projects & Settings

CTRL-N: creates a new project
CTRL-S: saves the current project
CTRL-L: loads a project
CTRL-,: opens the Preferences window

NOTE: On Mac OS X CTRL must be replaced with the ⌘ key

Versioning

CTRL-ALT-V: shows the Manage Versions window

Components

CTRL-SPACE: shows the Manage Components window
CTRL-ALT-N: creates a new visual component

Editor & Code

SHIFT-ENTER: compile code
CTRL-ALT-SPACE: request auto-completion
CTRL-F: search & replace (replace CTRL with ⌘ on Mac OS X)
CTRL-D: comment selected code lines
CTRL-T: uncomment selected code lines
CTRL-C: copy selected text (replace CTRL with ⌘ on Mac OS X)
CTRL-V: paste text from system clipboard to the editor (replace CTRL with ⌘ on Mac OS X)
CTRL-X: cut selected text (replace CTRL with ⌘ on Mac OS X)

Code Templates

Code templates are activated by typing the short form, e.g., sout followed by CTRL-ALT-SPACE. Currently, the following code templates are avialiable:

sout: System.out.println()
fori: for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { (also works with j, k, x, y, z, t)
pinf: @ParamInfo(name="", style="default", options="")
pginf: @ParamGroupInfo(group="default|true|no description")
minf: @MethodInfo(name="", valueName="", valueStyle="default", valueOptions="")
cinf: @ComponentInfo(name="NAME", category="Custom")
oinf: @ObjectInfo(name="NAME")