CFEclipse keyboard shortcuts

July 03, 2008

I've just seen a great post on Henke.ws called Top 6 underused Eclipse shortcuts for CFEclipse. I recently compiled a list of CFEclipse keyboard shortcuts for my colleagues so thought I'd share it here.

Ctrl + Shift + U Selected text to Uppercase
Ctrl + Shift + L Selected text to Lowercase
Ctrl + Shift + P <p> ... </p>
Ctrl + Shift + C <!-- ... --> (HTML comment)
Ctrl + Shift + M <!--- ... ---> (CFML comment)
Ctrl + Shift + N Jumps to the start or end of the selected tag
Ctrl + K Jumps to the next matching tag for the selected tag
Ctrl + Shift + K Jumps to the previous matching tag for the selected tag
Ctrl + Shift + Z Colour picker
Ctrl + Shift + R Open resource (file in project)
Ctrl + Shift + E Switch to open file
Ctrl + Shift + A <cfabort />
Ctrl + Shift + D <cfdump />
Ctrl + Shift + O <cfoutput>...</cfoutput>
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Y Redo
Ctrl + L Goto line
Ctrl + Q Focus on last change
Ctrl + I <em>...</em>
Ctrl + D Delete line
Ctrl + Backspace Deletes the previous word
Ctrl + Delete Deletes the next word
Ctrl + Shift + Delete Delete to the end of the line
Ctrl + E Open files list
Ctrl + 3 Wraps selected text in ##
Ctrl + J Calls the snippet for the defined trigger text

 

Update: These links about CFEclipse ShortCut Keys have been posted in the comments section:

CFEclipse Trac:
http://trac.cfeclipse.org/cfeclipse/wiki/ShortcutKeys

Printer friendly (mostly!) version of CFEclipse Trac reference:
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ddshphvt_49gzwsm6

Simon Whatley's Blog:
http://www.simonwhatley.co.uk/cfeclipse-keyboard-shortcuts

11 comments

  1. Ctrl + Shift + N when focussed on a tag will show you the ending/beginning tag (depending where you are in the tag.

    Comment by Scott Stroz – July 03, 2008
  2. Thanks Scott, didn't know that one! I'll edit my post.

    Comment by John Whish – July 03, 2008
  3. For a list of all shortcuts - Ctrl + Shift + L

    Comment by Andy Beer – July 03, 2008
  4. Ctrl + Shift + L only appears to work when viewing css files.

    Help > Key Assist will provide a full list of all shortcuts.

    Comment by Andy Beer – July 03, 2008
  5. Thanks for the mention. We'll have to bug Mark about fixing Ctrl + Shift + L in the CFEclipse Editor :-)

    Comment by Mike Henke – July 03, 2008
  6. Hi Mike, credit where credit's due! Mark's bigger than me, so I'll let someone else do the bugging :-)

    Comment by John Whish – July 03, 2008
  7. These are really good.

    Is there a way in any of the file views to sort the files in a folder by last revision date?

    Comment by Michael Brennan-White – July 03, 2008
  8. Simon Whatley also has a list of keyboard shortcuts that I frequently use as a reference.

    www.simonwhatley.co.uk/cfeclipse-keyboard-shortcuts

    Comment by Eric – July 03, 2008
  9. Thanks Eric for the link. I've updated the post.

    Comment by John Whish – July 03, 2008
  10. FYI - Simon's list looks remarkably like the list currently on the CFEclipse Trac (which I compiled ages ago):

    trac.cfeclipse.org/cfeclipse/wiki/ShortcutKeys

    Comment by Jim Priest – July 03, 2008
  11. Thanks Jim, I've updated my post. The printer friendly version is really handy :)

    Comment by John Whish – July 04, 2008

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