Nick Hodges

Did You Know…

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14 Responses to “Did You Know…”

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   Jan Derk Says:
   

   If you would add "Indent (Ctrl + Shift + I)" and "Unindent (Ctrl + Shift + U)" to the Edit menu many more of your (especially new) users would be aware of the cool things Delphi is able to do.

   Browsing through the main menu is thing that almost everyone does to find the features an application supports. Yet, very little companies see the main menu as a way to advertise features.

   August 30th, 2007 at 9:04 am
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   Excessive Says:
   

   I’m still using Ctrl+K, and Ctrl+I or Ctrl+U for indentation. Interestingly, old shortcuts like Ctrl+K and Ctrl+B, and Ctrl+K and Ctrl+K still works.

   I now realize how much I missed Borland Pascal 7.

   August 30th, 2007 at 9:27 am
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   Paul T Says:
   

   Yes I did. Don’t go getting any ideas about removing them either - personally, they’ve been THE keyboard shortcut of choice for years. Why wouldn’t you use them!

   August 30th, 2007 at 9:31 am
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   Ajasja Ljubetic Says:
   

   Yup

   August 30th, 2007 at 9:48 am
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   Mark Elder Says:
   

   I use those shortcuts but I would prefer the Tab/Shift-Tab combination for indent. I’ve tried changing the keyboard bindings but could never get that combo to work.

   August 30th, 2007 at 11:31 am
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   Farshad Says:
   

   Yes!

   August 30th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
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   Mark Says:
   

   Since I use the Visual Studio keymapping option, I just use Tab and Shift Tab when text is selected to indent and unindent. Shouldn’t this be the default? It’s pretty much the only reason I use the VS keymapping option.

   August 30th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
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   Andreas Hausladen Says:
   

   And it’s the reason why I wrote my own additional keymapping in DDevExtensions that does not cause me to use the VS keymapping.

   August 30th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
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   Mark Lex Says:
   

   One more vote for Tab and Shift Tab. It is not convenient to use Ctrl Shift I/U, because in that case I need to use my right hand which is by default holding the mouse.

   August 30th, 2007 at 6:21 pm
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    ahmetc Says:
    

    Damn, i didn’t know that. Why u guys didn’t put those functionality as buttons ? Vs has buttons for this

    August 30th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
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    Dave Craggs Says:
    

    Yes - essential to me.

    Changing the block indent down to 1 makes it work even better IMHO.

    August 31st, 2007 at 1:56 am
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    Stebi Says:
    

    Every App uses Tab and Shift+Tab for indenting. It should really supported by Delphi’s default key binding.

    August 31st, 2007 at 3:19 am
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    Jim McKeeth Says:
    

    Here is another Did you know keyboard shortcut:

    http://www.davinciunltd.com/2007/08/did-you-know/

    August 31st, 2007 at 8:28 am
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    Per Bakkendorff Says:
    

    Hmm, didn’t know those shortcut. Am I getting old - I’m still using WordStar shortcuts

    August 31st, 2007 at 12:54 pm

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