Mike Chambers

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Incremental Search in Flex Builder 2

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Probably one of my favorite features of Firefox is its very intuitive incremental search. In fact, I find it so natural that I often find myself trying to use it in other programs. Luckily, the other program I spend most of my time in (Flex Builder 2) also supports it.

Just type CTRL-j and start typing your search term. The focus in the editor will move to the match as you type. Type CTRL-j to move to the next match, and ESC to exit. The search status is also displayed on the status bar.

What is your favorite Flex Builder keyboard combo? Post them in the comments?

Written by mikechambers

April 12th, 2006 at 3:45 pm

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9 Responses to 'Incremental Search in Flex Builder 2'

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  1. I use the AMIP plugin for iTunes and mIRC, which means that it catches CTRL-J before Flex does.

    Graham Weldon

    12 Apr 06 at 4:47 pm

  2. ctrl-O all the time, a real time saver !

    btw, mike, are you ready to release the design documents for FLOW ? thanks.

    jeremy

    12 Apr 06 at 9:28 pm

  3. >CTRL-O

    Woah, that is cool. I didnt know that was there. CTRL-O brings up a small window with an outline of the current file / class. You can then type in an API or select one to go directly to it within the class.

    Awesome!

    >btw, mike, are you ready to release the design documents for FLOW ? thanks.

    We are getting there. I am porting Flow to the next beta, and once everything is working, I will release everything.

    mike chambers

    mesh@adobe.com

    mike chambers

    12 Apr 06 at 9:34 pm

  4. Ctrl – Shift – L – to open all the shortcuts

    But I specifically like:

    Ctrl + M – maximise edit window
    F3 – Over a property or method name: will move to where the property or method name is declared
    F4 – Open class type of property
    F5 – Open super type
    Ctrl + Shift + R – find resource
    Ctrl + Space (in new build file) – to select an ant build template
    Ctrl + space – code completion
    Ctrl + H – searching in different files
    Ctrl + F – traditional find and replace
    Ctrl + K (Shift) – after Ctrl + F find forward (backwards)
    Ctrl + J – Incremental search
    Ctrl + D – delete a whole line
    Shift + Enter – add an indented new line
    Ctrl + Space – code completion (if you add yr . classpath and import classes)

    btw – this is just through using Eclipse – I’m assuming these are all the same for Flex builder?

    justin

    13 Apr 06 at 5:07 am

  5. I like the fact that you can modify any shortcut in Eclipse by going to Window –> Preferences –> General –> Keys. I have mine setup like the Flash environment.

    CTRL-O is pretty cool!!

    Thanks.

    Nick Selvaggio

    13 Apr 06 at 6:36 am

  6. CTRL + Shift + O -> Organize imports…removes unnecessary stmts and orgs groups of similar packages.

    Brian Riley

    13 Apr 06 at 7:03 am

  7. CTRL + Shift + O -> Oranize imports. Removes extraneous ones and groups in like packages.

    -riley

    Brian Riley

    13 Apr 06 at 9:13 am

  8. Textmate, my favourite editor for the Mac supports the same thing, too bad I can’t use it with Flex, it’s a fantastic editor.

    Timothy Uruski

    14 Apr 06 at 8:29 pm

  9. Boy I’d sure love to use that in FlexBuilder Mike, too bad Adobe has neglected Mac OS X Yet Again! Nevertheless, love your stuff Mike, keep up the hard work.

    haleOnEarth

    31 May 06 at 12:08 am

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