Shortcut keys in the PIDE by Brad Manske

By now you've opened up PIDE and used it for a while. Hopefully everyone has noticed the
keyboard shortcuts placed in the menus. Here are a few that are very helpful, but not so
obvious.

In PIDE's Game Level Editor try + while a sprite is selected, this will
Create a new sprite copying the original sprites properties.

In PIDE's Visual Form Builder:

• The key will select the Form Control.
• If you need a little help, F1 will bring up VFB Help and +F1 will bring up the MSDN help for the selected control.
• Hold down the key and move the mouse over the form. This will show dashed lines from the mouse position to the ruler to help align controls on the form.
• Arrow keys can move a control by 1 pixel at a time to get things lined up perfectly.
• When editing controls that can use a list (GroupBox, ListBox, TabControl, etc...) select "Caption" in the properties and then press F5. You can enter values to preload into these control.
• If you need to select a color for the properties, use F4.
• If you need to select a filename for the properties, use F3.
• If you need to select a true/false value for properties, +T will enter true and +F will enter false.

For those of you that are not keyboard jockies, right click on the properties to bring up the context
menu with the options for the properties.

Here is a reference card for those who could use it

PIDE Editor ShortCut Keys:

  -N           New
  -O           Open
  -S           Save file
  -P           Print
  -Z           Undo
  -Z    Redo
  -X           Cut
  -C           Copy
  -V           Paste
          Delete
  -C    Comment Code
  -R           RGB color
  -D           Format Code
  -G           Goto Line Number
  -F           Find
  -F    Find in Files
  -F3          Find Again
  -H           Replace
  -F11         Find Definition
  -F11        Open Selected File
  -F8         Line Profile Result
  -F7          Run
  -F9          Dedicated Run
  F7                 Compile
  F5                 Debug
  F10                Step Over
  F11                Step Into
  -F10         Run to Cursor
  -F5         Stop
  F9                 Toggle Breakpoints
  -B           Breakpoint Window
  -F7          Watches Window
  -F12         File Manager
  F12                Visual Form Builder
  -G           Procedures List
  F4                 Goto Map...
   Clear a controls code.
  F1                 Help
  -F1          MSDN Help

PIDE VFB ShortCut Keys:

  F1                 VFB Help
  +F1          MSDN help on selected control
  F3                 Select FileName for properties
  F4                 Select Color for properties
  F5                 Edit List of values for control
                Focus on the Form Control
               Show Alignment lines
  +T           Enter True for properties
  +F           Enter False for properties
         Move selected control by one pixel.

PIDE Game Level Editor ShortCut Keys:

  +    create a copy of the selected sprite.