Flash Builder Keyboard Shortcuts
Part of the Flash Mobile Application Development For Dummies Cheat Sheet
As you develop mobile apps for Flash, you'll find that Flash Builder is much easier to work with when you use the little-known shortcuts hidden inside this powerful development tool. Here are the most useful keyboard shortcuts in Flash Builder:
| Command | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Build project | Ctrl+B | Command+B |
| Compile and run | Ctrl+Shift+F11 | Command+Shift+F11 |
| Compile and debug | F11 | F11 |
| Toggle breakpoint | Ctrl+Shift+B | Command+Shift+B |
| Step into breakpoint code | F5 | F5 |
| Step over breakpoint code | F6 | F6 |
| Step return - exit current function | F7 | F7 |
| Continue execution | F8 | F8 |
| Terminate debugging session | Ctrl+F2 | Option+F2 |
| Go to line number… | Ctrl+L | Command+L |
| Search current document for text | Ctrl+F | Command+F |
| Search all files for text | Ctrl+Shift+F | Command+Shift+F |
| Find declarations of selected function name in project | Ctrl+G | Command+G |
| Open file by name search | Ctrl+Shift+R | Command+Shift+R |
| Open file class type | Ctrl+Shift+T | Command+Shift+T |
| Cycle through open files | Ctrl+tab | Command+tab |
| Invoke Content Assist | Ctrl+Space | Command+Space |
| Go to definition of variable | F3 | F3 |
| Copy | Ctrl+C | Command+C |
| Paste | Ctrl+V | Command+V |
| Comment out selected text | Ctrl+/ | Command+/ |
| Save file | Ctrl+S | Command+S |
| New file | Ctrl+N | Command+N |
| Show Key Assist | Ctrl+Shift+L | Command+Shift+L |
