The main application toolbar provides immediate access to many common editing operations such as:
File operations like open, close, etc.
Find
Cut, copy, paste
Forward and reverse navigation through the history list
Undo, redo
Splitting windows
The following figure shows the main toolbar:
Accessibility: Docked at the bottom of the main application window.
The following table describes the toolbar icons and their associated actions:
Toolbar operation |
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File operations |
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Prompts the user with the New file dialog in order to create a new file. |
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Open a file in the editor. |
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Saves the currently active file. Active only when changes have been made to a file. |
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Saves changes to all active files. Active only when changes have been made to a file. |
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Reloads the active file. |
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Find |
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Search the current document for the requested text. |
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Cut, copy, paste |
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Cut the current selection from the active document and place it on the clipboard. |
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Cut the current selection from the active document and place it on clipboard 2. |
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Cut the current selection from the active document and place it on clipboard 3. |
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Copy the current selection to the clipboard. |
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Copy the current selection and place it on clipboard 2. |
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Copy the current selection and place it on clipboard 3 |
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Paste the contents of the clipboard into the active document. |
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Paste the contents of clipboard 2 into the active document. |
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Paste the contents of clipboard 3 into the active document. |
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Navigation |
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The back button is used to jump to previous events on the history list. For more information on the Event stack please refer to the History list topic. |
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The forward button is used to jump forward through events on the history list. For more information on the Event stack please refer to the History list topic. |
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Open the matching file for the current document. For example, if we are working with a .c file and the user selects "Open Matching File" then the corresponding .h file will be opened if it is found. |
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Jumps to the location of the matching brace. The cursor must be adjacent to one of the brace types for this to work. |
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Undo/redo |
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Undo the previous operation |
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Redo the previous operation that was undone |
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Split windows |
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Split the file editing panel vertically to create two (or more) individual editing panels, one on top of the other. |
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Split the file editing panel horizontally to create two (or more) individual editing panels, on to the right of the other. |
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Remove the most recently added split window. |
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Synchronize window splits to a single file instead of allowing them to occur against the same file. |