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Apply syntax coloring preferences

❖ Open the Preferences dialog and select Flex > Editors > Syntax Coloring.

Default font colors can also be configured on the Text Editors and Colors and Fonts Preferences pages (see

Window > Preferences > General > Appearance > and Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text

Editors).

Using the Problems view

As you enter and save your code, Flex Builder compiles it in the background and displays syntax errors and warnings

(problems) to you in the Problems view. Each error or warning contains a message, the file and folder in which it is

located, and its line number in the file. When you double-click on a line of code, the file is opened in the editor and

the line of code is highlighted.

Go to the line of code where an error or warning occurs

❖ Double-click a problem in the Problems view; or select a problem and then right-click (Windows) or Control-

click (Mac OS) to display the context menu and select Go To.

Code editing keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains a list of keyboard shortcuts that are useful when editing code.

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For a complete list of available keyboard shortcuts, see “Accessing keyboard shortcuts” on page 61. For information

about editing existing or creating new keyboard shortcuts, see “Changing keyboard shortcuts” on page 58.

Name Keyboard shortcut Description

Switch between Source and

Design mode

Control+`(Left Quote) Switches between the MXML editor’s Source and Design

modes.

Go to Documentation (Flex

Builder

plug-in)

Find in API Reference

(Flex Builder stand-alone)

Shift+F2 When you edit MXML or ActionScript, selecting a

language element and pressing Shift+F2 displays

language reference Help for the selected element. For

more information, see

“Getting help while writing code”

on page 107.

Context-sensitive Help F1 (Windows)

Command+Shift+/ (Mac OS)

Displays context-sensitive Help for the currently selected

workbench element (editor, view, dialog box, and so on).

For more information, see

“Using the Flex Builder help

system” on page 3.

Add Block Comment Control+Shift+C (Windows)

Command+Shift+C (Mac OS)

Adds block comment formatting to the currently selected

lines of code or adds a comment at the insertion point. For

more information, see

“Adding comments and comment

blocks” on page 112.

Add CDATA Control+Shift+D (Windows)

Command+Shift+D (Mac OS)

Adds a CDATA statement at the insertion point so that you

can add

ActionScript to an MXML document.

Find Matching Bracket Control+Shift+P (Windows)

Command+Shift+P (Mac OS)

Moves the cursor to the matching bracket of the selected

code statement.

Content Assist Control+Space (Windows)

Command+Shift+Space (Mac OS)

Displays code hinting. For more information, see “Using

Content Assist” on page 106.

Find All Declarations in Work-

space

Control+G (Windows)

Command+G (Mac OS)

Finds declarations in your code base. See “Finding refer-

ences and refactoring code” on page 113.

Find All References in Workspace Control+Shift+G (Windows)

Command+Shift+G (Mac OS)

Finds references to identifiers in your code base. See

“Finding references and refactoring code” on page 113

Go to Definition F3 Open the source of an external code definition. For more

information, see

“Opening code definitions” on page 110.

Go to Line Control+L (Windows)

Command+L (Mac OS)

Displays the Go to Line dialog box where you can enter a

line number and navigate to it in the editor.

Last Edit Location Control+Q (Windows)

Control+Q (Mac OS)

Highlights the last edited line of code.

Mark Occurrences Marks every occurrence of the selected item in code.

Organize Imports Control+Shift+O (Windows)

Command+Shift+O (Mac OS)

When editing ActionScript, using this keyboard shortcut

alphabetizes any import statements contained in the

document. For more information, see

“Organizing import

statements” on page 111.

Open Type Control+Shift+T (Windows)

Command+Shift+T (Mac OS)

Quickly browse all class types. For more information, see

“Browsing and opening class types” on page 111.

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Open Resource Control+Shift+R (Windows)

Command+Shift+R (Mac OS)

Displays the Open Resource dialog box where you can

quickly search for and open a resource in the editor.

Quick Outline Control+O (Windows and Mac OS) Displays the Outline view in Quick mode in the editor. For

more information, see

“Using Quick Outline view in the

editor” on page 109.

Name Keyboard shortcut Description