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Keyboard Shortcuts

Project Manager and Tabs

Command

Shortcut

Description

New Project

Ctrl + N

Create a new project.

Edit Selected Project

Ctrl + Enter

Load the selected project into the edit project tab.

Run Project

Enter

Run the selected project

Close Tab

Ctrl + W, Ctrl + F4

Close the current tab.

Switch to a tab

Alt + 0..9

Switch tabs where Tab 0 is the project manager and 1 through 9 are tabs to the right of the project manager.

Global Options Menu

F10

Show the global options menu

Display feedback

F11

Show the feedback form

Help

F1

Show the help tab

Show Project Filters

F4

Open the Project Manager filter bar and project-type filter controls.

Project Text Filter

Ctrl+F, Esc

Focus or apply the Project Manager text filter. When the filter box is focused, Esc clears it.

History

Ctrl+H

Show or hide the recent project activity panel.

Schema Compare, Schema View, Data Compare

Command

Shortcut

Description

Script

F9

For Schema Compare and Data Compare results, generate the deployment script and open a script tab.

Refresh

F5

Refresh the current compare, view, or other active result surface.

Execute Query or Script

F6

Run the current Schema View query, or execute the current Schema Compare or Data Compare script tab.

Switch Window Focus

F7

Switch focus between the main result or editor panes on Schema Compare, Schema View, and shared script tabs.

Next / Previous Search

F8, Shift+F8

Move to the next or previous search match on compare and schema-view results surfaces.

Edit Project

Ctrl + E

Open the Edit tab for the the current project

Display

Ctrl + D

Open display and grouping options on Schema Compare results.

Print

Ctrl + P

Print or show report list.

Find and filter shortcuts are surface-specific. Project Manager uses F4 to show filters and Ctrl+F to focus or apply the text filter. Schema Compare results uses F4 for Filter, Ctrl+F for Find text, and Ctrl+Shift+R to toggle regular-expression searching. Editor and script surfaces use Ctrl+F for text search.

Script Editor

The script editor is a generic editor within SQL Delta and utilizes similar functionality and keyboard shortcuts in its various instances. There are some cases where the editor is read-only, such as display data script however largely the editor is a standard editor.

Command

Shortcut

Description

Undo/Redo

Ctrl+Z, Shift+Ctrl+Z

Undo changes or redo changes to text

Cut, Copy, Paste, Select All

Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+A

The same as most editors, text can be cut, copied and pasted.

Delete Word

Ctrl+T

Delete the current word

Delete Line

Ctrl+Y

Delete the current line

Delete to EOL

Shift+Ctrl+Y

Delete from cursor to the end of current line

Insert a Line

Ctrl+N

Inserts a line break at the cursor

Toggle Bookmark

Ctrl+Shift+(0-9)

Create a bookmark at a specific point in the script

Goto Bookmark

Ctrl+(0-9)

Move the cursor to the bookmark, if it exists.

Toggle Comment

Ctrl+/

Toggles comment on or off

Match Bracket

Shift+Ctrl+B

Moves the cursor forward or back to the associated bracket

Column Select

Shift+Ctrl+C

Enter column selection mode

Line Select

Shift+Ctrl+L

Enter Line selection mode (reverts from column selection mode and the default)

Block Indent/Unindent

Shift+Ctrl+I, Shift+Ctrl+U

Indent the block of text right or left.

Search for Text

Ctrl+F

Search text

Replace Text

Ctrl+R

Search and replace text

Search Next

F3

Search again for the next occurrence of the search termĀ 

Auto Complete

Ctrl+Space

Display list of objects ready for auto completion. Limited to schema view query.