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Navigator Keyboard Shortcuts

Here are a few keyboard shortcuts for the Navigator that you may not know about.

In order for these to work, you must have focus in the Navigator, which means that the row selection is blue.

  • Home: Move selection to first row, scrolling if necessary.
  • End: Move selection to last row, scrolling if necessary.
  • Right Arrow: Expand currently selected row.
  • Left Arrow: Collapse currently selected row.
  • Up Arrow: Move selection to previous row. If you are now selecting a code item, then focus moves to the Code Editor.
  • Down Arrow: Move selection to next row. If you are now selecting a code item, then focus moves to the Code Editor.
  • Page Up: Move selection up by one page, scrolling if necessary.
  • Page Down: Move selection down by one page, scrolling if necessary.
  • Shift + Up/Down Arrows: Select multiple rows.

Learn more about the Navigator here: https://documentation.xojo.com/getting_started/using_the_ide/navigator.html