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To select a single line of code with the mouse, click at the beginning of
the line and drag straight down to the beginning of the next line. To
highlight a single line of code with the keyboard, first press the Home
key to move to the beginning of the line and then use Shift+downarrow
key to highlight the line.
There are dozens of keyboard combinations that can be used to highlight text and do other
editing chores. For a complete list of all the keyboard shortcuts available, consult the
C++Builder online help.
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As you program you often add, delete, or move blocks of text. Sometimes
you will need to indent an entire block of code. At other times
you will need to un-indent (outdent?) an entire block of code. To
indent a block of code, highlight the lines that you want to indent and
then press Ctrl+Shift+I on the keyboard. The entire block will be
indented. To un-indent a block of code, press Ctrl+Shift+U on the
keyboard.
Undo
The Code Editor has a virtually limitless number of undo levels (32,767 by default).
Normally, you can only undo commands up to the last time you saved a file. By changing
the editor options, you will be able to undo past commands even after saving the file. I’ll talk
about editor options and preferences later in the chapter, in the section titled “Changing the
Editor Options.”
In general, it pays to remember this simple maxim: “Undo is your friend.”
Find and Replace
Find and Replace are used fairly heavily in programming. Find might be used to find a specific
piece of code or a specific variable in your code. Replace might be used to change a variable’s
name or to change the name of a function. The possibilities are endless.
The C++Builder Find and Replace dialog boxes implement more or less standard find-andreplace
operations. To bring up the Find dialog box, choose Search | Find from the main