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find a matching brace, place the cursor before a brace (it doesn’t matter if it’s the opening or
closing brace). Now press Ctrl+[ on the keyboard. The cursor jumps to the brace that matches
the brace you started on. Press Ctrl+[ again, and the cursor jumps back to where you started.
Getting lost in the maze of braces in a long series of if statements is still a possibility, but at
least now you know how to find your way out again.
The Code Editor Speed Menu
Like most of the different windows you encounter in C++Builder, the Code Editor has its
own speed menu. The Code Editor speed menu can essentially be broken down into two
parts: editor items and debugger items. I will leave the debugger items of the speed menu for
tomorrow when I discuss debugging, but I’ll go over the editor items on the speed menu now.
Table 10.2 contains a list of the speed menu items that pertain to the editor, along with a
description of each.
Table 10.2. The Code Editor speed menu items.
Item Description
Swap Cpp/Hdr Files If the header file corresponding to the current source
file is not opened in the Code Editor, choosing this
menu item opens the header file, creates a new tab for
it, and changes focus to that window. Choosing this
option when both the .cpp and .h files are open
switches focus back and forth between the two files.
Close Page Closes the active page in the edit window. If the file on
the page has been modified since it was last saved, you
will be prompted to save the file.
Open File At Cursor Opens the file under the cursor. This option has an
effect only when the text under the cursor represents a
source code file. For example, if you had a header
included with #include “myclass.h”, you could place
the cursor over the filename and choose this menu item
to open the file. The file will be placed in a new editor
window, and focus will be set to the window.
New Edit Window Opens a new copy of the Code Editor. This is convenient
if you want to compare two source files side-byside.
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