Favorite Flex Builder shortcuts

Because my brain is filled with movie quotes from Star Wars, Aliens, Ghost Busters, etc I find it difficult to remember the things that are actually useful, like the syntax for how to embed and use a sound file in a Flex project. So here are a few of my most commonly revisited sites.

I do remember my shortcuts because I use them every day – like my movie quotes. :-) I thought it might be nice to share.

Favorite Flex Builder Shortcuts

  • Ctrl + k = move to the next occurrence of the selected text
  • Ctrl + Shift + k = move to the previous occurrence of the selected text
  • Alt + up/down arrow = move current line, or selected lines, of code up or down in the editor
  • Ctrl + q = Jump to last edit point
  • Ctrl + Shift + Enter = new line above
  • Ctrl + o = search for properties and methods by typing their name. Great for finding something in a large file
  • Alt + arrow-left or arrow-right = move through open tabs
  • Ctrl + Tab = Switch between last two viewed tabs ( even if they are not next to each other )
  • F3 = go to type declaration. Same as Ctrl + mouse-click
  • Ctrl + m = toggle min/max of the current tab
  • Ctrl + j = search as you type. At first it won’t seem that anythings happening. But just type something and you’ll start searching. Hit ESC to cancel

Favorite compiler options

  • Framework caching = -static-rsls=false
  • Locate services file ( AMFPHP/CF/etc ) = -services “services-config.xml”
  • Keep the code = keep-generated-actionscript=true|false

Misc Adobe LiveDocs pages of note

Other Eclipse shortcuts
10 Eclipse Navigation Shortcuts Every Java Programmer Should Know

Embeding files example
And of course here’s how to embed and use a sound file, such as the Star Trek: TNG open door sound:
[Embed('assets/sounds/ST_doorbell.mp3')] private var sound:Class;
private var enterSound:SoundAsset = new sound() as SoundAsset;