New

Start a wizard to open a new project, or choose from other actions. (Alt+Shift+N)

New Pro File

Create a new file in the Editor view. (Ctrl+N)

New Project

Create a New IDL Project dialog using a dialog.

New ENVI Extension

Create a new ENVI extension using a dialog.

Open

Open a file in the Editor view. (Ctrl+O)

Recent Files

Open a file from a list of the most recently accessed files.

Close

Close the file selected in the Editor view. (Ctrl+W)

Close All

Close all files in the Editor view. (Ctrl+Shift+W)

Save

Save the file selected in the Editor view. (Ctrl+S)

Save As

Save the file selected in the Editor view to a new filename.

Save All

Save all open files. (Ctrl+Shift+S)

Rename

Rename the selected file in the Project Explorer view. (F2)

Refresh

Refresh the contents displayed in the Project Explorer view. (F5)

Print

Print the file selected in the Editor view. (Ctrl+P)

Import

Start the Import wizard, which has multiple options to import files, preferences, and more.

Export

Start the Export wizard, which has multiple options to export files, preferences, and more.

Properties

View information about the file selected in the Editor view. (Alt+Enter)

Switch Workspace

Switch to a different IDL workspace. IDL will exit and restart to use the selected workspace.

Restart

Exit then restart IDL.

Exit

Exit IDL.

Undo

Cancel the previous action. (Ctrl+Z, or Command+Z on Mac)

Redo

Cancel the previous Undo command. (Ctrl+Y)

Cut

Cut the text selected in the Editor view. (Ctrl+X)

Copy

Copy the selected text from the Editor or Console view to the clipboard. It also copies files from the Project Explorer view, variable information (as text) in the Variables view, and commands from the Command History view. (Ctrl+C).

Paste

Paste the copied text or command. (Ctrl+V).

Delete

Delete selected item. (Delete)

Select All

Select all content in the active view (i.e., Editor, Console, Command History, etc.). (Ctrl+A)

Find/Replace

Search, or search and replace, specified text in the Editor or Console views.(Ctrl+F)

Find Next

Locate the next instance of the text specified in Find/Replace. (F3)

Find Previous

Locate the previous instance of the text specified in Find/Replace. (F4)

Search

Search files for a specified string and display the results in the Search view. (Ctrl+H)

Set Encoding

Set the encoding (default UTF-8) for the file selected in the Editor view.

Back

Toggle the Editor view back through the recent files list. Or, click the arrow to choose the desired file from the drop-down list. (Alt+Left Arrow)

Forward

Toggle the Editor view forward through the recent files list. Or, click the arrow to choose the desired file from the drop-down list. (Alt+Right Arrow)

Toggle Comment

Toggle the selected line between comment and code. (Ctrl+;)

Add File Comments

Input IDLdoc-style comments for the file (https://github.com/mgalloy/idldoc).

Add Routine Comments

Input IDLdoc style comments for the routine.

Open Declaration

Open the .pro code for a selected call to a user defined routine. (Ctrl+F3)

To Uppercase

Change the selected text to uppercase. (Ctrl+Shift+U)

To Lowercase

Change the selected text to lowercase. (Ctrl+U)

Format

Automatically format the selected text or the file in View.

Shift Right

Shift the selected text or the entire file to the right.

Shift Left

Shift the selected text or the entire file to the left.

Content Assist

Provides content to help enter commands. (Ctrl+Space)

Code Templates

Provides templates to help write IDL code.

Open Project

Open the selected project from the Project Explorer view.

Close Project

Close the selected project. Resource files in a closed project cannot be changed or accessed by the development environment. Closed projects take up a lot less memory.

Build All

Build all projects that are currently open in the Project Explorer.

Build Project

Build the selected open project according to the IDL Build Properties. By default, IDL will compile all .pro code in the project, execute RESOLVE_ALL, and create a save file with the project's name. (Ctrl+B)

Build Working Set

Select the working set to build.

Set Selection as Current Working Directory

Set the directory of the selected project as the working directory.

Properties

Set properties for the selected project.

Assign IDL code to icons and keyboard shortcuts. You can use macros for tasks that you repeat often or want to simplify. When you add custom macros, you can define:

• The IDL code that the macro runs
• The macro name and menu label
• An icon to display next to the menu item
• A custom tooltip to display when hovering over the menu item
• A keyboard shortcut to run the macro

Compile

Compile the file selected in the Editor view. (Ctrl+F8).

Resume

Resume running the file.

Stop

Stop execution. (Ctrl+F2)

Step In

Step through the code line by line. If a command is defined in .pro code, the file will be opened in the editor and stepped though this code line by line. (F5)

Step Over

Steps through code in the current scope line by line. (F6)

Step Out

Executes remaining code in the current scope, then moves to the next line of higher scope. (F7)

Skip

Skip a line when debugging. (Ctrl+Shift+F6)

Reset Session

Executes .RESET_SESSION to reset much of the state of an IDL session, without requiring you to exit and restart the IDL session. After the reset is complete, if a start-up file is specified, it is run.

Run Selected Text

Execute the commands selected in the Editor view. (Shift+F8)

Print, <selected text>

Run the selected text and print the result. This is useful when debugging. For example, highlight a variable and print its value.

Run Project

Execute the save file created by Build Project. (Ctrl+Shift+F8)

Run to Line

When debugging, execute the code until it reaches the cursor's location. (Ctrl+R)

Show Code Coverage

Toggle on or off highlighting code lines that have been executed.

Toggle Breakpoint

Add or Remove a breakpoint at the line selected by the cursor. (Ctrl+Shift+B)

Remove all Breakpoints

Remove all breakpoints.