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	<title>Ryan Phelan &#187; Timesavers</title>
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		<title>Quickly Access Adobe Help Docs in Eclipse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had someone ask me today about an easy way to open up a specific topic in the Adobe help docs when writing code in Eclipse.  The quickest method is to click on or select a class, property or method and press Shift+F2.  This will open up the docs in a new window. An alternative [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">I had someone ask me today about an easy way to open up a specific topic in the Adobe help docs when writing code in Eclipse.  The quickest method is to click on or select a <em>class</em>, <em>property</em> or <em>method </em>and press Shift+F2.  This will open up the docs in a new window.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">An alternative would be to click the "Show View as a fast view" icon in the lower left hand corner of the Eclipse window and choose "Help".  When the Help view pops up, make sure "Related Topics" is selected.  To hide a fast view, simply click anywhere outside of it.  Now, if you click on or select a <em>class</em>, <em>property</em> or <em>method </em>and then click the Help fast view - it will display a list of help topics that are related to your selection.  This approach may not be as quick or graceful as Shift+F2, but the advantage is that it offers links to related articles in addition to the regular as docs.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>See it in action:</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.rphelan.com/flex/uploads/2009/03/helpfastview.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-264 alignnone" title="Help - Fast View" src="http://www.rphelan.com/flex/uploads/2009/03/helpfastview-150x150.jpg" alt="Help - Fast View" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Please keep in mind that these techniques will only give you the official Adobe documentation.  Your docs, and 3rd party library docs will not show up in the help view.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">If anyone has any other fancy tricks, let us know in the comments.</p>
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		<title>Flex Builder Shortcuts and Timesavers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are a few shortcuts that I've worked into my development routine that I couldn't live without. Shortcuts: Go to Definition:  Ctrl+Click on function name or variable to go to it's definition. Auto Complete:  Ctrl+Space will bring up that handy list of auto-completion options. Ctrl+/:  Comments or uncomments the selected line(s). Ctrl+Shift+C:  Adds or removes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These are a few shortcuts that I've worked into my development routine that I couldn't live without.</p>
<h4>Shortcuts:</h4>
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<li>Go to Definition:  Ctrl+Click on function name or variable to go to it's definition.</li>
<li>Auto Complete:  Ctrl+Space will bring up that handy list of auto-completion options.</li>
<li>Ctrl+/:  Comments or uncomments the selected line(s).</li>
<li>Ctrl+Shift+C:  Adds or removes block comment to selection.</li>
<li>Quick Outline:  Press Ctrl+O when editing an .as or .mxml file to get a list of class variables and functions.  You can type a few characters to filter the list, and when you select one, the editor will jump to the definition.  This is way faster than using the outline window or Ctrl+F to search for something.</li>
<li>Ctrl+Shift+T:  Browse all class types, select one to view the class definition.</li>
<li>Alt+Down &amp; Alt+Up:  Moves the selected line(s) up or down.  This is great for re-ordering variable declarations, mxml attributes, etc.</li>
<li>Ctrl+Alt+Down &amp; Ctrl+Alt+Up:  Copies the selected line(s) and pastes them above or below.  Combines 3 steps (select, copy, paste) into one!</li>
<li>Alt+Left &amp; Alt+Right:  Work like your browser's back and forward buttons for your navigation history.  This is especially useful when you are control-clicking or "quick-outlining" to function or variable definitions.</li>
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<h4>Other Savory Tips:</h4>
<ol>
<li>To create a series of nested folders in the project navigator, open the new-&gt;folder dialog and enter a path (e.g. com/rphelan/controls).  Eclipse will automatically create all folders in the path if they don't already exist.  This is very useful when first creating a project.</li>
<li>You can double-click to maximize/restore any panel in Eclipse.  I frequently expand my editor window to show the maximum amount of code possible.  (Note:  this does not legitimize writing super long lines of code.  I recommend wrapping at around 80 characters)</li>
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<p>If several of these are new to you, try out just one or two at a time and see how you like them.  Once they are second nature, try adding a few more.  My theory is that the less I have to rely on my mouse when developing the better.</p>
<p>Want to learn more?  Don't forget that you can bring up a list of relevant shortcut key options at any time by pressing Ctrl+Shift+L.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> Mac users - just swap out the command key for control in each of these combos.</p>
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