Editor Toolbar

Microsoft Visual Basic User Interface

Edit Toolbar

   

Contains buttons that are shortcuts to some commonly used menu items. Frequently used when editing code.

You can click a toolbar button once to carry out the action represented by that button. You can select the Show ToolTips option in the General tab of the Options dialog box if you want to display ToolTips for the toolbar buttons.

Toolbar Buttons

   List Properties/Methods

Opens a box in the code window that contains the properties and methods available for the object that precedes the period (.).

   List Constants

Opens a box in the Code window that contains the constants that are valid choices for the property you typed and that precede the equals sign (=).

   Quick Info

Provides the syntax for a variable, function, method, or procedure based on the location of your pointer within the name of the function, method, or procedure.

   Parameter Info

Shows a popup in the Code window that contains information about the parameters of the function in which the pointer is located.

   Complete Word

Accepts the characters that Visual Basic automatically adds to the word you are typing.

   Indent

Shifts all lines in the selection to the next tab stop.

   Outdent

Shifts all lines in the selection to the previous tab stop.

   Toggle Breakpoint

Sets or removes a breakpoint at the current line.

   Comment Block

Adds comment character to the beginning of each line of a selected block of text.

   Uncomment Block

Removes the comment character from each line of a selected block of text.

   Toggle Bookmark

Toggles a bookmark on or off for the active line in the Code window.

   Next Bookmark

Moves the focus to the next bookmark in the bookmark stack.

   Previous Bookmark

Moves the focus to the previous bookmark in the bookmark stack.

   Clear All Bookmarks

Removes all bookmarks.