CFEclipse is a community project that builds on the open-source Eclipse framework to deliver expert, code-centric developers a new option for ColdFusion development. CFEclipse provides Eclipse with an outline view, a CFC (ColdFusion component) view, code completion (code hinting), syntax highlighting text editors for CFML and CFC files, and many more ColdFusion-specific features.
Eclipse can be downloaded from http://www.eclipse.org and CFEclipse from http://www.cfeclipse.org.
One thing CFEclipse does not have is WYSIWYG ability. Its complete focus is on writing ColdFusion code (so-called hand coding) and building tools that help you write code. If you do a lot of visual or page-layout development, for instance, if you rely heavily on drag-and-drop tools, wizards, or the Design view in Macromedia Dreamweaver, CFEclipse may not be the tool for you.
However, to make your life easier when coding, below is a list of keyboard shortcuts that make common tasks available in a couple of keystrokes:
| Keys | Description |
|---|---|
| Key Shortcuts | |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Key Assist (dialog windows) |
| Alt+Shift+Q | Show View |
| Comments | |
| Ctrl+Shift+M | ColdFusion Comment <!--- ---> |
| Ctrl+Shift+C | Context sensitive comment |
| Surround Selection | |
| Ctrl+3 | Pound/hash marks ## |
| Ctrl+’ | Single quotes '' |
| Ctrl+Shift+” | Double quotes "" |
| Ctrl+Shift+O | <cfoutput></cfoutput> |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | <cfdump var="##"> |
| Ctrl+Shift+R | <cfscript></cfscript> |
| Insert | |
| Ctrl+Enter | <br/> |
| Ctrl+Shift+Space | |
| Ctrl+Shift+P | <p></p> |
| Ctrl+I | <em></em> |
| Ctrl+B | <strong></strong> |
| Edit | |
| Alt+Up or Alt+Down arrow | Moves the current line up or down |
| Ctrl+Alt+Up or Ctrl+Alt+Down | Duplicates line above/below current |
| Shift+Enter | Insert line below current line |
| Ctrl+Shift+Enter | Insert line above current line |
| Ctrl+D | Deletes current line |
| Ctrl+Delete | Delete next word |
| Ctrl+Backspace | Delete previous word |
| Ctrl+Shift+Delete | Delete to end of line |
| Function Keys | |
| F1 | Tag/function reference at http://www.cfdocs.org |
| F5 | Refresh browser view |
| F8 | Scribble pad |
| Ctrl+F3 | Surround with ## |
| Ctrl+F5 | Reload dictionaries |
| Ctrl+F6 | Switch editor |
| Ctrl+F7 | Switch view |
| Ctrl+F8 | Switch perspective |
| Search / Find | |
| Ctrl+H | Search |
| Ctrl+F | Find |
| Ctrl+K | Find next |
| Ctrl+Shift+K | Find previous |
| Browsing | |
| F12 | View current page in browser |
| Shift+F12 | View current page in secondary browser |
| F5 | Refresh internal browser |
| Shift+F5 | View current page in internal browser |
| Ctrl+Shift+F5 | View project root in internal browser |
| Windows / Navigation | |
| Ctrl+Shift+R | Opens the Open Resource (while in Navigator) |
| Ctrl+E | List open files, then start typing the name |
| Ctrl+F6 | Tab back through open files |
| Ctrl+Shift+F6 | Tab forwards through open files |
| Ctrl+M | Maximise/Minimse Current window |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Tab | Indent code |
| Shift+Tab | Un-indent code |
| Ctrl+L | Goto line number |
| Ctrl+Q | Repeat last tag |
| Ctrl+Shift+Z | Insert Color |
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