fmIDE Cheatsheet
Russell Watson edited this page Dec 22, 2022
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This fmIDE cheatsheet lists useful stuff to get things done quicker within the FileMaker Developer Environment (GUI)
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See the Useful Links at the bottom of this page
| In this environment | In this context | Do/press this | In order to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac | |||
| Mac | editible Lists | ⌃↑ / ⌃↓ | Move selected element(s) in list 1 |
| Mac + MBS | |||
| Mac + MBS | Most List Dialogs | ⌘C | Copy content. |
| Mac + MBS | Most List Dialogs | ⌘F | Find in list |
| Mac + MBS | Most List Dialogs | ⌘G | Find again in list |
| Mac + MBS | Most List Dialogs | ⇧⌘G | Find again backwards in list |
| Mac + MBS | Most List Dialogs | ⌘+ | Zoom in. |
| Mac + MBS | Most List Dialogs | ⌘- | Zoom out. |
| Mac + MBS | Most List Dialogs | ⌘= | Zoom to 100%. |
| Mac + MBS | Most List Dialogs | Right-click | Show MBS Context Menu |
| Mac + MBS | Text Area | ⌘⌥C | copies styled text. |
| Mac + MBS | Text Area | ⌘] | shift text to right. |
| Mac + MBS | Text Area | ⌘[ | shift text to left. |
| Mac + MBS | Text Area | ⌘F | shows find bar. |
| Mac + MBS | Text Area | ⌘G | goes to next found text. |
| Mac + MBS | Text Area | ⌘R | shows rulers. |
| Mac + MBS | Text Area | ⌘I | shows invisible characters |
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | |||
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | Most Dialogs + Workspaces | ⌃⌘X | Xut - Cut as XML |
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | Most Dialogs + Workspaces | ⌃⌘C | Xopy - Xopy as XML |
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | Most Dialogs + Workspaces | ⌃⌘V | PaXte - Paste XML |
1 Note: You may have to turn off the OS Mission Control shortcuts which clash with ⌃↑ / ⌃↓.
| In this environment | In this context | Do/press this | In order to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Any OS | |||
| Any OS | script tab | Right-click > Check for Problems | Check script for problems |
| Mac | |||
| Mac | script step | + | Edit script step options |
| Mac + MBS | |||
| Mac + MBS | ⇧⌘F | Find in script list | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘F | Find in script step text | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘F then Enter | Find again in script step text | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘G or ⌘L | Go to line in script steps | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘+ | Zoom in on active area | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘- | Zoom out on active area | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘= | Zoom active area to 100% | |
| Mac + MBS | script step | Right-click | See a context Menu of MBS functions |
| Mac + MBS | script step |
Click ⌄ (right of line number) |
Toggle code block (section) |
| Mac + MBS | script step |
⌥+Click ⌄ (right of line number) |
Toggle code block (entire block) |
| Mac + MBS | Export Records Dialog | Hover Tooltip | Useful Tooltips for the FileMaker export dialog |
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | |||
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | script step | Right-click | See a context Menu of fmAutomate functions |
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | script step | Right-click > fmAutoMate > HotKeys On | Turn on fmAutomate shortcut keys |
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | script step | ⌃⌘F | Find in script step text |
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | script step | ⌃⌘G | Find Again in script step text |
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | script step | ⌃⇧⌘G | Find Again backwards in script step text |
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | selected script steps | ⌃⌘A | Replace All in XML of selected steps |
| fmAutoMate + Mac + MBS | script step | ⌃⌘H | Insert a history comment |
| In this environment | In this context | Do/press this | In order to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac + MBS | |||
| Mac + MBS | ⌘⌥C | Copy MBS-styled text | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘] (DE ⌥⌘5) | Indent selected text | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘[ (DE ⌥⌘6) | Outdent selected text | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘F | Find | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘F + Enter | Find Again | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘R | Show Ruler - to (temporarily) edit tab stops | |
| Mac + MBS | ⌘I | Toggle invisible characters |
| In this environment | In this context | Do/press this | In order to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac | |||
| Mac | F5 | Step Over | |
| Mac | ⇧⌘F5 | Set Next Step | |
| Mac | F6 | Step Into | |
| Mac | F7 | Step Out | |
| Mac | ⌘F8 | Halt Script | |
| Mac | ⌥F8 | Continue | |
| Mac | ⌘F9 | Set Breakpoint | |
| Mac | ⇧⌘F9 | Remove Breakpoint | |
| Mac | ⌘F10 | Edit Script |
| In this environment | In this context | Do/press this | In order to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac + MBS | |||
| Mac + MBS | focus on the list | ⌘F | Show find bar. |
| Mac + MBS | focus on the list | ⌘G | Go to next found text. |
| Mac + MBS | focus on the list | ⇧⌘F | Show/hide fields. |
| Mac + MBS | focus on the list | ⇧⌘G | Show/hide global variables. |
| Mac + MBS | focus on the list | ⌘+ | Zoom in. |
| Mac + MBS | focus on the list | ⌘- | Zoom out. |
| Mac + MBS | focus on the list | ⌘= | Zoom to 100%. |
| Mac + MBS | focus on the list | ⌘⌥C | Copy text in the list. |
| In this environment | In this context | Do/press this | In order to |
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| In this environment | In this context | Do/press this | In order to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac | |||
| Mac | relationship selected | ⌘O | Open the Edit Relationship dialog |
| Mac + MBS | |||
| Mac + MBS | ⌘F | Set focus to search field. |