PLC Programming

Appendix I: Use of Keyboard
Appendix I:
Use of Keyboard
10.22 Use of Keyboard
If you would like to run CoDeSys using only the keyboard, you will find it necessary to use a few
commands that are not found in the menu.
• The function key allows you to toggle back and forth within the open POU between the
Declaration and the Instruction parts.
• + allows you to move from an open object to the Object Organizer and from there to the
Message window if it is open. If a Search box is open, + allows you to switch from
Object Organizer to the Search box and from the there back to the object.
• Press + to move to the next open editor window, press ++ to get to
the previous.
• Press to move through the input fields and buttons in the dialog boxes.
• The arrow keys allow you to move through the register cards and objects within the Object
Organizer and Library Manager.
All other actions can be performed using the menu commands or with the shortcuts listed after the
menu commands. + opens the context menu which contains the commands most
frequently used for the selected object or for the active editor.
10.23 Key Combinations
The following is an overview of all key combinations and function keys:
General Functions
Move between the declaration part and the instruction part of a
POU
Move between the Object Organizer, the object and the
message window
Context Menu
Shortcut mode for declarations
Move from a message in the Message window back to the
original position in the editor
Move to the next open editor window
Move to the previous open editor window
Open and close multi-layered variables
Open and close folders
Switch register cards in the Object Organizer and the Library
Manager
Move to the next field within a dialog box
Context sensitive Help
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General Commands
'File' 'Save'
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