General

This section describes how to customize shortcut keys.

Setting Shortcut Keys

You can customize Data Studio shortcut keys.

Perform the following steps to set or modify shortcut keys:

  1. Choose Settings > Preferences from the main menu.

    The Preferences dialog box is displayed.

  2. Choose General > Shortcut Mapper.

    The Shortcut Mapper pane is displayed.

  3. Select the desired shortcut key and click Modify.
  4. Enter the new shortcut key in the Binding text box.

    For example, to change the shortcut key for Step Into from F7 to F6, move the cursor to the Binding text box and enter F6.

  5. Click OK. The Restart Data Studio dialog box is displayed.

    You can modify multiple shortcut keys before restarting Data Studio.

  6. Click Yes to restart Data Studio. If any export, import or execution operations are in progress, the Restart Confirmation dialog box is displayed.
  7. Click OK to close running jobs and restart, or click Cancel to cancel the restart operation.

Perform the following steps to remove shortcut keys:

  1. Choose Settings > Preferences from the main menu.

    The Preferences dialog box is displayed.

  2. Choose General > Shortcut Mapper.

    The Shortcut Mapper pane is displayed.

  3. Select the desired shortcut key and click Unbind Key.
  4. Click OK. The Restart Data Studio dialog box is displayed.

    You can remove multiple shortcut keys before restarting Data Studio.

  5. Click Yes to restart Data Studio. If any export, import or execution operations are in progress, the Process is running dialog box is displayed.
  6. Click OK to wait till the operations are complete or click Force Restart to cancel the operations.

Perform the following steps to restore the default shortcut keys:

  1. Choose Settings > Preferences from the main menu.

    The Preferences dialog box is displayed.

  2. Choose General > Shortcut Mapper.

    The Shortcut Mapper pane is displayed.

  3. Click Restore Defaults. For details about default shortcut keys, see Data Studio Right-Click Menus.
  4. Click OK.

    The Restart Data Studio dialog box is displayed.

  5. Click Yes to restart Data Studio. If any export, import or execution operations are in progress, the Process is running dialog box is displayed.
  6. Click OK to wait till the operations are complete or click Force Restart to cancel the operations.

Shortcut Keys

Data Studio supports keyboard short cut keys similar to other windows based application. The following table lists some shortcut keys of Data Studio and their functions. For details about how to customize shortcut keys, see Setting Shortcut Keys.
Table 1 Default shortcut keys of Data Studio

Function

Shortcut Key

Sorts the result sets of views and tables, editing tables, and queries in ascending or descending order, or in the order of results received by the server

Alt+Click

Opens the Help menu

Alt+H

Saves the SQL script

Ctrl+S

Opens the Edit menu

Alt+E

Compiles or executes statements in SQL Terminal

Ctrl+Enter

Searches and replaces

Ctrl+F

Searches for the previous one

Shift+F3

Searches for the next one

F3

Redoes an operation

Ctrl+Y

Copies information of Execution Time and Status in the Edit Table Data tab

Ctrl+Shift+K

Copies database objects from the automatic recommendation list

Alt+U

Opens the Callstack, Breakpoints, or Variables pane

Alt+V

Opens a SQL script

Ctrl+O

Steps over

F8

Steps into

F7

Steps out

Shift+F7

Comments out or uncomments a row

Ctrl+/

Locates the first element in Object Browser

Alt+Page Up or Alt+Home

Locates the last element in Object Browser

Alt+Page Down or Alt+End

Locates a specific row

Ctrl+G

Disconnects from the database

Ctrl+Shift+D

Formats SQL or PL/SQL

Ctrl+Shift+F

Changes to uppercase

Ctrl+Shift+U

Changes to lowercase

Ctrl+Shift+L

Updates the cells or columns in the Edit Table Data, Properties, or Results pane. Click the cell or column header to enable this option.

F2

Closes the PL/SQL Viewer, View Table Data, Execute Query, or Properties tab

Shift+F4

Continues the PL/SQL debugging

F9

Cuts content

Ctrl+X

Copies the name of the object modified in Object Browser or in the terminal. You can copy the selected data from the Terminal, Result, View Table Data, or Edit Table Data tab.

Ctrl+C

Copies the data in the Result, View Table Data, or Edit Table Data tab. The data contains/does not contain the column title and row number

Ctrl+Shift+C

Copies queries in the Edit Table Data tab

Ctrl+Alt+C

Copies content of the Variables tab

Alt+K

Copies content of the Callstack tab

Alt+J

Copies content of the Breakpoints tab

Alt+Y

Visualizes the interpretation plan

Alt+Ctrl+X

Displays online help (user manual)

F1

Template

Alt+Ctrl+Space

Switches to the first SQL Terminal tab

Alt+S

Selects all

Ctrl+A

Opens the Setting menu

Alt+G

Refreshes the Object Browser pane

F5

Searches for an object

Ctrl+Shift+S

Opens the Debugging menu

Alt+D

Debugs a template

F10

Debugs a database object

Ctrl+D

Highlights Object Browser

Alt+X

Opens the File menu

Alt+F

Creates a connection

Ctrl+N

Opens the Running menu

Alt+R

Switches between the SQL Terminal tabs

Ctrl+Page Up or Ctrl+Page Down

Expands or collapses all objects

Ctrl+M

Pastes content

Ctrl+V

Collapses objects to browse the navigation tree

Alt+Q

Performs execution

Ctrl+E

Displays the execution plan and expense

Ctrl+Shift+X

Stops a running query

Shift+Esc

Comments out or uncomments a row or the entire block

Ctrl+Shift+/

Enables Auto Suggest of the database object list

Ctrl+Space
Parent topic: Personalizing Data Studio