50 Important Turbo C++ Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know

If you are a developer especially working in C or C++ language using Turbo C++, then this Turbo C++ Keyboard Shortcuts post is for you. In case, you are using Turbo C++ these days, this article will help you increase your coding efficiency as a C/C++ developer by using these commonly used keyboard shortcuts keys.

Before we start with the shortcuts, if you are not aware about Turbo C++ here is a brief introduction to Turbo C++.

Turbo C++:

Turbo C ++ is one of the oldest IDE for C and C++ programming languages. It was developed by Borland and its first official version was released in 1990. As I said, it’s a pretty old IDE for C/C++and it is developed based on technologies available during that time. The programmers today, generally prefer new IDE’s such as Visual Studio and Eclipse over Turbo C++. These new IDE’s are user friendly and provides more functionalities than the old school Turbo C++. Still, we know some of the programmers who still prefer to use Turbo C++ for program development.

The Turbo C++ IDE is not user friendly like the modern ones and does not support some of the Windows functionalities, or you can say Windows keyboard shortcuts.

If you still want to use this IDE for program development, then it’s up to you. In this article, we have listed 50 important Turbo C++ shortcut keys that will definitely make your life easy as a C/C++ developer.

Turbo C++ keyboard shortcuts keys:

Sl. No.	Shortcut Key	Function
1	Alt + 0	Open list of all available files
2	Alt + C	Open Compile menu option
3	Alt + D	Open Debug menu option
4	Alt + E	Open Edit menu option
5	Alt + F	Open File menu options
6	Alt + F1	Go to Previous topic
7	Alt + F3	Close the opened file
8	Alt + F4	Inspect
9	Alt + F5	Open User screen / Output Screen
10	Alt + F7	Go to previous error
11	Alt + F8	Go to next error
12	Alt + F9	Compile your code
13	Alt + H	Open Help menu options
14	Alt + O	Open Options menu option
15	Alt + P	Open Project menu option
16	Alt + R	Open Run menu option
17	Alt + S	Open Search menu option
18	Alt + W	Open Window menu option
19	Alt + X	Quit Turbo C++ compiler
20	Alt + Bksp	Undo your changes
21	Alt + Shift + Bksp	Redo your changes
22	Alt + Enter	Enter or Exit from Full Screen Mode
23	Ctrl + Delete	Delete selected code
24	Ctrl + F1	Topic Search
25	Ctrl + F2	Reset opened program
26	Ctrl + F3	Call Stack
27	Ctrl + F4	Evaluate or Modify expression
28	Ctrl + F5	Size/Move
29	Ctrl + F7	Add watch
30	Ctrl + F8	Toggle between breakpoints
31	Ctrl + F9	Run your code
32	Ctrl + Ins	Copy the selected code
33	Ctrl + L	Search selected string
34	Ctrl + N	Add new line in the code
35	Ctrl + S	Save the program
36	Ctrl + Y	Delete Line
37	F1	Open Help Window
38	F2	Save File
39	F3	Open Saved File
40	F4	Go to cursor
41	F5	Zoom In
42	F6	Next
43	F7	Trace Into
44	F8	Step over while running the code
45	F9	Make
46	F10	Go to menu options
47	Shift + Delete	Cut selected code
48	Shift + Ins	Paste copied code
49	Shift + F1	Open Turbo help index
50	Windows	Exit from Turbo C++

The above list of Turbo C++ keyboard shortcuts are the most commonly used ones used by the developer. Being a developer, I understand the pain of going to the tool menu and click on the functionality and this list is the result of my experience with Borland Turbo C++ :).

Read other C/C++ articles:
1. Best ways to Copy Paste in Turbo C++
2. Everything about the conio.h library functions in C/C++

Conclusion:

In this article, you have learned about the most commonly used Turbo C++ shortcut keys that can be very useful while using the IDE for program development in either C or C++ language. We hope this article is informative and helpful in your development activities.

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