IDE Shortcut key differences between XE2 and XE

Question

In XE, the action of Ctrl+Enter and Ctrl+Click when on a filename declaration in the USES clause seemed identical - it opened the file in the editor. Now in XE2 it seems that Ctrl-Click works ok (if the program has been compiled) but Ctrl-Enter only works on file names with full path specifications eg:

UArtResourceExplorerDlg in '..\..\Paslib32\src\Paslib32\UArtResourceExplorerDlg.pas',

If only

UArtResourceExplorerDlg,

is specified the IDE cant find it despite the program compiling fine. Is there some additional path information that I should be adding?

Answer 1

I have also noticed this behaviour change and find it very annoying. It forces me to reach for the mouse when I don't want to and never used to.

So far as I can tell there is no way to restore the old behaviour and I suspect that this is in fact a regression in the IDE. One reinforcement for that view is that it used to work for RTL/VCL units and surely there's no need for me to tell the IDE where to find them.

If nobody comes up with a solution then I think it should be reported to Quality Central.

Answer 2

I'm not sure if it's valid for XE/XE2, but if the path to the Source file is in the library path then Ctrl-Click will work. If you want Ctrl-Enter to work, try ensuring that the path to the source is in the Browsing path. This same thing happens to me in Delphi 6/7.

Answer 3

Actually, Ctrl+Enter is supposed to open the file at the cursor position, while Ctrl+LeftClick does a lookup of the symbol you clicked on, opens the unit that contains its declaration and moves the cursor to the declaration (or in the case of a method to the implemenation) of this symbol.