Accessibility

The IDE provides many accessibility features that allow you read about and use the product in the manner most comfortable and convenient to you.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The IDE provide keyboard shortcuts for most actions. To see the available keyboard shortcuts, and edit them if you wish, choose Tools and choose Keyboard Shortcuts. For information on changing or adding keyboard shortcuts, see Editor Shortcuts and Menu Shortcuts.

For information on the keystrokes needed to navigate the help viewer, see JavaHelp Shortcuts.

Mnemonics

The IDE provides mnemonics throughout the application. A mnemonic is an underlined letter that shows users which key to press in conjunction with the Alt key to activate a command or navigate to a component.

Web Browsers

The IDE is integrated with an external web browser, which by default is the Internet Explorer browser if you are running on the Windows platform and the Netscape Navigator browser if you are running on the UNIX platform. You can use this browser to view the online help. For information, see Displaying Help in an Alternate Browser.

Font and Color

You can set the font size of the IDE user interface in the ${IDE_HOME>/bin/ide.cfg file. For instructions, see IDE Startup Parameters.

You can also set the font and color of the Source Editor and Output window. For more information, see Configuring the Source Editor and Customizing the Output Window.

Code Completion

The IDE has a dynamic code completion feature for the Java Editor, HTML Editor, and JSP Editor. This feature enables you to type a few characters and then display a list of possible matches that can be used to automatically complete the expression. For more information on this feature, see Using Code Completion.

Toolbars

You can customize the toolbars in the IDE by adding and removing buttons. For more information on this feature, see Customizing the Display of Commands in a Toolbar.

Style Sheet

You can use your own style sheet for formatting the README, Javadoc documentation, and the online help. A style sheet includes a set of stylistic rules that describe how to present HTML pages, including the size, color, and font of the text. For more information see Specifying a Style Sheet for HTML Documentation.


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