1.2 Menu Items, Toolbars and Status Bar

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Code Builder provides three ways to perform an operation. You can do it by selecting the command from the Menu bar or by clicking the button on Toolbar. Also, you can use Hotkeys to quickly perform an action.

Menu bar in Code Builder

All basic operations in Code Builder can be executed by clicking items on the Menu bar; there are 8 menus that will be illustrated in the following section.

The File Menu

This menu contains the commands relating to manipulating files such as creating a new file or saving an existing file as well as commands used to print the file. Furthermore, the file that is recently opened can be quickly accessed from this menu.

The Edit Menu

All commands used to edit or locate the text in Text Editor are in this menu.

The View Menu

This menu is assisted to customize the layout of the working environment in Code Builder. The first 9 commands are used to open or hide the corresponding windows. The last command is to show or hide the Status Bar in Code Builder. The others are illustrated as follow:

The Build Menu

The menu is used to compile or build the file. It is only available for an Origin C file (i.e. a file that can be compiled).

The Debug Menu

All commands needed during debugging are in this menu.

The Tools Menu

This menu contains some useful tools in Code Builder:

Toolbars in Code Builder

Code Builder provides an easier and quicker way, clicking the button on the toolbar, to perform the frequently used operation. There are four default toolbars in Code Builder: Debug, Edit, Search, and Standard. Most buttons in the toolbars directly correspond to menu bar items. However, some buttons directly specify parameters normally set in a dialog when performing specific actions, and some buttons perform a combination of basic actions. An screen tip displaying the function of the button will show up when the Mouse icon is hovering over the button.

As usual, Code Builder allows you to rearrange the layout by dragging the toolbar to where you prefer. And it also provides a tool to customize your own toolbar.
See the Customize dialog.

The Debug Toolbar

All buttons placed in this toolbar are used to debug Origin C programs and LabTalk scripts.

The following table lists the menu icons and their associated actions.

Button	Menu Item/Action	Button	Menu Item/Action
	Debug: Toggle Breakpoints		Debug: Clear All Breakpoints
	Debug: Execute Current Section		Debug: Execute Selected Lines
	Debug: Enable Breakpoints
	Debug: Go		Debug: Stop Debugging
	Debug: Step Into		Debug: Step Over
	Debug: Step Out		Debug: Run To Cursor

The Edit Toolbar

All buttons placed on this toolbar are used to edit or locate text in the Text Editor.

The following table lists the menu icons and their associated actions.

Button	Menu Item/Action	Button	Menu Item/Action
	Edit: Comment (prefix "//" for OC, "#" for Python)		Edit: Uncomment
	Edit: Search...		Edit: Replace...
	Repeat the last used search.		Tools: Options...
	Tools: Reset Options		Edit: Undo
	Edit: Redo		Edit: Go to Matching Brace
	Edit: Toggle Bookmark		Clear all bookmarks.
	Go to next bookmark		Go to previous bookmark
	Find the previous same word as the cursor places on.		Find the next same word as the cursor places on.

The Navigate Toolbar

The buttons placed on this toolbar are used to navigate back and forward among files in Code Builder.

The following table lists the menu icons and their associated actions.

Button	Menu Item/Action	Button	Menu Item/Action
	Navigate Back in Code Builder		Navigate Forward in Code Builder

The Search Toolbar

The buttons placed on this toolbar are used to perform the search actions.

Button	Menu Item/Action	Button	Menu Item/Action
	Edit: Find in Files		Find the specified string.

The Standard Toolbar

Buttons used to perform standard operations relating to manipulating files or paragraphs are placed in the standard toolbar by default.

The following table lists the menu icons and their associated actions.

Button	Menu Item/Action	Button	Menu Item/Action
	File: New...		File: Open...
	File: Save		File: Save As...
	File: Print...		Edit: Cut
	Edit: Copy		Edit: Paste
	Build: Compile Current File		Build: Build
	Build: Stop Compile		Build: Rebuild all

Hotkeys in Code Builder

In Code Builder, you can use a combination of keystrokes to quickly perform an action. If a command has a hotkey, you can find it by simply hovering the mouse cursor over the menu icon. Here’s a list of Code Builder Hotkeys:

The Status Bar

The narrow horizontal box at the bottom of Code Builder is called the Status bar, which can be shown or hidden by clicking View: Status Bar on the Menu bar. It contains information about your file such as where you are in Text Editor, the details will be discussed as follow.

Key Status

The right end of the Status bar indicates the status of the special keys, if the icon is shown in gray, it means the corresponding key is inactive, while shown in black means active. The icons are corresponding to CAPS LOCK, NUM LOCK, SCRL LOCK, and INSERT LOCK on your keyboard.

Cursor Status

The letters and numbers before the key status indicate at which line, column, and selection the cursor is located.

Command indication

When the Mouse is hovering on a button or command, a description of the button/command will appear on the left end of the Status bar.