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Editor toolbar

Contains buttons that are shortcuts to some commonly used menu items. Frequently used when editing code.

You can click a toolbar button once to carry out the action represented by that button. If you want to display ToolTips for the toolbar buttons, you can select the Show ToolTips option on the General tab of the Options dialog box.

Button Icon Description
List Properties/Methods Opens a box in the Code window that contains the properties and methods available for the object that precedes the period (.).
List Constants Opens a box in the Code window that contains the constants that are valid choices for the property you typed and that precede the equals sign (=).
Quick Info Provides the syntax for a variable, function, method, or procedure based on the location of your pointer within the name of the function, method, or procedure.
Parameter Info Shows a popup in the Code window that contains information about the parameters of the function in which the pointer is located.
Complete Word Accepts the characters that Visual Basic automatically adds to the word you are typing.
Indent Shifts all lines in the selection to the next tab stop.
Outdent Shifts all lines in the selection to the previous tab stop.
Toggle Breakpoint Sets or removes a breakpoint at the current line.
Comment Block Adds a comment character to the beginning of each line of a selected block of text.
Uncomment Block Removes the comment character from each line of a selected block of text.
Toggle Bookmark Toggles a bookmark on or off for the active line in the Code window.
Next Bookmark Moves the focus to the next bookmark in the bookmark stack.
Previous Bookmark Moves the focus to the previous bookmark in the bookmark stack.
Clear All Bookmarks Removes all bookmarks.

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