Lycia main toolbar incorporates an number of toolbar buttons as well as some toolbar groups which allow creating and opening files and programs; debugging, building, cleaning, and running applications, searching and viewing history, etc.
There is a basic set of toolbar buttons that are displayed in all perspectives.
However, some toolbar buttons are available only for certain perspectives, views, or file types or become active only when you select a project, a program, or a file.
This is how the main toolbar looks when all the perspectives are closed:
This is the most basic toolbar configuration – 4gl perspective:
These are the toolbars of two other most popular perspectives:
In this page, we describe basic toolbar buttons used in most perspectives.
Most toolbar buttons are duplicated by the commands from the menu bar or from the context menus. So, there are many ways to trigger basic actions, and you can choose the one which suits you most and work out your own algorithm.
In the general table, you can find the descriptions for all toolbar buttons and toolbar groups. Toolbar groups are described in greater detail below, and you can move to them by pressing the down arrow – ↓ .
Contents of certain toolbar groups depends greatly on the opened perspective.
Here we describe the most basic options of the LyciaStudio menu available from all perspectives.
For details concerning other perspectives, please refer to their respective pages.
Save (Ctrl + S) saves the contents of the active editor
Save
All (Ctrl + Shift
+S) saves the contents of all open editors
Skip
All Breakpoints (Ctrl + Alt
+ B) – when selected, tells the debugger to disregard (=
skip) all the breakpoints
Resume resumes the debugging session after it was suspended
Suspend holds off the debugging session and enables user
interaction
Terminate stops the debugging session
Step
Over steps into the statement (function or method) selected
in the editor
Step
Return steps out of the current method or function (i.e.
when in any function, moves the debugger to the line following
this function's call)
Drop To Frame reenters
the selected stack frame in the Debug view
Use
Step Filters (Shift + F5) specifies whether step filters will be used in the Debug view
Undo (Ctrl + Z) reverses the most recent editing action
Show
online Help launches the index of the Lycia online
documentation in the default browser
Compile the selected source file compiles
the selected source file
Build
Automatically switches on/off the auto-build (with auto-build,
the selected project is built automatically after you introduce
any changes)
Run with LyciaWeb runs
the selected program with LyciaWeb
Run with LyciaDesktop runs the selected
program with LyciaDesktop
Open
Task (Ctrl + F12) allows opening tasks stored in the task repository
Last
Edit Location (Ctrl + Q) moves you to the latest edited place (if the latest
edited file was closed, it will open and the cursor will move
to the necessary line)