KDevelop provides quick access to a various set of commands by it's toolbars. These are the standard and the browser toolbar; in dialog editor mode only the standard toolbar is visible. Both can be en-/disabled by the according menu entries in the "View" menu; also dragged out of the main window and replaced on each side of the working area.
The standard toolbar provides quick access to the most recently used functions for file processing and editing as well as building your application. The buttons execute the following commands from left to right:
Open Project - shows the open project dialog
Open File - shows the open file dialog and contains a delayed popup to fast select the current project header and source files.
Save File - saves the currently opened file to disk
Print File - opens the printer dialog
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Undo - reverts the last action
Redo - executes a reverted action again
Cut - cuts out the current selection
Copy - copies the current selection to the system clipboard
Paste - pastes the current clipboard contents to the actual cursor position
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Compile File - compiles the file currently visible in the source file window. In Dialogeditor mode replaced by the Generate Files button.
Make - invokes make on the project
Rebuild All - rebuilds the project
Debug - opens KDbg with the application binary for debugging in the Tools - window
Execute - runs the application target binary
Stop - cancels the current process
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Dialogeditor - switches to Dialogeditor mode. There, the button is replaced by a Sourcecode editor button
Tree-View - en-/disables the treeview and works as a toggle button to display the current state
Output-View - en-/disables the output view and works as a toggle button to display the current state
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What's this..? help button - changes the cursor to a question arrow and lets you get information about GUI components of KDevelop
The browser toolbar is another toolbar that provides a lot of useful commands for browsing files and the documentation . The toolbar contains:
the Class combo box - lets you select a class of the current project to browse to
the Method combo box - lets you select a method of the current class and browses to the implementation of the method
the Class-assistant button - on a single click will bring you to the declaration of the method currently selected. Contains a delayed popup to access the Classtools for adding Classes, Methods and Attributes as well as the browsing commands.
Back - browses back in the documentation browser history; contains a delayed popup to select a certain page of the back history.
Forward - browses forward in the documentation browser history; contains a delayed popup to select a certain page of the forward history.
Stop - stops the browser from loading a documentation file request
Reload - reloads the currently displayed page
Home - opens the KDevelop User Manual index page in the browser
Search Marked Text - searches the documentation index for the selected text; works with the browser and the editor windows
Search for Help on... - opens the the Search for Help on.. dialog to let you enter a keyword to search in the documentation