Preface
This guide describes how to use a web-based visual development tool to create and publish custom applications that can integrate business objects and Oracle Cloud Applications REST services to extend SaaS services.
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Audience
This guide is intended for developers who want to create and publish modern enterprise applications using a visual development tool and still have full access to the source code of their applications.
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Keyboard Shortcuts
When working in the Designer, you can use these keyboard shortcuts to help you move around quickly:
| To do this: | Use this on Mac: | Use this on Windows: |
|---|---|---|
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Find and open a file in an app |
Command-P |
Ctrl+P |
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Find a given string in a file (or in the Code editor) |
Command-Shift-F |
Ctrl+F |
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Undo/redo |
Command-Shift-Z |
Ctrl+Z Except for common Windows shortcuts such as cut, copy, and paste, VB Studio does not support shortcuts like the ones described here. |
Keyboard Shortcuts for Code Editors
To help you work efficiently, VB Studio supports the following keyboard shortcuts when working with code editors in the Designer (HTML, JSON, JavaScript, and Code view in the Page Designer).
Tab behavior shortcut
| To do this: | Use this on Mac: | Use this on Windows: |
|---|---|---|
| Change the code editor's default behavior for the Tab key; pressing Tab adds four spaces in the editor by default | Control-Shift-M | Ctrl+M |
Show Command Palette and Save shortcuts
| To do this: | Use this on Mac: | Use this on Windows: |
|---|---|---|
| Show Command Palette | F1 | F1 |
| Save | Command-S | Ctrl+S |
Basic Editing shortcuts
| To do this: | Use this on Mac: | Use this on Windows: |
|---|---|---|
| Cut line if there is no selection; cut selection if there is one | Command-X | Ctrl+X |
| Copy line if there is no selection; copy selection if there is one | Command-C | Ctrl+C |
| Move line up | Option-Up | Alt+Up |
| Move line down | Option-Down | Alt+Down |
| Copy line up | Shift-Option-Up | Shift+Alt+Up |
| Copy line down | Shift-Option-Down | Shift+Alt+Down |
| Delete line | Shift-Command-K | Ctrl+Shift+K |
| Insert line below | Command-Enter | Ctrl+Enter |
| Insert line above | Shift-Command-Enter | Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
| Jump to matching bracket | Shift-Command-\ | Ctrl+Shift+\ |
| Indent line | Command-] | Ctrl+] |
| Outdent line | Command-[ | Ctrl+[ |
| Go to beginning of line | Home or Fn-Left | Home |
| Go to end of line | End or Fn-Right | End |
| Go to beginning of file | Command-Home | Ctrl+Home |
| Go to end of file | Command-End | Ctrl+End |
| Scroll line up | Command-Up | Ctrl+Up |
| Scroll line down | Command-Down | Ctrl+Down |
| Scroll page up | Option-PgUp | Alt+PgUp |
| Scroll page down | Option-PgDn | Alt+PgDn |
| Fold (collapse) region | Command-Shift-[ | Ctrl+Shift+[ |
| Unfold region | Command-Shift-] | Ctrl+Shift+] |
| Toggle line comment | Command-/ | Ctrl+/ |
| Toggle block comment | Shift-Option-A | Shift+Alt+A |
| Toggle word wrap | Option-Z | Alt+Z |
Navigation shortcuts
| To do this: | Use this on Mac: | Use this on Windows: |
|---|---|---|
| Go to line ... | Command-G | Ctrl+G |
| Go to symbol ... | Shift-Command-O | Ctrl+Shift+O |
| Go to next error or warning | F8 | F8 |
| Go to previous error or warning | Shift+F8 | Shift+F8 |
| Go back | Control-- | Alt+Left |
| Go forward | Control-Shift-- | Alt+Right |
Search and Replace shortcuts
| To do this: | Use this on Mac: | Use this on Windows: |
|---|---|---|
| Find | Command-F | Ctrl+F |
| Replace | Option-Command-F | Ctrl+H |
| Find next | Command-G | F3 |
| Find previous | Shift-Command-G | Shift+F3 |
| Select all occurrences of Find match | Option-Enter | Alt+Enter |
| Add selection to find matches | Command-D | Ctrl+D |
Multi-cursor and Selection shortcuts
| To do this: | Use this on Mac: | Use this on Windows: |
|---|---|---|
| Insert cursor | Option-Click | Alt+Click |
| Insert cursor above | Option-Command-Up | Ctrl+Alt+Up |
| Insert cursor below | Option-Command-Down | Ctrl+Alt+Down |
| Undo last cursor operation | Command-U | Ctrl+U |
| Insert cursor at end of each line selected | Shift-Option-I | Shift+Alt+I |
| Select current line | Command-L | Ctrl+L |
| Select all occurrences of current selection | Shift-Command-L | Ctrl+Shift+L |
| Select all occurrences of current word | Command-F2 | Ctrl+F2 |
| Expand selection | Control-Shift-Command-Right | Shift+Alt+Right |
| Shrink selection | Control-Shift-Command-Left | Shift+Alt+Left |
| Column (box) selection | Shift-Option- (drag mouse) | Shift+Alt + (drag mouse)
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+(arrow key) |
| Column (box) selection page up | Shift-Option-Command-PgUp | Ctrl+Shift+Alt+PgUp |
| Column (box) selection page down | Shift-Option-Command-PgDn | Ctrl+Shift+Alt+PgDn |
Rich Languages Editing shortcuts
| To do this: | Use this on Mac: | Use this on Windows: |
|---|---|---|
| Trigger suggestion | Command-Space | Ctrl+Space |
| Format document | Shift-Option-F | Shift+Alt+F |
| Go to definition | F12 | F12 |
| Peek definition | Option-F12 | Alt+F12 |
| Show references | Shift+F12 | Shift+F12 |
| Rename symbol | F2 | F2 |
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Related Resources
For more information, see these Oracle resources:
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Oracle Public Cloud
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Set Up VB Studio for Developing Visual Applications in Administering Visual Builder Studio
Conventions
The following text conventions are used in this document.
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Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary. |
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italic |
Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values. |
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Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter. |
Information About Cookies
When a user visits a published web application, a combination of cookies are used for storing authentication and session information.
The following cookies are used to store information about sessions, visits, and authentication. The information we observe about visitor behavior is stored on our servers, not in the cookie placed on the browser. The cookies we use are usually an anonymous unique identifier, which provides a means of determining whether a visitor has visited the application before but does not provide any means of identifying the visitor. None of the cookies contain personally identifiable information, although, in accordance with standard HTTP protocol, the visitor’s IP address is passed to our servers as part of the HTTP request. All cookies are secured with encryption and sent over HTTPS. The following table describes the cookies that are saved to the browser of visitors visiting a published application:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| JSESSIONID |
The JSESSIONID cookie is a transient cookie used for session management. This cookie only contains a session identifier. The cookie does not contain any personal details. |
| OAMAuthnCookie |
The OAMAuthnCookie cookie is generated by Oracle Access Manager for all clients using an Oracle Cloud service. A valid OAMAuthnCookie is required for a session.
Removing the cookie will cause the user to be logged out. The user will need to re-authenticate the next time the user requests a protected resource. |
| X-AppBuilder-SessionId |
The X-AppBuilder-SessionId cookie is a persistent cookie that expires 24 hours after it is created and contains a unique user ID (UUID) and time stamp. This cookie is only used to store visitor behavior information across sessions for billing purposes. This cookie is used for published classic applications. Removing the cookie might result in each new session being recorded as a new visit. |
| VBCS_METRICS_<app name>_<app version> |
This cookie is a persistent cookie that expires at midnight on the day it is created and contains a time stamp. The purpose is help count unique visits, and to ensure that multiple visits by the same user between when the cookie is created and when it expires are counted as one unique visit. If the cookie is removed before it expires, a new cookie is created on the next visit and the visit will be counted as a new unique visit. This cookie is only used for internal metrics and is not used for billing purposes. This cookie is used for deployed visual applications. |