Notable Lightning Components Features in the Force.com IDE

Easily access and edit all the resources in your Lightning component bundle. The multi-page editor opens by default when you open a component bundle.

Everyone loves documentation! In the Force.com IDE, we give you two handy ways to peruse it.

Access documentation for built-in tags and functions without leaving the IDE. To open the Lightning Doc view, select Window | Show View | Other | Other | Lightning Doc.

You can also view an element’s documentation by hovering over the element in your code.

Add a description attribute to each aura:component that you create, so that you can take full advantage of these useful documentation-related features.

Outline View

Quickly locate and navigate between the elements in your Lightning component bundle. To open Outline View, press Ctrl+O (Cmd+O on macOS).

Open Dialog

Quickly locate and navigate between your Lightning component bundles. To display the Open Dialog, press Ctrl+Shift+A (Cmd+Shift+A on macOS).

Save time and avoid typos with the auto-completion feature for markup, JavaScript, and CSS files. Some auto-completion is provided by default as you type. To invoke more auto-completion options, press Ctrl+Space when you’re editing a file.