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PIC MCU TUTORIALS #7 – MPLABX IDE gui explained for beginners & Useful shortcuts (Absolute Beginner)

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In this video, I’ll explain the common GUI (graphical user interface) elements in MPLAB X IDE so you can familiarize yourself with the interface, which should help you feel less overwhelmed if you are an absolute beginner. I’ll also talk about a couple useful shortcuts to make your coding experience a little better while I’m at it…
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Timestamps:
[0:00] Start of the video
[0:16] Explaining GUI Elements
0:27 Toolbar
3:41 Files Window
5:04 Project Dashboard
6:37 General IDE Windows
[7:10] Useful Shortcuts
7:13 Zooming in/out
7:19 Going to source file
8:02 Autocomplete
8:42 Duplicating rows
9:07 Rectangular selection
9:34 Code folding
10:50 Searching and replacing text
[11:37] End of the video