Hidden features
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- <ctrl><space> will start autocompletion even on an empty string. It provides you with a list of available variables and functions
- if there is an autocompletion popup, <tab> will do autocompletion similar to command-line-completion
- move your mouse over (highlighted) syntax to get reference information if available (currently PHP functions are the best examples)
- right click on a document tab to see a listing of all opened documents
- <ctrl>mousewheel will change up/down the font size (a zoom like effect)
- <shift><control>u
- Unicode input: type the four numbers of the hex code and finish with Enter. (This really only works in a GTK environment)
Often overlooked features
- F9 will hide/show the side panel
- F11 will make bluefish go fullscreen (nice on your netbook)
Features which could not (yet) be confirmed with version 2
- double-click in the margin to add a bookmark
- you can change shortcut-key combinations, simply move your mouse over a menu item and press a key combination to set it