Flash Builder – Open Type (ctrl+shift+T) not working – Solved

Do you know the “Open Type” command (ctrl+shift+T) command in Flash Builder?

No? well.. you should!

It lets you open up framework source types like Button, Label etc…

Well, sometimes Flash Builder gets a little crazy and don’t let you open the Open Type

I’ve searched a lot on the web to find a solution for this problem in Flash Builder 4, but no luck…

So after a few trials and erros, I’ve managed to restore this useful shortcut, but… I did a mistake and didn’t check after each of my last steps I took if it is fixed… so you’ll have to tell me which one did it for you..

The steps I did were:

1. Open Window -> Preferences.
2. Open General -> Keys
3. Clicked “Restore Defaults“
4. Clicked “Apply” and “OK“
5. Back To the same keys screen
6. filtered the keys by “open type” string, so I will get only those 2 commands
7. Changed the shortcut to something else like “ctrl+shift+ A”
8. Clicked “Apply” and “OK“
9. Back To the same keys screen
10. Changed the shortcut back to “ctrl+shift+ T”
11. Did a restart to the Flash Builder

This is the part that I didn’t check if it worked right away, so now its a good point to stop and check it (maybe that’s all you need)

If it doesn’t work, try:

1. Opened Window -> Perspective -> Customize Perspective
2. In “Command Groups Availability” -> Checked the  “Java Navigation“
3. Clicked “OK” and then  clicked “Cancel“
4. Went back to the Customize Perspective -> “Command Groups Availability” -> Unchecked the “Flash Navigation“
5. Clicked “OK” and then  clicked “Cancel“

And please tell me when it started working for you, so I’ll update this post…

Hope this is helpful…