If you click Use Shortcut () in the Method ribbon toolbar (or press Ctrl+K), the Method Editor checks the source code at the cursor. If it corresponds to an expression of a certain form, a Use Shortcut dialog box appears, where you can enter the name of the shortcut in the Name field. Click OK to add the shortcut to the list in the Settings window of the Shortcuts node and to replace the source code that is represents with that shortcut. If there is more than one possible expression in the selected source code, a Select Expression dialog box appears, where you can select the part to extract from the Extract list. The expression must correspond to a model entity that is currently included in the embedded model.

For example, enter the code in the following figure and position the cursor on the first occurrence of feature.

Click OK in the Use Shortcut dialog box to transform the source code into what is shown in the following figure.

The expression corresponding to the feature part of the source code has been replaced by the shortcut mslc1, which is defined as Results/pg1/mslc1.

If you click the Use Shortcut button when the cursor is not at an expression of a supported type, an error message appears. The expression form that is supported typically occurs when the model object API is used; for example, a sequence of method invocations on an object such as