Keyboard shortcuts
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The following table lists some of the standard keyboard shortcuts available in the editor. Note that some shortcuts may differ depending on your keyboard layout. E.g. Ctrl+/ on an english keyboard may be Ctrl+' on a swedish keyboard. But the same keys are still used.

You can also customize the shortcuts using the "Customize keyboard" dialog found in the "Environment" menu.
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Shortcut
Action
Home
Move cursor to the beginning of the line. Clicking twice will move the cursor to the first non-space character in the line.
End
Move cursor to the end the of line
Ctrl + Left
Move cursor to the previous word
Ctrl + Right
Move cursor to the next word
Ctrl + PgUp
Move cursor to the top of the page
Ctrl + PgDn
Move cursor to the bottom of the page
Ctrl + Up
Scroll up 1 line
Ctrl + Down
Scroll down 1 line
PgUp
Scroll up 1 page
PgDn
Scroll down 1 page
Ctrl + Home
Move to the beginning of the file
Ctrl + End
Move to the end of the file
Insert
Toggle Insert/Overwrite mode
Delete
Delete character or selection
Backspace
Delete previous character or selection
Tab
Move cursor to the nearest tab position or indent selection
Shift + Tab
Move cursor to the nearest tab position or unindent selection
Ctrl + /
Comment or uncomment a selected block
Ctrl + X
Cut
Ctrl + C
Copy
Ctrl + V
Paste
Shift + Ctrl + V
Smart paste
F1
Help
Ctrl + LMouseButton
When clicking the mouse over a link in the document the editor opens a web browser or an email client.
Ctrl + .
Go to the matching bracket.
 
 
Shift + Left/Right/Up/Down
Expand the selection one character left or right. Or one line up or down.
Shift + Ctrl + Left/Right
Expand the selection to the next or previous word.
Shift + PgUp/PgDn
Expand the selection one page up or down.
Shift + Ctrl + Home/End
Expand the selection to the document home (start) or end.
Shift + Home/End
Expand the selection to the beginning or end of line.
Ctrl + Double mouse click
If over a brace char, all text inclosed will be selected including the braces.
Ctrl + Space
Open an auto completion list in the document. This only works if items are available in the syntax file (UserMenu section).
Ctrl + J
Open the class completion dialog.
Shift+Ctrl+H
Display hint window. Can be a parameter hint. (Method, object, variable hint is NOT IMPLEMENTED YET)
Shift + Ctrl + Space
Open the current tree view in the quickbar. You may have to set this manually in customize keyboard dialog.
Shift + F9
Toggle browser view on/off.
Ctrl + Mouse wheel Up/Down
Increase/Decrease the current font size.
Shift + Right mouse button
Click on the document tab to close it.


Some other useful functions
In the editor there are a few functions that might be helpful.

·  Triple click with left mouse button will select the hole text line.
 
·  Clicking the left mouse button on a selected text block, dragging the mouse to a different location and releasing the button, will move the text block to the new location (drag n' drop). If you just want to copy the text block, hold the Ctrl key while dragging the text.
 
·          Smart paste can be a very useful feature when editing source code, as well as smart backspace and auto indent.

Html tag shortcuts
  
Ctrl + T
Insert title tag
Ctrl + B
Insert bold tag
Ctrl + I
Insert italics tag
Ctrl + U
Insert underline tag
Shift + Ctrl + P
Insert paragraph tag
Shift + Ctrl + B
Insert line break
Shift + Ctrl + C
Insert comment