Text Editor Shortcut Keys

Last modified: January 24, 2020

This section provides an overview of keyboard shortcuts used to quickly search, select, and edit text and code in the editor.

Text Navigation and Search Shortcut Keys

Use the following shortcut keys for text navigation and search in the Text Editor:

Command	Keyboard shortcuts	Action
Edit.IncSearch	Ctrl+I	Start incremental search
Edit.IncSearchReverse	Ctrl+Shift+I	Start reverse incremental search
Edit.IncSearchFromBegin	Ctrl+R, Ctrl+B	Start incremental search from the beginning of the document
Edit.Find	Ctrl+F	Find
Edit.Replace	Ctrl+H	Replace
Edit.FindInFiles	Ctrl+Shift+F	Find in files
Edit.ReplaceInFiles	Ctrl+Shift+H	Call the Find/Replace dialog box
Edit.FindNextSelected	F3	Find next
Edit.GotoLine	Ctrl+G	Go to line
	Ctrl+Up	Scroll the text up one line
	Ctrl+Down	Scroll the text down one line
	Ctrl+Page Up	Go to the top of the document window
	Ctrl+Page Down	Go to the bottom of the document window
Edit.ToogleBookmark	Ctrl+B, T	Toggle bookmark
Edit.NextBookmark	Ctrl+B, N	Navigate to next bookmark
EditPrevBookmark	Ctrl+B, P	Navigate to previous bookmark
Edit.ClearBookmarks	Ctrl+B, C	Clear bookmarks

These shortcuts are default ones. Most shortcuts can be customized. For more information, refer to the How To: Customize User Shortcuts article.

Text Selection Shortcut Keys

Use the following shortcut keys for selecting text in the Code Editor:

Command	Keyboard shortcuts	Action
Edit.SelectAll	Ctrl+A	Select all
	Shift+Up Arrow	Select text up line by line starting from the location of the insertion point
	Shift+Down Arrow	Start incremental search from the beginning of the document
	Shift+Right Arrow	Move the cursor one character right extending the selection
	Shift+Left Arrow	Move the cursor one character left extending the selection
	Shift+Page Up	Extend selection one page up
	Shift+Home	Select the text from the insertion point to the beginning of the line
	Shift+End	Select the text from the insertion point to the end of the line
	Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow	Extend the selection one word right
	Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow	Extend the selection one word left
	Ctrl+Shift+Page Up	Extend the selection to the top of the current window
	Ctrl+Shift+Page Down	Move the cursor to the last line in the view extending the selection
	Ctrl+Shift+Home	Select the text from the insertion point to the first line of the document
	Ctrl+Shift+End	Select the text from the insertion point to the last line of the document
	Alt+Shift+Up Arrow	Extend column selection one line up starting from the location of the insertion point
	Alt+Shift+Down Arrow	Extend column selection one line down starting from the location of the insertion point
	Alt+Shift+Right Arrow	Move the cursor one character right etxending the column selection
	Alt+Shift+Left Arrow	Move the cursor one character left etxending the column selection
	Alt+Shift+Page Up	Extend column selection one page up
	Alt+Shift+Page Down	Extend column selection one page down
	Alt+Shift+Home	Extend column selection to the beginning of the line
	Alt+Shift+End	Extend column selectionto the end of the line
	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow	Extend column selection one word right
	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow	Extend column selection to one word left
	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Page Up	Extend column selection to the top of the current window
	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Page Down	Move the cursor to the last line in view extensing the column selection
	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Home	Extend column selection to the beginnign of the document
	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+End	Extend column selection to the end of the document

Text Manipulation Shortcut Keys

Use the following shortcut keys for editing text in the Code Editor:

Command	Keyboard shortcuts	Action
Edit.Copy	Ctrl+C	Copy selected text to clipboard
Edit.Cut	Ctrl+X	Cut selected text to clipboard
Edit.Paste	Ctrl+V	Paste text from clipboard
	Ctrl+Insert	Copy selected text to clipboard
	Shift+Delete	Cut selected text to clipboard
	Shift+Insert	Paste text from clipboard
Edit.ReplaceInFiles	Ctrl+Shift+H	Replace in files
	Ctrl+Backspace	Delete word to the left of the cursor
	Ctrl+Delete	Delete word to the right of the cursor
	Ctrl+L	Cut line
	Tab	Increase indenting of the selected text
	Shift+Tab	Decrease indenting of the selected text
Edit.ViewSpaces	Ctrl+E, S	View whitespace
Edit.WordWrap	Ctrl+E, W	Word Wrap
	Alt+Backspace	Undo changes
	Alt+Shift+Backspace	Redo changes
Edit.Undo	Ctrl+Z	Undo changes
	Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo changes
Edit.Redo	Ctrl+Y	Redo changes

These shortcuts are default ones. Most shortcuts can be customized. For more information, refer to the How To: Customize User Shortcuts article.