Keyboard and Mouse
This section contains a summary of the keyboard and mouse operations in ChangeMan Edit. Keyboard and mouse shortcuts provide a quick and easy way to perform many editing operations. If you take the time to learn these shortcuts, you will save much time.
Using the Keyboard and Mouse
Cursor Movement
| Keyboard / Mouse | Action |
|---|---|
| Left arrow | Cursor left |
| Right arrow | Cursor right |
| Up arrow | Cursor up |
| Down arrow | Cursor down |
| Ctrl + Home | Top of file |
| Ctrl + End | Bottom of file |
| Alt + Home | Top of window |
| Alt + End | Bottom of window |
| Home | Beginning of line |
| End | End of line |
| PgUp | Page up |
| PgDn | Page down |
| Ctrl + PgUp | Page left |
| Ctrl + PgDn | Page right |
| Ctrl + Up | Scroll up (one line) |
| Ctrl + Down | Scroll down (one line) |
| Ctrl + Left | Previous word |
| Ctrl + Right | Next word |
| Tab | Next tab stop |
| Shift + Tab | Previous tab stop |
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Selection
| Keyboard / Mouse | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + K | Start or end character selection |
| Ctrl + L | Start or end line selection |
| Ctrl + B | Start or end block selection |
| Ctrl + W | Select word |
| Ctrl + A | Select all |
| F5 | Deselect |
| Backspace | |
| Del | Delete selection |
| Tab | Indent selection |
| Shift + Tab | Unindent selection |
| F7 | Shift selection left |
| F8 | Shift selection right |
| Shift + \<Cursor keys> | Start or extend char/stream selection |
| Double-Click | Select word |
| Triple-Click | Select line |
| Click & Drag | Start character selection (text window) |
| Start line selection (line number bar) | |
| Right-Click & Drag | Start block selection |
| Triple-Click & Drag | Start line selection |
| Shift + Click | Extend selection |
| Ctrl + Right-Click | Move selection to cursor |
| Ctrl + Shift + Right-Click | Copy selection to cursor |
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Inserting Text
| Keyboard / Mouse | Action |
|---|---|
| Ins | Insert/overwrite toggle |
| Enter | Insert a line |
| Ctrl + Enter | Insert blank line above |
| Ctrl + Shift + Enter | Insert blank line below |
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Deleting Text
| Keyboard / Mouse | Action |
|---|---|
| Del | Delete char under cursor |
| Backspace | Delete char before cursor |
| Ctrl + Shift + Del | Delete word to left of cursor |
| Ctrl + Del | Delete word to right of cursor |
| Alt + Del | Delete to end of line |
| Ctrl + D | Delete line |
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Clipboard
| Keyboard / Mouse | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + C | Copy selection to clipboard |
| Ctrl + Ins | Copy line, if no selection |
| Ctrl + V and Shift + Ins | Paste |
| Ctrl + X and Shift + Del | Cut selection Cut line, if no selection |
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Searching
| Keyboard / Mouse | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + F | Find |
| Ctrl + H | Replace |
| F3 | Find next occurrence |
| Shift + F3 | Find previous occurrence |
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Bookmarks
| Keyboard / Mouse | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + F2 | Toggle bookmark |
| Shift + F2 | Previous bookmark |
| F2 | Next bookmark |
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Files
| Keyboard / Mouse | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + S | Save file |
| Ctrl + Alt + S | Save file as another name |
| Ctrl + Shift + S | Save all |
| Ctrl + O | Open file |
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Windowing
| Keyboard / Mouse | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + Tab and Ctrl + F6 | Next window |
| Ctrl + Shift + Tab | Previous window |
| F6 | Next split window pane |
| Shift + F6 | Previous split window pane |
| Ctrl + F4 | Close window |
| Ctrl + T | Split window |
| Ctrl + G | New vertical tab group |
| Ctrl + Shift + G | New horizontal tab group |
| Ctrl + M | Move to next tab group |
| Ctrl + Shift + M | Move to previous tab group |
| Ctrl + Alt + Enter | Toggle full screen mode |
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Miscellaneous
| Keyboard / Mouse | Action |
|---|---|
| F1 | Help |
| Alt + F4 | Exit |
| Ctrl + Z | |
| Alt + Backspace | Undo |
| Ctrl + Y | |
| Alt + Shift + Backspace | Redo |
| Ctrl + P | |
| Ctrl + U | Lower case |
| Ctrl + Shift + U | Upper case |
| F7 | Shift left |
| F8 | Shift right |
| F4 | Set change ID |
| Shift + F4 | Set template |
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