Text Editor

Text editor component allows to edit text data in different formats (Java code, XML documents, SNMP MIB files, etc.). Text editor supports different syntax highlighting rules for different types of text documents.

Keyboard Shortcuts

This is a list of keyboard shortcuts supported by the text editor component.

Shortcut

Description

Ctrl-A

Select all

Ctrl-D

Delete line

Ctrl-I

Indent lines

Ctrl-J

Join lines

Ctrl-C

Copy

Ctrl-X

Cut

Ctrl-V

Paste

Ctrl-Z

Undo

Ctrl-E, Ctrl-Z

Redo

Ctrl-Shift-Backspace

Delete to line start

Ctrl-Shift-Delete

Delete to line end

Ctrl-Left

Go to previous word

Ctrl-Right

Go to next word

Ctrl-Up

Go to previous paragraph

Ctrl-Down

Go to next paragraph

Ctrl-Shift-Left

Extend selection back by one word

Ctrl-Shift-Right

Extend selection by one word

Shift-Left

Extend selection back by one character

Shift-Right

Extend selection by one character

Shift-Home

Extend selection to line start

Shift-End

Extend selection to line end

Shift-Up

Extend selection back by one line

Shift-Down

Extend selection by one line

Shift-Page Up

Extend selection back by one page

Shift-Page Down

Extend selection by one page

Ctrl-Shift-Up

Extend selection back by one paragraph

Ctrl-Shift-Down

Extend selection by one paragraph

Ctrl-Shift-Home

Extend selection to document start

Ctrl-Shift-End

Extend selection to document end

Ctrl-Backspace

Delete character before caret

Ctrl-Delete

Delete character after caret

Ctrl-Home

Go to document start

Ctrl-End

Go to document end

Ctrl-[

Select code block

Ctrl-]

Go to matching bracket

Ctrl-E, Ctrl-[

Go to previous bracket

Ctrl-E, Ctrl-]

Go to next bracket

Ctrl-'

Scroll up one line

Ctrl-/

Scroll down one line

Alt-'

Scroll up one page

Alt-/

Scroll down one page

Ctrl-E, Ctrl-A

Append selected text to clipboard, leaving it in the editor

Ctrl-E, Ctrl-U

Append selected text to clipboard, removing it from the editor

Ctrl-E, Ctrl-J

Scroll to current line

Ctrl-E, Ctrl-N

Center caret on screen

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