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Keyboard Shortcuts


The following keyboard shortcuts are available in IDL Editor windows:

Key
(Windows)
Key
(Motif)
Action
Move cursor left or right one character, up or down one line.
Ctrl+¬
Ctrl+B
Move left one word.
Ctrl+®
Ctrl+F
Move right one word.
End
Ctrl+E
Move to end of current line.
Home
Ctrl+A or Home
Move to beginning of current line.
Page Down
Page Down
Move to next screen.
Page Up
Page Up
Move to previous screen.
Shift+Tab
 
Move cursor one tab-stop left.
Ctrl+Home
Ctrl+Home
Move to beginning of file.
Ctrl+End
Ctrl+End
Move to end of file.
 
Ctrl+V
Delete word to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl+K
 
Delete word to the right of the cursor.
 
Ctrl+K
Delete everything in the current line to the right of the cursor.
 
Ctrl+U
Delete everything in the current line to the left of the cursor.
Delete
Ctrl+D
Delete the next character.
Ctrl+U
 
Make selected text (or the character to the right of the cursor) lower-case.
Ctrl+Shift+U
 
Make selected text (or the character to the right of the cursor) upper-case.
Ctrl+Z
Alt+Z
Undo last action.
Ctrl+Y
Alt+Y
Redo last undone action.
Ctrl+X
Alt+X
Cut selection to clipboard.
Ctrl+Shift+Y
 
Cut line containing cursor to clipboard.
Ctrl+C
Alt+C
Copy selection to clipboard.
Ctrl+V
Alt+V
Paste contents of clipboard at current cursor location.
Ctrl+]
 
Find matching (, {, or [character.
Tab
 
Indent highlighted lines one tab-stop right.


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