Keyboard commands in editor

Keyboard commands in editor

This section lists the all keyboard commands available when working with editor. Except for the keys listed as specific ones, they are common with the DOS IDE for flat assembler.

Movement:

Left arrow                  move one character left

Right arrow                 move one character right

Up arrow                     move one line up

Down arrow                move one line down

Ctrl+Left arrow           move one word left

Ctrl+Right arrow         move one word right

Home                           move to the beginning of line

End                               move to the end of line

PageUp                          move one page up

PageDown                   move one page down

Ctrl+Home                    move to the first line of page

Ctrl+End                       move to the last line of page

Ctrl+PageUp                 move to the first line of text

Ctrl+PageDown             move to the last line of text

Each of the movement keys pressed with Shift selects text.

Editing:

Insert                                 switch insert/overwrite mode

Alt+Insert                          switch horizontal/vertical blocks

Delete                                delete current character

Backspace                        delete previous character

Ctrl+Backspace                delete previous word

Alt+Backspace                  undo previous operation (also Ctrl+Z)

Alt+Shift+Backspace       redo previously undone operation (also Ctrl+Shift+Z)

Ctrl+Y                                delete current line

F6                                       duplicate current line

Block operations:

Ctrl+Insert                        copy block into clipboard (also Ctrl+C)

Shift+Insert                       paste block from the clipboard (also Ctrl+V)

Ctrl+Delete                       delete block

Shift+Delete                     cut block into clipboard (also Ctrl+X)

Ctrl+A                                select all text

Search:

F5                                        go to specified position (also Ctrl+G)

F7                                        find (also Ctrl+F)

Shift+F7                              find next (also F3)

Ctrl+F7                               replace (also Ctrl+H)

Compile:

F9                                        compile and run

Ctrl+F9                               compile only

Shift+F9                             assign current file as main file to compile

Ctrl+F8                               compile and build symbols information

Other keys:

F2                                        save current file

Shift+F2                             save file under a new name

F4 load                               file

Ctrl+N                                create new file

Ctrl+Tab                            switch to next file

Ctrl+Shift+Tab                  switch to previous file

Alt+[1-9]                            switch to file of given number

Esc                                    close current file

Alt+X                                 close all files and exit

Shift+F6                             toggle read-only mode

Ctrl+F6                                calculator

Alt+Left                               arrow scroll left

Alt+Right                            arrow scroll right

Alt+Up                                arrow scroll up

Alt+Down                           arrow scroll down

Specific keys:

F1                                      search for keyword in selected help file

Alt+F1                              contents of selected help file