In Source view, the HTML Editor provides shortcut keys for a variety of operations. The following tables list the editor-specific shortcut keys, divided by function:
To | Press |
Move left one character. | LEFT ARROW |
Move right one character. | RIGHT ARROW |
Move left to the beginning of a word. | CTRL+LEFT ARROW |
Move right to the beginning of a word. | CTRL+RIGHT ARROW |
Move to the beginning of the line | HOME |
Move to the end of the line. | END |
Move up one line. | UP ARROW |
Move down one line. | DOWN ARROW |
Scroll text up one line. | CTRL+UP ARROW |
Scroll text down one line. | CTRL+DOWN ARROW |
Move up one page (the number of lines visible in the current window). | PAGE UP |
Move down one page (the number of lines visible in the current window). | PAGE DOWN |
Move to the beginning of the document. | CTRL+HOME |
Move to the end of the document. | CTRL+END |
Display the GoTo Line box to move to a specific line. | CTRL+G* |
Move to the next matching brace ( } ). This feature is useful when you are writing script using JavaScript (ECMAScript). | CTRL+] |
Set or clear a bookmark. | Hold down CTRL and press KK |
Go to the next bookmark. | Hold down CTRL and press KN |
Go to the previous bookmark. | Hold down CTRL and press KP |
Remove all bookmarks. | Hold down CTRL and press KL |
* Differs in Design view.
To | Press |
Extend selection one character left. | SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
Extend selection one character right. | SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
Extend the selection one word to the left. | CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
Extend selection right one word. | CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
Extend the selection to either the start of the current line or the start of the text on that line. | SHIFT+HOME |
Extend selection to the end of the line. | SHIFT+END |
Extend selection up one line. | SHIFT+UP ARROW |
Extend selection down one line. | SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Extend selection up one page. | SHIFT+PAGE UP |
Extend selection down one page. | SHIFT+PAGE DOWN |
Extend the selection to the beginning of the document. | CTRL+SHIFT+HOME |
Extend the selection to the end of the document. | CTRL+SHIFT+END |
Extend the selection to the matching brace ( } ). This feature is useful when you are writing script using JavaScript (ECMAScript). | CTRL+SHIFT+] |
Select the current word. | CTRL+W |
Select the entire document. | CTRL+A |
Toggle between vertical and horizontal selection mode. | Hold down CTRL and press RS |
To | Press |
Toggle between inserting and replacing text. | INSERT |
Delete the selection or, if there is no selection, the character to the left of the cursor. | BACKSPACE |
Delete the selected text without placing it on the Clipboard. | DELETE |
Cut the current line to the Clipboard. | CTRL+M |
Delete the current line without copying it to the Clipboard. | CTRL+SHIFT+M |
Delete the word to the right of the insertion point. | CTRL+DELETE |
Delete the word to the left of the insertion point. | CTRL+BACKSPACE |
Cut the selected text to the Clipboard. | CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE |
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard. | CTRL+C or CTRL+INS |
Insert the Clipboard contents at the insertion point. | CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT |
Swap characters around the insertion point. For example, AC|BD becomes AB|CD. | CTRL+T |
Swap the current and previous words, or transpose words around an operator. For example, transpose apple = fruit to fruit = apple. | CTRL+SHIFT+T |
Swap the current and previous lines. | ALT+SHIFT+T |
Change the selected text to lowercase characters. | CTRL+U |
Change the selected text to uppercase characters. | CTRL+SHIFT+U |
Undo the last editing action in the current line. | CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE |
Restore the previously undone action. | CTRL+Y or ALT+SHIFT+BACKSPACE |
Show or hide spaces and tabs (toggle). | Hold down CTRL and press RW |
Replace spaces with tabs in selected text. | CTRL+Q* |
Replace tabs with spaces in selected text. | CTRL+SHIFT+Q* |
Indent selected lines right one tab stop. You can change tab stop settings in the Tabs Options dialog box. | TAB* |
Move selected lines left one tab stop. | SHIFT+TAB* |
* Differs in Design view.
List members of current class for statement completion when editing script. | CTRL+J* |
Move up one page in the statement completion list. | CTRL+PAGE UP |
Move down one page in the statement completion list. | CTRL+PAGE DOWN |
Move to the beginning of the statement completion list. | CTRL+HOME |
Move to the end of the statement completion list. | CTRL+END |
Insert currently selected word from statement completion list. | TAB |
Finish current word. If beginning of word is ambiguous, displays statement completion list. | CTRL+SPACEBAR |
* Differs in Design view.
To | Press |
Display a dialog box to insert an HTML bookmark. | CTRL+SHIFT+L |
Display a dialog box to insert an HTML link. | CTRL+L |
Display a dialog box to insert an HTML image tag. | CTRL+SHIFT+W |