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This appendix documents the default set of keyboard shortcuts. They can be customized to suit your taste in the Shortcuts pane of the Utilities>Global Options dialog box; see "The Global Options Dialog Box".

KEYS - Shortcut) FILES

For details, see "Buffers", "Views" and Chapter 3.

Control-N	New file.
Control-O	Open file.
Control-W	Close buffer.
Control-E Control-W	Close all buffers.
Control-S	Save buffer.
Control-E Control-S	Save all buffers.
Control-P	Print buffer.
Control-Page Up	Go to previous buffer.
Control-Page Down	Go to next buffer.
Control-`	Go to recent buffer.
Control-Q	Exit jEdit.

KEYS - Shortcut) Views

For details, see "Views".

Control-E Control-T	Turn gutter (line numbering) on and off.
Control-2	Split view horizontally.
Control-3	Split view vertically.
Control-1	Unsplit.
Alt-Page Up	Go to previous text area.
Alt-Page Down	Go to next text area.
Control-E1; 2; 3; 4	Close top; bottom; left; right docking area.

KEYS - Shortcut) Repeating

For details, see "Appendix A. Keyboard Shortcuts" .

Control-Enter numbercommand Repeat the command (it can be a keystroke, menu item selection or tool bar click) the specified number of times.

KEYS - Shortcut) Moving the Caret

For details, see "Moving The Caret", "Working With Words", "Working With Lines", "Working With Paragraphs" and "Bracket Matching".

*`Arrow`*	Move caret one character or line.
Control-*`Arrow`*	Move caret one word or paragraph.
Page Up; Page Down	Move caret one screenful.
Home	First non-whitespace character of line, beginning of line, first visible line (repeated presses).
End	Last non-whitespace character of line, end of line, last visible line (repeated presses).
Control-Home	Beginning of buffer.
Control-End	End of buffer.
Control-]	Go to matching bracket.
Control-EControl-[; Control-]	Go to previous; next bracket.
Control-L	Go to line.

KEYS - Shortcut) SelectingText

For details, see "Selecting Text", "Working With Words", "Working With Lines", "Working With Paragraphs" and "Bracket Matching" .

Shift-*`Arrow`*	Extend selection by one character or line.
Control-Shift-*`Arrow`*	Extend selection by one word or paragraph.
Shift-Page Up; Shift-Page Down	Extend selection by one screenful.
Shift-Home	Extend selection to first non-whitespace character of line, beginning of line, first visible line (repeated presses).
Shift-End	Extend selection to last non-whitespace character of line, end of line, last visible line (repeated presses).
Control-Shift-Home	Extend selection to beginning of buffer.
Control-Shift-End	Extend selection to end of buffer.
Control-[	Select code block.
Control-E (W; L; P)	Select word; line; paragraph.
Control-E Control-L	Select line range.
Control-\	Switch between single and multiple selection mode.

KEYS - Shortcut) Scrolling

For details, see "Views".

Control-EControl-J	Center current line on screen.
Control-EControl-I	Center caret on screen.
Control-'; Control-/	Scroll up; down one line.
Alt-'; Alt-/	Scroll up; down one page.

KEYS - Shortcut) TextEditing

For details, see "Undo and Redo", "Inserting and Deleting Text", "Working With Words", "Working With Lines" and "Working With Paragraphs".

Control-Z	Undo.
Control-EControl-Z	Redo.
Backspace; Delete	Delete character before; after caret.
Control-Backspace; Control-Delete	Delete word before; after caret.
Control-D; Control-ED	Delete line; paragraph.
Control-Shift-Backspace; Control-Shift-Delete	Delete from caret to beginning; end of line.
Control-ER	Remove trailing whitespace from the current line (or all selected lines).
Control-J	Join lines.
Control-B	Complete word.
Control-EF	Format paragraph (or selection).

KEYS - Shortcut) Clipboard and Registers

For details, see "Transferring Text".

Control-X	Cut selected text to clipboard.
Control-C	Copy selected text to clipboard.
Control-EControl-U	Append selected text to clipboard, removing it from the buffer.
Control-EControl-A	Append selected text to clipboard, leaving it in the buffer.
Control-V	Paste clipboard contents.
Control-RControl-X`key`	Cut selected text to register `key`.
Control-RControl-C`key`	Copy selected text to register `key`.
Control-RControl-U`key`	Append selected text to register `key`, removing it from the buffer.
Control-RControl-A`key`	Append selected text to register `key`, leaving it in the buffer.
Control-RControl-V`key`	Paste contents of register `key`.
Control-EControl-V	Paste previous.

KEYS - Shortcut) Markers

For details, see "Markers".

Control-EControl-M	If current line doesn't contain a marker, one will be added. Otherwise, the existing marker will be removed. Use the Markersmenu to return to markers added in this manner.
Control-T`key`	Add marker with shortcut `key`.
Control-Y`key`	Go to marker with shortcut `key`.
Control-U`key`	Select to marker with shortcut `key`.
Control-K`key`	Go to marker with shortcut `key`, and move the marker to the previous caret position.
Control-EControl-,; Control-.	Move caret to previous; next marker.

KEYS - Shortcut) Views

For details, see "Search and Replace".

Control-F	Open search and replace dialog box.
Control-G	Find next.
Control-H	Find previous.
Control-EControl-B	Search in open buffers.
Control-EControl-D	Search in directory.
Control-EControl-R	Replace in selection.
Control-EControl-G	Replace in selection and find next.
Control-,	Incremental search.
Control-.	Quick HyperSearch.
Alt-,	Incremental search for word under the caret.
Alt-.	Quick HyperSearch for word under the caret.

KEYS - Shortcut) Source Code Editing

For details, see "Abbreviations", "Tabbing and Indentation" and "Commenting Out Code".

Control-;	Expand abbreviation.
Alt-Left; Alt-Right	Shift current line (or all selected lines) left; right.
Shift-Tab; Tab	Shift selected lines left; right. Note that pressing Tabwith no selection active will insert a tab character at the caret position.
Control-I	Indent current line (or all selected lines).
Control-EControl-C	Wing comment selection.
Control-EControl-B	Box comment selection.

Folding and Narrowing

For details, see "Folding" and "Narrowing".

Alt-Backspace	Collapse fold containing caret.
Alt-Enter	Expand fold containing caret one level only.
Alt-Shift-Enter	Expand fold containing caret fully.
Control-EX	Expand all folds.
Control-EA	Add explicit fold.
Control-ES	Select fold.
Control-EEnter`key`	Expand folds with level less than `key`, collapse all others.
Control-ENN	Narrow to fold.
Control-ENS	Narrow to selection.
Alt-UpAlt-Down	Moves caret to previous; next fold.
Control-EU	Moves caret to the fold containing the one at the caret position.

Macros

For details, see Chapter 8.

Control-MControl-R	Record macro.
Control-MControl-M	Record temporary macro.
Control-MControl-S	Stop recording.
Control-MControl-P	Run temporary macro.
Control-MControl-L	Run most recently played or recorded macro.

Alternative Shortcuts

A few frequently-used commands have alternative shortcuts intended to help you keep your hands from moving all over the keyboard.

Alt-J; Alt-L	Move caret to previous, next character.
Alt-I; Alt-K	Move caret up, down one line.
Alt-Q; Alt-A	Move caret up, down one screenful.
Alt-Z	First non-whitespace character of line, beginning of line, first visible line (repeated presses).
Alt-X	Last non-whitespace character of line, end of line, last visible line (repeated presses).

METHODS - Text Area

textArea.getLineStartOffset(selectedLine);

textArea.setCaretPosition(offsetBOL);

textArea.goToBufferStart(false);
textArea.goToEndOfWhiteSpace(true);
textArea.goToNextLine(true);
textArea.goToPrevCharacter(true);
textArea.goToPrevLine(true);
textArea.goToStartOfWhiteSpace(false);

PACKAGES - Import

Java Packages automatically imported

java.awt
java.awt.event
java.netjava.util
java.iojava.lang
javax.swing
javax.swing.event

JEdit Packages automatically imported