Shortcuts are available for the following operations:
Keys | Action |
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Left arrow, Right arrow |
Moves the insertion point one character to the left or right. |
Alt-U, E | Moves the insertion point to the end of the word. | Ctrl-right arrow | Moves the insertion point one word to the right. | Ctrl-left arrow | Moves the insertion point one word to the left. |
Home | Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the line. |
End | Moves the insertion point to the end of the line. |
Up arrow | Moves the insertion point one one line up. |
Down arrow | Moves the insertion point one one line down. |
Ctrl-G | Opens Go to Line dialog box. |
Alt-Shift-T | Moves the insertion point to the top of the window. |
Alt-Shift-M | Moves the insertion point to the middle of the window. |
Alt-Shift-B | Moves the insertion point to the bottom of the window. |
Ctrl-Home | Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the document. |
Ctrl-End | Moves the insertion point to the end of the document. |
PgUp | Moves the insertion point one page up. |
PgDn | Moves the insertion point one page down. |
Keys | Action |
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Alt-U, T | Scrolls text to top of window. |
Alt-U, M | Scrolls text to middle of window. |
Alt-U, B | Scrolls text to bottom of window. |
Ctrl-down arrow | Scrolls the window up without moving the insertion point. |
Ctrl-up arrow | Scrolls the window down without moving the insertion point. |
Keys | Action |
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Ctrl-A | Selects all text in the file. |
Shift-right arrow | Selects the character to the right of the insertion point. |
Shift-left arrow | Selects the character to the left of the insertion point. |
Alt-J | Selects the word the insertion point is on, else deselects any selected text. |
Ctrl-Shift-right arrow | Creates a text selection and extends it one word to the right. |
Ctrl-Shift-left arrow | Creates a text selection and extends it one word to the left. |
Shift-Home | Creates a text selection and extends it to the beginning of the line. |
Shift-End | Creates a text selection and extends it to the end of the line. |
Shift-up arrow | Creates a text selection and extends it to the previous line. |
Shift-down arrow | Creates a text selection and extends it to the next line. |
Ctrl-Shift-Home | Creates a text selection and extends it to the beginning of the document. |
Ctrl-Shift-End | Creates a text selection and extends it to the end of the document. |
Shift-PgUp | Creates a text selection and extends it one page up. |
Shift-PgDn | Creates a text selection and extends it one page down. |
Keys | Action |
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INSERT | Switches between insert text and overwrite text mode. |
Ctrl-Shift-J | Opens the Internationalize dialog box that you can use to insert an internationalized string at the insertion point. |
Alt-U, U | Makes the selected characters or the character to the right of the insertion point uppercase. |
Alt-U, L | Makes the selected characters or the character to the right of the insertion point lowercase. |
Alt-U, R | Reverses the case of the selected characters or the character to the right of the insertion point. |
Alt-U, F | Reverses the case of the first character of the identifier the insertion point is on. |
Keys | Action |
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Ctrl-J, S | Begins recording key sequence for macro. |
Ctrl-J, E | Stops recording key sequence for macro. |
Keys | Action |
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Ctrl-Z | (Undo) Reverses (one at a time) a series of editor actions, except Save. |
Ctrl-Y | (Redo) Reverses (one at a time) a series of Undo commands. |
Ctrl-X | (Cut) Deletes the current selection and places it on the clipboard. |
Shift-Delete | (Cut) Deletes the current selection and places it on the clipboard. |
Ctrl-C | (Copy) Copies the current selection to the clipboard. |
Ctrl-Insert | (Copy) Copies the current selection to the clipboard. |
Ctrl-V | (Paste) Pastes the contents of the clipbard at the insert point. |
Delete | (Delete) Deletes the current selection. |
Ctrl-E | Deletes the current line. |
Backspace | Deletes the character preceding the insertion point. |
Ctrl-U | Deletes text in the following sequence:
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Ctrl-W | Removes the current word or the word preceding the insertion point. |
Ctrl-K | Copies the word preceding the insertion point and pastes it at the insertion point. (The insertion point must be on a whitespace before or after a word.) |
Ctrl-L | Copies the word following the insertion point and pastes it at the insertion point. (The insertion point must be on a whitespace before or after a word.) |
Keys | Action |
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Ctrl-F3 | Searches for the word the insertion point is on and higlights all occurrences of that word. |
F3 | Moves the insertion point to the next found occurrence of the word. |
Shift-F3 | Moves the insertion point to the previous found occurrence of the word. |
Alt-Shift-H | Switches highlighting of words on or off. |
Ctrl-F | Opens Find dialog box. |
Ctrl-H | Opens Find and Replace dialog box. |
Keys | Action |
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Tab | Shifts all text to right of insertion point to the right. |
Ctrl-T | Shifts text in line containing the insertion point to the right. |
Ctrl-D | Shifts text in line containing the insertion point to the left. |
Keys | Action |
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Ctrl-Spacebar | Opens the Java code completion dialog box. |
Alt-Shift-I | Adds an import statement to the import section of the code when cursor is over the class name to be imported. |
Alt-U, G | Appends the prefix get to the identifier. |
Alt-U, S | Appends the prefix set to the identifier. |
Alt-U, I | Appends the prefix is to the identifier. |
Alt-G | Goes to the method or variable declaration for method or variable the insertion point is on. |
Ctrl-M | Selects the next parameter. |
Ctrl-Shift-T | Comments out the current or selected lines. |
Ctrl-Shift-D | Removes comment from the current or selected lines. |
Ctrl-[ | Finds matching bracket. |
Ctrl-Shift-B | Selects block between brackets when insertion point is immediately in front of the open bracket. |
Alt-K | Goes to the previous entry in jump list. |
Alt-L | Goes to the next entry in jump list. |
Alt-Shift-K | Goes to the previous entry in jump list not in the same file. |
Alt-Shift-L | Goes to the next entry in jump list not in the same file. |
Ctrl-Shift-F | Reformats code. |
Shift-F10 | Opens editor's contextual menu. |
Keys | Action |
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Alt-O | Opens the source based on the current location of the insertion point. The source file must be in a directory mounted in Filesystems, and the parser database must be updated for that source. |
Alt-Shift-O | Opens the source when the class name is entered in the dialog box that appears and pressing Open Source. The source file must be in a directory mounted in Filesystems, and the parser database must be updated for that source. |
Alt-F1 | Opens the web browser on the Javadoc file pertaining to the item that the insertion point is on. The source file must be in a directory mounted in Filesystems, and the parser database must be updated for that source. Also, the Javadoc documentation for that source must be mounted under the Javadoc tab in the Explorer. |
Keys | Action |
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Ctrl-F2 | Sets or unsets a bookmark at current line. |
Alt-F2 | Goes to next bookmark. |