UltraEdit / UEStudio provides default keyboard shortcuts for many commonly used commands and features. You can add, remove, or change keyboard shortcuts in Settings » Key mapping.
You can see all key mappings defined on your system by going to Settings » Key mapping and clicking the "Show key mapping in editor" button.
The default keyboard shortcuts are grouped below.
Ctrl A
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Select all | Selects all text in active file |
Ctrl ;
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Select next occurrence | Selects next occurrence of selected word (creating multiple selections) or word under caret if no selection exists |
Ctrl ,
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Make selections | Selects all occurrences of selected word or word under caret if no selection exists (creating multiple selections) |
Alt Shift Z
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Remove last caret | Removes last-created caret or selection (multi-caret editing) |
Ctrl Shift /
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Remove all carets | Removes all active carets (multi-caret editing) except for last-created caret |
Ctrl J
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Join lines | Join lines, which joins active line to the next one (or all selected lines) |
Ctrl E
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Delete line | Deletes line caret is on |
Ctrl F11
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Delete to start of line | Deletes from caret to start of line |
Ctrl F12
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Delete to end of line | Deletes from caret to end of line |
Alt Shift D
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Duplicate line | Duplicates the active line |
Ctrl Z
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Undo | Undoes last action if possible |
Ctrl Y
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Redo | Reverses last undo action if possible |
Ctrl Backspace
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Delete previous word | Deletes the word preceding the caret, or to beginning of word if the caret is in the middle of a word |
Ctrl Delete
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Delete next word | Deletes the word following the caret, or to end of word if the caret is in the middle of a word |
Ctrl /
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Trim trailing spaces | Deletes all trailing spaces on all lines in active file |
Ctrl \
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Trim leading spaces | Deletes all leading spaces on all lines in active file |
Ctrl T
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Reformat paragraph | Reformats the current paragraph or selected text |
Ctrl F5
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To lowercase | Converts selected text or letter next to caret to lowercase |
Alt F5
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To uppercase | Converts selected text or letter next to caret to uppercase |
F5
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Capitalize | Capitalizes letter next to caret or first character of each word in selected text |
Shift F5
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Invert case | Inverts case of letter next to caret or all characters in selected text |
Ctrl K
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Spell check | Invokes the spelling checker |
Ctrl I
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Insert literal character | Inserts a literal character at caret position |
Ctrl D
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Hex insert / delete | Insert or delete characters in hex edit mode |
Ctrl Shift A
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Inserts ä character | (As appropriate for active file's encoding) |
Ctrl Shift A (Caps Lock on) |
Inserts Ä character | (As appropriate for active file's encoding) |
Ctrl Shift O
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Inserts ö character | (As appropriate for active file's encoding) |
Ctrl Shift O (Caps Lock on) |
Inserts Ö character | (As appropriate for active file's encoding) |
Ctrl Shift U
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Inserts ü character | (As appropriate for active file's encoding) |
Ctrl Shift U (Caps Lock on) |
Inserts Ü character | (As appropriate for active file's encoding) |
Ctrl Shift S
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Inserts ß character | (As appropriate for active file's encoding) |
Ctrl C
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Copy | Copies text from active file into the clipboard |
Ctrl Insert
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Copy | Copies selected text (also in SSH / telnet client window) |
Ctrl X
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Cut | Cuts text from active file into the clipboard |
Shift Delete
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Cut | Cuts text from active file into the clipboard (also in SSH / telnet client window) |
Ctrl V
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Paste | Pastes text from the clipboard into the active file |
Shift Insert
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Paste | Pastes clipboard contents (als in SSH / Telnet client window) |
Ctrl Shift C
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Copy and append | Copies selected text and appends it onto the clipboard |
Ctrl Shift X
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Cut and append | Cuts selected text and appends it onto the clipboard |
Ctrl Shift V
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Paste and copy | Pastes text from the clipboard into the active file while simultaneously moving original selection to clipboard |
Ctrl 0-9
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Select clipboard | Selects Windows clipboard (0) or one of the user clipboards (1 - 9) |
Ctrl N
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New | Creates a new file |
Ctrl O
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Open | Opens file open dialog to open an existing file |
Ctrl Q
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Quick open | Opens Quick open dialog for quickly opening files without file open dialog |
Ctrl F4
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Close | Closes active file |
Ctrl Shift F4
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Close all files | Closes all open files |
Ctrl S
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Save | Saves the active file |
Alt F12
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Save | Saves all open files |
F12
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Save as | Saves the active file as a new file |
Ctrl P
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Prints the active file |
Ctrl F
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Quick find / Find | Opens Quick find; Hold Ctrl and press F twice to open regular Find dialog |
Alt F3
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Find | Opens find (bypassing Quick Find) |
Ctrl R
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Replace | Opens replace dialog |
Ctrl Shift F
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Find in files | Opens find in files dialog |
Ctrl .
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Highlight all | Highlights all occurrences of selected text, or word under caret if no selection exists |
F3
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Find next | Searches forwards for last find string |
Ctrl F3
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Find previous | Searches backwards for last find string |
Shift F3
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Select to next occurrence | Selects all text from caret through next occurence of find string |
Ctrl G
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Goto | Goes to the specified line (or hex address) |
Ctrl B
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Select to matching brace | Selects to matching brace from next (,[,{ to closing },],) or other brace character as defined in the wordfile |
Ctrl F2
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Toggle bookmark | Toggles bookmark |
F2
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Go to bookmark | Jumps to next bookmark |
Shift F2
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Select to next bookmark | Selects all text from caret through next bookmarked line |
Shift Alt F2
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Select to previous bookmark | Selects all text from caret through previous bookmarked line |
Ctrl 🠕
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Scroll view up | Scrolls view up one line while maintaining current caret position |
Ctrl 🠗
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Scroll view down | Scrolls view down one line while maintaining current caret position |
Shift Mouse Wheel
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Scrolls horizontally | Tracks horizontal scroll bar |
Alt 🠖
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Next Paragraph | Positions caret at first non-space character of next paragraph |
Alt 🠔
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Previous Paragraph | Positions caret at first non-space character of current paragraph (if positioned mid-paragraph) or previous paragraph |
Alt Page Up
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Top of window | Moves caret to first visible line |
Alt Page Down
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Bottom of window | Moves caret to last visible line |
Ctrl - (numeric keypad only) |
Hide / show selection | Hides or shows active code folding node, or active line if in non-highlighted file |
Ctrl + (numeric keypad only) |
Collapse all | Collapses all code folding nodes |
Ctrl * (numeric keypad only) |
Expand all | Expands all hidden / collapsed lines |
Alt - (numeric keypad only) |
Scroll to top | Positions active line to top of window |
Alt + (numeric keypad only) |
Scroll to bottom | Positions active line to bottom of window |
Alt * (numeric keypad only) |
Scroll to center | Positions active line to center of window |
Alt 5 (numeric keypad only) |
Scroll to center | Positions active line to center of window |
Ctrl 1 (numeric keypad only) |
End of previous word | Positions caret at the end of the previous word |
Ctrl 2 (numeric keypad only) |
End of next word | Positions caret at the end of the next word |
Alt Q
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Quick find switch focus | Switches focus between editor window and quick find |
F6
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Focus other pane | Moves focus to other pane when split window is active |
Ctrl F6
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Next window | Makes next file window active (based upon last-accessed file tab) |
Ctrl Shift F6
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Previous window | Makes previous file window active (based upon last-accessed file tab) |
Alt 🠕
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Previous file tab | Activates file tab immediately to the left of active file tab |
Alt 🠗
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Next file tab | Activates file tab immediately to the right of active file tab |
Alt F10
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Previous panel | Moves focus through last used child windows |
Ctrl F10
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Next panel | Moves focus through next used child windows |
Alt C
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Column mode | Toggles column / block editing mode |
Ctrl W
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Word wrap | Toggles word wrap |
Alt Mouse click / drag
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Quick column selection | Allows you to create a quick column / block selection without enabling column mode |
Ctrl H
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Hex mode | Toggles hex edit mode |
F8
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Display function list | Opens / refreshes function list |
Ctrl F8
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Tag list | Toggles tag list |
Ctrl U
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File explorer | Toggles file explorer |
Insert
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Insert or overstrike mode | Toggles insert / overstrike mode |
Ctrl Shift P
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Command palette | Opens Command palette |
F1
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Help | Shows UltraEdit help |
Shift F1
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Context help | Invokes the context-sensitive help |
Alt 0-9 orShift Alt 0-9
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Insert template | Inserts user-defined template |
F7
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Insert time / date | Inserts time / date at caret |
Alt F8
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Layouts | Opens layout manager dialog |
Ctrl Shift R
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Quick record macro (toggle) | Immediately begins macro recording with no prompt |
Ctrl M
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Play macro | Plays last-played macro, or first macro in macro list |
Ctrl L
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Choose macro to play multiple times | Allows you to select a macro and how many times to play it |
Alt Shift Z
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Scripts | Opens scripts list |
Alt Shift R
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Run active script | Runs active file as script |
Ctrl Space bar
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Auto-complate | Opens auto-complete dialog |
Alt Enter
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Character properties | Opens character properties dialog |
Alt \
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Word count | Opens word count dialog |
Alt Shift O
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Open project / workspace | Opens the open project dialog |
Alt Shift C
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Close project / workspace | Closes the active project and workspace |
Alt Shift S
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Open project settings | Opens project settings dialog |
Alt F11
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Compare | Opens compare files dialog |
F9
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Run DOS command | Opens run DOS command window |
Ctrl F9
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Run Last DOS Command | Repeats last-run DOS command |
F10
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Run Windows program | Opens run Windows command window |
Ctrl P, S
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Persistent selection | Begins persistent selection mode allowing you to move caret anywhere in file to create a selection |
Ctrl Shift 🠗
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Next message | Moves focus to next error or warning in output window listing and opens referenced file to corresponding line |
Ctrl Shift 🠕
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Previous message | Moves focus to previous error or warning in output window listing and opens referenced file to corresponding line |
Alt F4
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Exit UltraEdit / UEStudio | Exits the application |
See also:
UltraEdit Wiki