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Revision as of 19:20, 14 April 2022

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.

Editing text

Ctrl A
Select all Selects all text in active file
Ctrl ;
Select next occurrence Selects next occurrence of selected word (creating multiple selections) or word under caret if no selection exists
Ctrl ,
Make selections Selects all occurrences of selected word or word under caret if no selection exists (creating multiple selections)
Alt Shift Z
Remove last caret Removes last-created caret or selection (multi-caret editing)
Ctrl Shift /
Remove all carets Removes all active carets (multi-caret editing) except for last-created caret
Ctrl J
Join lines Join lines, which joins active line to the next one (or all selected lines)
Ctrl E
Delete line Deletes line caret is on
Ctrl F11
Delete to start of line Deletes from caret to start of line
Ctrl F12
Delete to end of line Deletes from caret to end of line
Alt Shift D
Duplicate line Duplicates the active line
Ctrl Z
Undo Undoes last action if possible
Ctrl Y
Redo Reverses last undo action if possible
Ctrl Backspace
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
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 /
Trim trailing spaces Deletes all trailing spaces on all lines in active file
Ctrl \
Trim leading spaces Deletes all leading spaces on all lines in active file
Ctrl T
Reformat paragraph Reformats the current paragraph or selected text
Ctrl F5
To lowercase Converts selected text or letter next to caret to lowercase
Alt F5
To uppercase Converts selected text or letter next to caret to uppercase
F5
Capitalize Capitalizes letter next to caret or first character of each word in selected text
Shift F5
Invert case Inverts case of letter next to caret or all characters in selected text
Ctrl K
Spell check Invokes the spelling checker
Ctrl I
Insert literal character Inserts a literal character at caret position
Ctrl D
Hex insert / delete Insert or delete characters in hex edit mode
Ctrl Shift A
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
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
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
Inserts ß character (As appropriate for active file's encoding)

Clipboard operations

Ctrl C
Copy Copies text from active file into the clipboard
Ctrl Insert
Copy Copies selected text (also in SSH / telnet client window)
Ctrl X
Cut Cuts text from active file into the clipboard
Shift Delete
Cut Cuts text from active file into the clipboard (also in SSH / telnet client window)
Ctrl V
Paste Pastes text from the clipboard into the active file
Shift Insert
Paste Pastes clipboard contents (als in SSH / Telnet client window)
Ctrl Shift C
Copy and append Copies selected text and appends it onto the clipboard
Ctrl Shift X
Cut and append Cuts selected text and appends it onto the clipboard
Ctrl Shift V
Paste and copy Pastes text from the clipboard into the active file while simultaneously moving original selection to clipboard
Ctrl 0-9
Select clipboard Selects Windows clipboard (0) or one of the user clipboards (1 - 9)

File operations

Ctrl N
New Creates a new file
Ctrl O
Open Opens file open dialog to open an existing file
Ctrl Q
Quick open Opens Quick open dialog for quickly opening files without file open dialog
Ctrl F4
Close Closes active file
Ctrl Shift F4
Close all files Closes all open files
Ctrl S
Save Saves the active file
Alt F12
Save Saves all open files
F12
Save as Saves the active file as a new file
Ctrl P
Print Prints the active file

Search / goto operations

Ctrl F
Quick find / Find Opens Quick find; Hold Ctrl and press F twice to open regular Find dialog
Alt F3
Find Opens find (bypassing Quick Find)
Ctrl R
Replace Opens replace dialog
Ctrl Shift F
Find in files Opens find in files dialog
Ctrl .
Highlight all Highlights all occurrences of selected text, or word under caret if no selection exists
F3
Find next Searches forwards for last find string
Ctrl F3
Find previous Searches backwards for last find string
Shift F3
Select to next occurrence Selects all text from caret through next occurence of find string
Ctrl G
Goto Goes to the specified line (or hex address)
Ctrl B
Select to matching brace Selects to matching brace from next (,[,{ to closing },],) or other brace character as defined in the wordfile
Ctrl F2
Toggle bookmark Toggles bookmark
F2
Go to bookmark Jumps to next bookmark
Shift F2
Select to next bookmark Selects all text from caret through next bookmarked line
Shift Alt F2
Select to previous bookmark Selects all text from caret through previous bookmarked line

Caret / view positioning

Ctrl 🠕
Scroll view up Scrolls view up one line while maintaining current caret position
Ctrl 🠗
Scroll view down Scrolls view down one line while maintaining current caret position
Shift Mouse Wheel
Scrolls horizontally Tracks horizontal scroll bar
Alt 🠖
Next Paragraph Positions caret at first non-space character of next paragraph
Alt 🠔
Previous Paragraph Positions caret at first non-space character of current paragraph (if positioned mid-paragraph) or previous paragraph
Alt Page Up
Top of window Moves caret to first visible line
Alt Page Down
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
Quick find switch focus Switches focus between editor window and quick find
F6
Focus other pane Moves focus to other pane when split window is active
Ctrl F6
Next window Makes next file window active (based upon last-accessed file tab)
Ctrl Shift F6
Previous window Makes previous file window active (based upon last-accessed file tab)
Alt 🠕
Previous file tab Activates file tab immediately to the left of active file tab
Alt 🠗
Next file tab Activates file tab immediately to the right of active file tab
Alt F10
Previous panel Moves focus through last used child windows
Ctrl F10
Next panel Moves focus through next used child windows

Toggles

Alt C
Column mode Toggles column / block editing mode
Ctrl W
Word wrap Toggles word wrap
Alt Mouse click / drag
Quick column selection Allows you to create a quick column / block selection without enabling column mode
Ctrl H
Hex mode Toggles hex edit mode
F8
Display function list Opens / refreshes function list
Ctrl F8
Tag list Toggles tag list
Ctrl U
File view / Workspace manager Toggles file view / Workspace manager (UEStudio)
Insert
Insert or overstrike mode Toggles insert / overstrike mode

Accessing other functionality

Ctrl Shift P
Command palette Opens Command palette
F1
Help Shows UltraEdit help
Shift F1
Context help Invokes the context-sensitive help
Alt 0-9
or
Shift Alt 0-9
Insert template Inserts user-defined template
F7
Insert time / date Inserts time / date at caret
Alt F8
Layouts Opens layout manager dialog
Ctrl Shift R
Quick record macro (toggle) Immediately begins macro recording with no prompt
Ctrl M
Play macro Plays last-played macro, or first macro in macro list
Ctrl L
Choose macro to play multiple times Allows you to select a macro and how many times to play it
Alt Shift Z
Scripts Opens scripts list
Alt Shift R
Run active script Runs active file as script
Ctrl Space bar
Auto-complate Opens auto-complete dialog
Alt Enter
Character properties Opens character properties dialog
Alt \
Word count Opens word count dialog
Alt Shift O
Open project / workspace Opens the open project dialog
Alt Shift C
Close project / workspace Closes the active project and workspace
Alt Shift S
Open project settings Opens project settings dialog
Alt F11
Compare Opens compare files dialog
F9
Run DOS command Opens run DOS command window
Ctrl F9
Run Last DOS Command Repeats last-run DOS command
F10
Run Windows program Opens run Windows command window
Ctrl P, S
Persistent selection Begins persistent selection mode allowing you to move caret anywhere in file to create a selection
Ctrl Shift 🠗
Next message Moves focus to next error or warning in output window listing and opens referenced file to corresponding line
Ctrl Shift 🠕
Previous message Moves focus to previous error or warning in output window listing and opens referenced file to corresponding line
Alt F4
Exit UltraEdit / UEStudio Exits the application
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