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 | Select all | Select All text in active file |
| Ctrl + J | Select word | Select the current word (same as double click) |
| Ctrl + E | Delete line | Delete line caret is on |
| Ctrl + F11 | Delete to start of line | Delete from caret to start of line |
| Ctrl + F12 | Delete to end of line | Delete from caret to end of line |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo | Undo last action if possible |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo | Reverse 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 + T | Reformat paragraph | Reformat 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 + W | Word wrap | Toggle word wrap on/off |
| 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) |
| Ctrl + C | Copy | Copy text from active file into the clipboard |
| Ctrl + Insert | Copy | Copies selected text (also in SSH / telnet client window) |
| Ctrl + X | Cut | Cut text from active file into the clipboard |
| Ctrl + V | Paste | Paste text from the clipboard into the active file |
| Shift + Insert | Paste | Pastes clipboard contents (als in SSH / Telnet client window) |
| Ctrl + 0-9 | Select clipboard | Select Windows clipboard (0) or user clipboard (1 - 9) |
| Ctrl + N | New | Creates a new file |
| Ctrl + O | Open | Opens an existing file |
| Ctrl + Q | Quick open | Opens an existing file without showing the File Open dialog |
| Ctrl + F4 | Close | Closes active file |
| Ctrl + S | Save | Saves the active file |
| Alt + F12 | Save | Saves all open files |
| F12 | Save as | Save the active file as a new file |
| Ctrl + P | Print the active file |
| Ctrl + F | Quick Find / Find | Opens Quick Find; Hold Ctrl and press F twice to open regular Find |
| Alt + F3 | Find | Opens Find (bypassing Quick Find) |
| Ctrl + R | Replace | Opens Replace dialog |
| F3 | Find next | Search forwards for last find string |
| Ctrl + F3 | Find previous | Search backwards for last find string |
| Ctrl + G | Goto | Goto 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 | Toggle bookmark |
| F2 | Go to bookmark | Jumps to next bookmark |
| Ctrl + Up Arrow | Scroll view up | Scroll view up one line while maintaining current caret position |
| Ctrl + Down Arrow | Scroll view down | Scroll view down one line while maintaining current caret position |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Next Paragraph | Positions caret at first non-space character of next paragraph |
| Alt + Left Arrow | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Ctrl + F10 | Next panel | Moves focus through next used child windows |
| Alt + F10 | Previous panel | Moves focus through last used child windows |
| Ctrl + Shift + F6 | Previous window | Make previous file window active (based upon last-accessed file tab) |
| Alt + C | Column mode | Toggles column / block editing 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 |
| F1 | Help | Shows UltraEdit help |
| Shift + F1 | Context help | Invokes the context-sensitive help |
| Alt + 0-9 or Shift + Alt + 0-9 |
Insert template | Insert user-defined template |
| F7 | Insert time / date | Insert time/date at caret |
| 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 |
| Alt + F8 | Layouts | Opens Layout manager dialog |
| Alt + Enter | Character properties | Opens character properties dialog |
| Alt + F11 | Compare | Opens Compare files dialog |
| 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 + F4 | Exit UltraEdit / UEStudio | Exits the application |
See also:
UltraEdit Wiki