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 | Selects all text in active file |
Ctrl + J | Select word | Selects the current word (same as double click) |
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 + 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) |
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) |
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 | Prints the active file |
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 |
Ctrl + Up Arrow | Scroll view up | Scrolls view up one line while maintaining current caret position |
Ctrl + Down Arrow | Scroll view down | Scrolls 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 |
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 + Up Arrow | Previous file tab | Activates file tab immediately to the left of active file tab |
Alt + Down Arrow | 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 |
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 | 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 | 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 + Down Arrow | Next message | Moves focus to next error or warning in output window listing and opens referenced file to corresponding line |
Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow | 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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