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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 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)

Clipboard operations

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)

File operations

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 Print the active file

Search / goto operations

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

Caret / view positioning

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)

Toggles

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

Accessing other functionality

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
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