Key or combination

Object

Action

F1

Source Editor

Opens dBASE Plus Help and displays topic (or topics found) for selected word or phrase. If no help is available, the Help index dialog is displayed.

Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Shift+C

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Copies selected string to clipboard.

Ctrl+F or Ctrl+Shift+F

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Opens Find dialog.

Ctrl+G or Ctrl+Shift+G

Source Editor

Opens GoTo Line dialog.

Ctrl+K or Ctrl+Shift+K

Source Editor

Repeats the last text search, as specified in Find dialog.

Ctrl+O or Ctrl+Shift+O

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Opens the Open File dialog.

Ctrl+P or Ctrl+Shift+P

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Opens the Print dialog.

Ctrl+R or Ctrl+Shift+R

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Opens the Replace Text dialog.

Ctrl+T or Ctrl+Shift+T

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Deletes the word or remainder of the word to the right of the cursor.

Ctrl+V or Ctrl+Shift+V

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Pastes most recently cut or copied text at cursor position. Overwrites selected text.

Ctrl+X or Ctrl+Shift+X

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Cuts selected text.

Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Y

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Deletes current line in the Source Editor. Deletes current cell contents in a Grid.

Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Reverses the last edit.
In the Source editor, you can also reverse earlier edits up to the limit of the Undo buffer (buffer holds 32K of text, but you can change the buffer size in the Source Editor Properties dialog).

Ctrl+Backspace

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Deletes word or remainder of the word to the left of the cursor.
Grid Object: Inserts a period at cursor position.

Ctrl+LeftArrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Moves cursor to the beginning of the current word or the end of the previous word. If you have a selection, extends the selection one character left.
Grid Object: Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current cell

Ctrl+RightArrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Moves cursor to the beginning of the next word.
Grid Object: Moves the cursor to the end of the current field.

Ctrl+PageDown

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Moves cursor to the end of the file.
Grid Object: Moves the cursor to the bottom-most cell in the current column.

Ctrl+PageUp

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Moves cursor to the beginning of the file.
Grid Object: Moves the cursor to the upper-most cell in the current column.

Ctrl+F4

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Closes the editor. Allows save or cancel if you have any unsaved work.
Grid Object: Closes the form.

Alt+F4

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Quits dBASE Plus. Allows save or cancel if you have any unsaved work.

BackSpace

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Deletes character to the left of the cursor.

Left Arrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Moves cursor left one character.

Right Arrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Moves cursor right one character.

Up Arrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Moves cursor up one line.

Down Arrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Moves cursor down one line.

Page Up

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Moves cursor down one page. A page is defined as the number of lines visible in the window.

Page Down

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Moves cursor up one page. A page is defined as the number of lines visible in the window.

End

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Moves cursor to the end of the current line.

Home

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Moves cursor to the start of the current line.

Enter or Shift+Enter

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Inserts a carriage return (ASCII code 13)

Insert

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Toggles insert mode on or off.

Delete or Shift+Delete

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Deletes selected text or character to the right of the cursor.

Tab

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Inserts a tab (ASCII code 9)
Grid Object: Moves one cell to the right.

Space or Shift+Space

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Inserts a space (ASCII code 32)
Grid Object: Deletes selected text. When no text is selected, insert a space.

Shift+Tab

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Moves the cursor left by the number of characters defined as a Tab (default 3 characters; tab length can be changed in Source Editor Properties dialog).
Grid Object: Moves cursor position one cell to the left. Selects text.

Shift+Backspace

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Deletes character to the left of the cursor. If you have a selection, deletes the selected text.

Shift+LeftArrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Selects or extends selection left one character.

Shift+RightArrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Selects or extends selection right one character.

Shift+UpArrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Selects or extends selection up one line to the same character position in the destination line.
Grid Object: Moves cursor position up one cell. Selects text.

Shift+DownArrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Selects or extends selection down one line to the same character position in the destination line.
Grid Object: Moves cursor position down one cell. Selects text.

Shift+PageUp

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Selects or extends selection up one page to the same character position in the destination line. A page is defined as the number of lines visible in the window.
Source Editor,
Grid Object: Moves cursor position to the upper-most cell in the current column. Selects text.

Shift+PageDown

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Selects or extends selection down one page to the same character position in the destination line. A page is defined as the number of lines visible in the window.
Grid Object: Moves cursor position to the bottom-most cell in the current column. Selects text.

Shift+End

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Selects or extends selection to the end of the current line, or grid cell (not including paragraph return).

Shift+Home

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Selects or extends selection to the beginning of the current line, or grid cell.

Ctrl+Alt+Home

Grid Object

Toggles out of edit mode and places the cursor at the beginning of a cell entry.

Ctrl+Alt+End

Grid Object

Toggles out of edit mode and places the cursor at the end of a cell entry.

Ctrl+Shift+LeftArrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Selects remainder of word to the left of the cursor position. If cursor is at the beginning of a word, selects the beginning of the previous word, including any separating spaces.

Ctrl+Shift+RightArrow

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Selects remainder of word to the right of the cursor position, including any trailing spaces. For Grid Objects, selection includes trailing spaces for the final word in a cell.

Ctrl+Shift+Home

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Selects all text from the cursor position to the beginning of the file, or grid cell.

Ctrl+Shift+End

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Selects all text from the cursor position to the end of the file, or grid cell..

Ctrl+Shift+PageUp

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Selects all text from the cursor position to the beginning of the file.
Grid Object: Same as Shift+PageUp

Ctrl+Shift+PageDown

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Source Editor: Selects all text from the cursor position to the end of the file.
Grid Object: Same as Shift+PageDown

Ctrl+W or Ctrl+Shift+W

Source Editor,
Grid Object

Saves the file and closes the editor, or form (if the file is new, opens Save dialog).

Ctrl+F7

Source Editor

Begins and ends recording of keystrokes.

Ctrl+F8

Source Editor

Inserts the string stored in the most recent keystroke recording.