Editor keyboard mappings: Source editor  

 

Key Strokes

dBASE Plus 9 (and above)  Editor

Previous dBASE Plus Editor

 

 

 

Alt+Backspace

Undo

Moves the cursor to the bottom of the editing window.

Alt+End

Moves cursor to the end of the current line

Moves the cursor to the bottom of the editing window.

Alt+F4

Closes dBASE Plus. Allows saving of unsaved data.

Closes dBASE Plus. Allows saving of unsaved data.

Alt+Home

Moves cursor to the first column of the current line

N/A

Alt+Shift+Dwn

Selects Column Down

N/A

Alt+Shift+End

Moves cursor to the end of the current line Selecting)

N/A

Alt+Shift+Home

Moves cursor to the beginning of the line of characters (Selecting)

N/A

Alt+Shift+PgDwn

Moves cursor one page down (Selecting range of Columns)

N/A

Alt+Shift+PgUp

Moves cursor one page up (Selecting range of Columns)

N/A

Alt+Shift+Up

Selects Column Up

N/A

Backspace

Deletes one character left

Deletes one character left

Ctrl+/

Moves to Beginning of current or end of next word (to the left)

N/A

Ctrl+[

Moves one page up and puts cursor on first line

N/A

Ctrl+\

Moves to end of current or Beginning of next word (to the Right)

N/A

Ctrl+]

Moves one page down and puts cursor on last line

N/A

Ctrl+A

Select All

N/A

Ctrl+Add

Zooms in

N/A

Ctrl+Backspace

Deletes one word left

N/A

Ctrl+C

Copy

Copy

Ctrl+D

Duplicates current selection

N/A

Ctrl+Delete

Delete's Word to the right

N/A

Ctrl+Divide

Set Zoom

N/A

Ctrl+Dwn

scrolls entire text down

N/A

Ctrl+End

Moves cursor to the end of the source code

Moves cursor to the end of the source code

Ctrl+Enter

Used to initiate  'Open File at Cursor'

N/A

Ctrl+F4

Closes current window inside of dBASE Plus IDE

Closes current window inside of dBASE Plus IDE

Ctrl+F6

Toggles through open windows inside of dBASE Plus

Toggles through open windows inside of dBASE Plus

Ctrl+F7

Starts and Ends recording of keystrokes

Starts and Ends recording of keystrokes

Ctrl+F8

Plays back recorded keystrokes

Plays back recorded keystrokes

Ctrl+Home

Moves cursor to the beginning of the source code

Moves cursor to the beginning of the source code

Ctrl+Insert

copy

N/A

Ctrl+L

Line cut

N/A

Ctrl+Left

Move cursor to the beginning of the current or previous word

Move cursor to the beginning of the current or previous word

Ctrl+Q

Toggles commenting out the current line or a block of code that has been highlighted

N/A

Ctrl+Right

Move cursor to the beginning of the next word

Move cursor to the beginning of the next word

Ctrl+Shift+/

Moves to Beginning of current word (to the left) (Selecting)

N/A

Ctrl+Shift+[

Selects and Moves one page up and puts cursor on first line

N/A

Ctrl+Shift+\

Moves to end of current or Beginning of next word (to the Right)(Selecting)

N/A

Ctrl+Shift+]

Selects and Moves one page down and puts cursor on last line

N/A

Ctrl+Shift+Backspace

Deletes one line left

N/A

Ctrl+Shift+Delete

Delete's Line to the right

N/A

Ctrl+Shift+End

Moves cursor to the end of the source code (Selecting)

Moves cursor to the end of the source code (Selecting)

Ctrl+Shift+Home

Moves cursor to the beginning of the source code (Selecting)

Moves cursor to the beginning of the source code (Selecting)

Ctrl+Shift+L

Line Delete

N/A

Ctrl+Shift+Left

Moves cursor to beginning of Word (Selecting)

Moves cursor to beginning of Word (Selecting)

Ctrl+Shift+Right

Moves cursor to end of word (Selecting)

Moves cursor to end of word (Selecting)

Ctrl+Shift+T

Copies entire current line

Deletes remainder of the current word to the right, up to the beginning of the next word

Ctrl+Shift+U

reverts selection to uppercase

N/A

Ctrl+Subtract

Zooms out 

N/A

Ctrl+T

Line Transpose (swaps current line for previous one)

Deletes the remainder of the current word after the cursor

Ctrl+U

reverts selection to lowercase

N/A

Ctrl+Up

scrolls entire text up

N/A

Ctrl+V

Paste

Paste

Ctrl+x

Cut

Cut

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Delete's current row

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Undo

Delete

Delete's current selection or next character

Delete's current selection or next character

Dwn

Next Line

Next Line

End

Moves cursor to the end of the line of characters

Moves cursor to the end of the line of characters

Escape

Cancel

Cancel

F1

Opens help dialog

Opens help dialog

Home

Moves cursor to the beginning of the line of characters

Moves cursor to the beginning of the row

Insert

Toggle inserting or replacing text

Toggle inserting or replacing text

Left

Move left one character

Move left one character

PgDwn

Moves cursor one page down

Moves cursor one page down

PgUp

Moves cursor one page up

Moves cursor one page up

Return

Enters new line

Enters new line

Right

Move right one character

Move right one character

Shift+Backspace

Deletes one character left

Deletes one character left

Shift+Ctrl+F

Open Find In Files dialog box.

N/A

Shift+Delete

Cut's current selection or next character (available to paste)

Cut's current selection or next character (available to paste)

Shift+Dwn

Select Line from current cursor position

Select Line from current cursor position

Shift+End

Moves cursor to the end of the line of characters (Selecting)

Moves cursor to the end of the line of characters (Selecting)

Shift+Home

Moves cursor to the beginning of the line of characters (Selecting)

Moves cursor to the beginning of the line of characters (Selecting)

Shift+Insert

Paste

Paste

Shift+Left

Previous Character (selecting as you go)

Previous Character (selecting as you go)

Shift+PgDwn

Moves cursor one page down (Selecting)

Moves cursor one page down (Selecting)

Shift+PgUp

Moves cursor one page up (Selecting)

Moves cursor one page up (Selecting)

Shift+Right

Next Character (selecting as you go)

Next Character (selecting as you go)

Shift+Tab

Moves back (number of spaces set up in Source Editor Properties dialog)

Moves back (number of spaces set up in Source Editor Properties dialog)

Shift+Up

Select Line up

Select Line up

Sift+Return

Enters new line

Enters new line

Tab

Moves forward (number of spaces set up in Source Editor Properties dialog)

Moves forward (number of spaces set up in Source Editor Properties dialog)

Up

Moves cursor to previous line

Moves cursor to previous line