Key or combination

Action

F1

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.

F5

Opens the Find Text dialog.

F6

Opens the Replace Text dialog.

F7

Begins and ends recording of keystrokes.

F8

Inserts the string stored in the most recent keystroke recording.

Shift+F5

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

Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Shift+C

Copies selected string to clipboard.

Ctrl+K or Ctrl+Shift+K

Deletes text from cursor position to beginning of line.

Ctrl+O or Ctrl+Shift+O

Opens the Open File dialog.

Ctrl+P or Ctrl+Shift+P

Opens the Print dialog.

Ctrl+T or Ctrl+Shift+T

Scrolls the current line to the top of the window.

Ctrl+U or Ctrl+Shift+U

Redo

Ctrl+V or Ctrl+Shift+V

ClipPaste; HideBlock

Ctrl+W or Ctrl+Shift+W

CloseWithSave

Ctrl+X or Ctrl+Shift+X

CutBlock

Ctrl+Z or Ctrl+Shift+Z

Restores last cut or deleted text. You can also restore earlier cut or deleted text up to the limit of the Undo buffer (32K default can be modified in the Source Editor Properties dialog).

Ctrl+F4

Closes the editor. Allows save or cancel if you have any unsaved work.

Ctrl+Backspace

Deletes the previous word.

Ctrl+Enter

Inserts a blank line below the current line.

Ctrl+LeftArrow

Moves the cursor or selection to the beginning of the previous word.

Ctrl+RightArrow

Moves the cursor or selection to the first character of the next word.

Ctrl+PageDown

Moves the cursor to the end of the file.

Ctrl+PgUp

Moves the cursor to the top of the file.

Ctrl+Home

Moves the cursor to the top of the editing window.

Ctrl+End

Moves the cursor to the bottom of the editing window.

Alt+A or Alt+Shift+A

Cancels current selection.

Alt+C or Alt+Shift+C

Toggles column selection mode.

Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z or
Alt+U or Alt+Shift+U or
* (star) on numeric keypad

Reverses the last edit. 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).

Alt+D or Alt+Shift+D

Deletes the current line.

Ctrl+G or Ctrl+Shift+G
Alt+G or Alt+Shift+G

Opens the GoTo Line dialog.

Alt+I or Alt+Shift+I

Toggles insert mode on or off.

Alt+J+n or Alt+Shift+J+n

Jumps to marked position n as defined with Alt+n and fixes the line containing the mark at the top of the editing window.

Alt+K or Alt+Shift+K

Deletes text from the cursor position to the end of the current line.

Alt+L or Alt+Shift+L

Mark line. Line selection remains in effect until you define another mark.

Alt+M Alt+Shift+M

Mark selection point. You can extend the selection in any direction from this point using navigation keys, or select another mark point using the mouse.

Alt+S Alt+Shift+S

Opens the Find Text dialog.

Alt+X Alt+Shift+X

Closes the current page. Allows saving of unsaved data.

Alt+n

Lets you set up to 10 bookmarks (n = 0 to 9) for each open file. You can then jump to these marks using Alt+J+n. New marks automatically override old ones. Marks are not retained between editing sessions.

Alt+Backspace

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

Alt+F4

Closes dBASE Plus. Allows saving of unsaved data.

Delete

Deletes selection or character to the right of the cursor.

Page Up

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

Page Down

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

Left Arrow

Moves cursor left one character.

Right Arrow

Moves cursor right one character.

Up Arrow

Moves cursor up one line.

Down Arrow

Moves cursor down one line.

End

Moves cursor to the end of the current line.

Home

Moves cursor to the start of the current line.

Backspace

Deletes character to the left of the cursor.

Tab

Inserts a tab (ASCII code 9)

Enter or Shift+Enter

Inserts a carriage return (ASCII code 13)

Insert

Pastes a block.

Plus

Copies a marked block.

Minus or Shift+Minus

Cuts a marked block.

Shift+Backspace

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).

Shift+End

Moves the cursor to the rightmost window position on the current line.

Shift+Home

Moves the cursor to the leftmost window position on the current line.

Shift+Tab

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).