Appendix A. Keyboard Shortcuts

This appendix documents the default set of keyboard shortcuts. They can be customized to suit your taste in the Shortcuts pane of the Utilities>Global Options dialog box; see the section called “The Global Options Dialog Box”.

Files
For details, see the section called “Switching Buffers”, the section called “Multiple Views” and Chapter 4, Working With Files.
    
C+n
New file.
C+o
Open file.
C+w
Close buffer.
C+e C+w
Close all buffers.
C+s
Save buffer.
C+e C+s
Save all buffers.
C+p
Print buffer.
C+PAGE_UP
Go to previous buffer.
C+PAGE_DOWN
Go to next buffer.
C+`
Go to recent buffer.
A+`
Show buffer switcher.
C+q
Exit jEdit.

Views
For details, see the section called “Multiple Views”.
    
C+e C+t
Turn gutter (line numbering) on and off.
C+0
Remove split containing current text area only.
C+1
Remove all splits.
C+2
Split view horizontally.
C+3
Split view vertically.
A+PAGE_UP
Send keyboard focus to previous text area.
A+PAGE_DOWN
Send keyboard focus to next text area.
C+e UP; LEFT; DOWN; RIGHT
Send keyboard focus to top; bottom; left; right docking area.
C+e C+`
Close currently focused docking area.

Action Bar
For details, see the section called “The Action Bar”.
    
C+ENTER
Display the action bar and give it keyboard focus.
C+SPACE
Repeat last editor action.

Moving the Caret
For details, see the section called “Moving The Caret”, the section called “Working With Words”, the section called “Working With Lines”, the section called “Working With Paragraphs” and the section called “Bracket Matching”.
    
Arrow
Move caret one character or line.
C+Arrow
Move caret one word or paragraph.
PAGE_UP; PAGE_DOWN
Move caret one screenful.
HOME
First non-whitespace character of line, beginning of line, first visible line (repeated presses).
END
Last non-whitespace character of line, end of line, last visible line (repeated presses).
C+HOME
Beginning of buffer.
C+END
End of buffer.
C+]
Go to matching bracket.
C+e [; ]
Go to previous; next bracket.
C+l
Go to line.

Selecting Text
For details, see the section called “Selecting Text”, the section called “Working With Words”, the section called “Working With Lines”, the section called “Working With Paragraphs” and the section called “Bracket Matching”.
    
S+Arrow
Extend selection by one character or line.
CS+Arrow
Extend selection by one word or paragraph.
S+PAGE_UP; S+PAGE_DOWN
Extend selection by one screenful.
S+HOME
Extend selection to first non-whitespace character of line, beginning of line, first visible line (repeated presses).
S+END
Extend selection to last non-whitespace character of line, end of line, last visible line (repeated presses).
CS+HOME
Extend selection to beginning of buffer.
CS+END
Extend selection to end of buffer.
C+[
Select code block.
C+e w; l; p
Select word; line; paragraph.
C+e C+l
Select line range.
C+a
Select all.
ESCAPE
Select none.
A+\
Switch between range and rectangular selection mode.
C+\
Switch between single and multiple selection mode.
C+e i
Invert selection.

Scrolling
For details, see the section called “Multiple Views”.
    
C+e C+j
Ensure current line is visible, and send focus to the text area.
C+e C+n
Center caret on screen.
C+'; C+/
Scroll up; down one line.
A+'; A+/
Scroll up; down one page.

Text Editing
For details, see the section called “Undo and Redo”, the section called “Inserting and Deleting Text”, the section called “Working With Words”, the section called “Working With Lines” and the section called “Working With Paragraphs”.
    
C+z
Undo.
C+e C+z
Redo.
BACK_SPACE; DELETE
Delete character before; after caret.
C+BACK_SPACE; C+DELETE
Delete word before; after caret.
C+d; C+e d
Delete line; paragraph.
CS+BACK_SPACE; CS+DELETE
Delete from caret to beginning; end of line.
C+e r
Remove trailing whitespace from the current line (or all selected lines).
C+j
Join lines.
C+b
Complete word.
C+e f
Format paragraph (or selection).

Clipboard and Registers
For details, see the section called “Transferring Text”.
    
C+x or S+DELETE
Cut selected text to clipboard.
C+c or C+INSERT
Copy selected text to clipboard.
C+e C+u
Append selected text to clipboard, removing it from the buffer.
C+e C+a
Append selected text to clipboard, leaving it in the buffer.
C+v or S+INSERT
Paste clipboard contents.
C+e C+p
Vertically paste clipboard contents.
C+r C+x key
Cut selected text to register key.
C+r C+c key
Copy selected text to register key.
C+r C+u key
Append selected text to register key, removing it from the buffer.
C+r C+a key
Append selected text to register key, leaving it in the buffer.
C+r C+v key
Paste contents of register key.
C+r C+p key
Vertically paste contents of register key.
C+e C+v
Paste previous.
C+e C+y
Paste deleted.

Markers
For details, see the section called “Markers”.
    
C+e C+m
If current line doesn't contain a marker, one will be added. Otherwise, the existing marker will be removed. Use the Markers menu to return to markers added in this manner.
C+t key
Add marker with shortcut key.
C+y key
Go to marker with shortcut key.
C+u key
Select to marker with shortcut key.
C+k key
Go to marker with shortcut key, and move the marker to the previous caret position.
C+e C+,; C+e C+.
Move caret to previous; next marker.

Search and Replace
For details, see the section called “Search and Replace”.
    
C+f
Open search and replace dialog box.
C+g
Find next.
C+h
Find previous.
C+e C+b
Search in open buffers.
C+e C+d
Search in directory.
C+e C+r
Replace in selection.
C+e C+g
Replace in selection and find next.
C+,
Incremental search bar.
A+,
HyperSearch bar.
C+.
Incremental search for word under the caret.
A+.
HyperSearch for word under the caret.
C+e C+i
Toggle ignore case.
C+e C+x
Toggle regular expressions.

Source Code Editing
For details, see the section called “Abbreviations”, the section called “Tabbing and Indentation” and the section called “Commenting Out Code”.
    
C+;
Expand abbreviation.
A+LEFT; A+RIGHT
Shift current line (or all selected lines) left; right.
S+TAB; TAB
Shift selected lines left; right. Note that pressing TAB with no selection active will insert a tab character at the caret position.
C+i
Indent current line (or all selected lines).
C+e C+c
Range comment selection.
C+e C+k
Line comment selection.

Folding and Narrowing
For details, see the section called “Folding” and the section called “Narrowing”.
    
A+BACK_SPACE
Collapse fold containing caret.
A+ENTER
Expand fold containing caret one level only.
AS+ENTER
Expand fold containing caret fully.
C+e x
Expand all folds.
C+e a
Add explicit fold.
C+e s
Select fold.
C+e ENTER key
Expand folds with level less than key, collapse all others.
C+e n n
Narrow to fold.
C+e n s
Narrow to selection.
A+UP; A+DOWN
Moves caret to previous; next fold.
C+e u
Moves caret to the parent fold of the one containing the caret.

Macros
For details, see Chapter 8, Using Macros.
    
C+m C+r
Record macro.
C+m C+m
Record temporary macro.
C+m C+s
Stop recording.
C+m C+p
Run temporary macro.

Alternative Shortcuts
A few frequently-used commands have alternative shortcuts intended to help you keep your hands from moving all over the keyboard.
    
A+j; A+l
Move caret to previous, next character.
A+i; A+k
Move caret up, down one line.
A+q; A+a
Move caret up, down one screenful.
A+z
First non-whitespace character of line, beginning of line, first visible line (repeated presses).
A+x
Last non-whitespace character of line, end of line, last visible line (repeated presses).