Keyboard Commands

Article Number: 1238 | Last Updated: Fri, Oct 21, 2011 4:21 PM

UltraEdit allows the use of keyboard commands for a number of commonly used features. The keyboard commands are listed below:

F1	Help	Show UltraEdit Help
Shift+F1	Context Help	Invoke the context help
Ctrl+N	File New	Create a new document file
Ctrl+O	File Open	Open an existing document file
Ctrl+Q	File Quick Open	Open an existing document file without showing the File Open dialog
Ctrl+F4	File Close	Close an existing document
Ctrl+S	File Save	Save the active document
F12	File Save As	Save the active document as a new file
Ctrl+P	File Print	Print the active document
Ctrl+X	Edit Cut	Cut text from active document into the clipboard
Ctrl+C	Edit Copy	Copy text from active document into the clipboard
Ctrl+V	Edit Paste	Paste text from the clipboard into the active document
Ctrl+0-9	Edit Select Clipboard	Select active clipboard
Ctrl+A	Edit Select All	Select All text in active document
Ctrl+Z	Edit Undo	Undo last action if possible
Ctrl+Y	Edit Redo	Reverse last Undo action if possible
Ctrl+J	Edit Select Word	Select the current word (same as double click)
Ctrl+E	Edit Delete Line	Delete line cursor is on
Ctrl+F11	Edit Delete to Start of Line	Delete from cursor to start of line
Ctrl+F12	Edit Delete to End of Line	Delete from cursor to end of line
Ctrl+W	Toggle Word Wrap	Toggle word wrap on/off
F7	Edit Insert Time/Date	Insert time/date at cursor
Alt+F3 or Ctrl+F	Find	Find a character string
Ctrl+F3	Find Prev	Repeat last find toward beginning of file
F3	Find Next	Repeat last find toward end of file
Ctrl+B	Match Brace	Find matching brace (,[,{ or },],)
Ctrl+R	Replace	Find and replace a character string with another
Ctrl+G	Goto	Goto the specified line (or HEX address)
Ctrl+U	File Tree View	Toggle File Tree View
Ctrl+F8	Tag List	Toggle Tag List
Ctrl+T	Reformat Paragraph	Reformat the current paragraph or selected text
Ctrl+F5	Format to Lower	Convert selected text to lower case
Alt+F5	Format to Upper	Convert selected text to upper case
F5	Format Capitalize	Capitalize first character of each word in selected text
Shift+F5	Format Invert Case	Invert case of all characters in selected text
Ctrl+K	Edit Spell Check	Invoke the spelling checker
Alt+C	Column Mode	Toggle column/block mode on/off
Ctrl+Backspace	Delete previous word	Delete the word preceding the cursor
Ctrl+Delete	Delete next word	Delete the word following the cursor
Ctrl+I	Insert Literal Character	Insert a literal character at cursor position
INS	Insert/Overstrike Mode	Toggle insert/overstrike mode
Ctrl+H	HEX Edit	Toggle HEX editing mode
Ctrl+D	HEX Insert/Delete	Insert or delete characters in HEX editing mode
Ctrl+F2	Set Bookmark	Toggle bookmark on/off
F2	Goto Bookmark	Goto next bookmark
Ctrl+M	Macro Play	Replay a macro
Ctrl+L	Macro Play Multiple Times	Replay a macro the specified number of times
Ctrl+F6	Next Window	Make next document window active
Ctrl+Shift+F6	Previous Window	Make previous document window active
Alt+F4	Exit UltraEdit	Exit UltraEdit
Alt+0-9 or Shift+Alt+0-9	Insert Template	Insert user-defined template
F9	DOS Command	Run DOS window command
Ctrl+F9	Last DOS Command	Repeat last DOS window command
F10	Run Windows Program	Run Windows Program
Ctrl+Shift+A	Inserts ä character	(As ANSI or ASCII based on the font)
Ctrl+Shift+A (Caps Lock on)	Inserts Ä character	(As ANSI or ASCII based on the font)
Ctrl+Shift+O	Inserts ö character	(As ANSI or ASCII based on the font)
Ctrl+Shift+O (Caps Lock on)	Inserts Ö character	(As ANSI or ASCII based on the font)
Ctrl+Shift+U	Inserts ü character	(As ANSI or ASCII based on the font)
Ctrl+Shift+U (Caps Lock on)	Inserts Ü character	(As ANSI or ASCII based on the font)
Ctrl+Shift+S	Inserts ß character	(As ANSI or ASCII based on the font)
Ctrl+Shift+S (Caps Lock on)	Inserts ß character	(As ANSI or ASCII based on the font)
Ctrl+Up	Scroll Up	Scroll up one line keeping cursor in view
Ctrl+Down	Scroll Down	Scroll down one line keeping cursor in view
F4	Change Focus	Toggle focus between active file and Tree View if visible
F8	Display Function List	Display Function List
Alt+Right	Next Paragraph	Position cursor at first non-space character of next paragraph
Alt+Left	Previous Paragraph	Position cursor at first non-space character of current paragraph (if positioned mid-paragraph) or previous paragraph
Alt+Page Up	Top of Window	Position cursor at beginning of first line of display
Alt+Page Down	Bottom of Window	Position cursor at beginning of last line of display
Alt+'-' (numeric keypad only)	Scroll to Top	Position active line at top of window
Alt+'+' (numeric keypad only)	Scroll to Bottom	Position active line at bottom of window
Alt+'center' or Alt+'5' (numeric keypad only)	Scroll to Center	Position active line at center of window
Ctrl+'1' (numeric keypad '1' only)	End of previous word	Position cursor at the end of the previous word
Ctrl+'2' (numeric keypad '2' only)	End of next word	Position cursor at the end of the next word
Ctrl+Insert	Telnet copy	Copy selected text in Telnet client to clipboard
Shift+Insert	Telnet paste	Paste clipboard contents into Telnet client