UltraEdit PowerTips
UE Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut keys: Maximize your efficiency
Familiarizing yourself with keyboard shortcuts over mouse strokes is the best way to be more productive. Many users are unaware of the shortcuts available that add speed/efficiency so use these shortcuts in your day-to-day use of UltraEdit.
Please note, the shortcuts listed here are default shortcuts, feel free to customize your shortcuts as you would like. There are also other commands that can be set manually. To edit shortcuts, navigate to UltraEdit → Settings → Key Mapping.
Also available:
File Tab and Editor Navigation Shortcuts
| Cmd + Ctrl + TAB | Previous Active Document |
| Alt + F2 | Previous Bookmark |
| Alt + Shift + F2 | Previous Bookmark Select |
| Alt + UP ARROW Cmd + Shift + [ | Previous Window |
| Cmd + N | New |
| Cmd + Shift + N | New Window |
| Cmd + G | Next |
| Cmd + Shift + G | Previous |
| Ctrl + Shift + TAB Ctrl + Shift + F6 | Next Active Document |
| F2 | Next Bookmark |
| Shift + F2 | Next Bookmark Select |
| Alt + DOWN ARROW | Next Window |
| Ctrl + Num 2 | Next Word End |
| END | Scroll Bottom of File |
| HOME | Scroll Top of File |
| Ctrl + Shift + DOWN ARROW | Screen Line Down |
| Ctrl + Shift + UP ARROW | Screen Line Up |
| PGDN | Screen Page Down |
| PGUP | Screen Page Up |
| Cmd + LEFT ARROW Ctrl + A Cmd + HOME | Start of Line |
| Cmd + UP ARROW Ctrl + HOME | Jump to Top of File |
| Cmd + Down Ctrl + End Ctrl + V | Navigate to bottom |
| Cmd + RIGHT ARROW Ctrl + E Cmd + END | End of Line |
| Cmd + L | Go To |
| Alt + F | Go to Next position |
| Alt + B | Go to Previous position |
| Cmd + ] | Go to matching brace |
| Ctrl + Num 1 | Prev Word End |
| Alt + PGDN | Page Down |
| Alt + PGUP | Page Up |
File management shortcuts
| Cmd + O | Open |
| Alt + Shift + O | Open Project/Workspace |
| Alt + Shift + S | Project Settings |
| Cmd + F | Quick Find |
| Cmd + Shift + O | Quick Open File |
| Cmd + W | Close |
| Cmd + Shift + W | Close All Files |
| Alt + Shift + C | Close Project/Workspace |
| Cmd + Q | Exit |
| Cmd + Alt + A | Remote File Account Manager |
| Cmd + Alt + B | Remote File Browser |
| Cmd + Alt + O | Remote File Open |
| Cmd + Alt + S | Remote File Save |
| Cmd + Alt + R | Revert to Saved |
| Cmd + S | Save |
| Alt + F12 | Save All |
| Cmd + Shift + S | Save As |
Text Editing and Formatting
| Cmd + | | Center Justify | |
| Cmd + { | Left Justify | |
| Cmd + } | Right Justify | |
| Alt + RETURN | Character Properties | |
| Ctrl + Shift + U | To Lower Case | |
| Ctrl + U | To Upper Case | |
| Ctrl + Alt + U | Capitalize | |
| Ctrl + G | Invert Case | |
| Cmd + BACKSPACE | Delete Line | |
| Alt + LEFT ARROW | Word Left | |
| Alt + RIGHT ARROW | Word Right | |
| Alt + BACKSPACE | Delete Word Left | |
| Cmd + DEL | Delete Word Right | |
| Ctrl + K | Delete to End of Line | |
| Alt + Shift + D | Duplicate Line | |
| Ctrl + Space | Autocomplete | |
| Cmd + = | Increase Font Size | |
| Cmd + - | Decrease Font Size | |
| Alt + Num Add | Line To Bottom | |
| Alt + Num * | Line To Center | |
| Alt + Num - | Line To Top | |
| Cmd + B | Match Brace | |
| Cmd + Shift + Z | Redo | |
| Cmd + Z | Undo | |
| Cmd + Alt + W | Toggle Word Wrap |
Select/Delete/Insert Shortcuts
| Cmd + C | Copy |
| Cmd + Shift + A | Copy & Append |
| Cmd + X | Cut |
| Cmd + Shift + X | Cut & Append |
| Cmd + V Ctrl + Y |
Paste |
| Cmd + Shift + V | Paste & Copy |
| F7 | Insert Date/Time |
| Ctrl + Shift + / | Remove All Carets |
| Cmd + Shift + / | Remove Last Caret |
| Cmd + R | Replace |
| Cmd + Shift + R | Replace In Files |
| Cmd + A | Select All |
| Ctrl + Shift + Num 2 | Select To Next Word End |
| Ctrl + Shift + Num 1 | Select To Prev Word End |
| Cmd + J | Select Word |
| Alt + Shift + LEFT ARROW | Select Word Left |
| Alt + Shift + RIGHT ARROW | Select Word Right |
| Cmd + Shift + DOWN ARROW Ctrl + Shift + V Ctrl + Shift + END |
Select to Bottom of File |
| Cmd + Shift + RIGHT ARROW Ctrl + Shift + E Cmd + Shift + END |
Select to End of Line |
| Cmd + Shift + LEFT ARROW Ctrl + Shift + A Cmd + Shift + HOME |
Select to Start of Line |
| Cmd + Shift + UP ARROW Ctrl + Shift + HOME |
Select to Top of File |
| Cmd + Alt + ] | Select to matching brace |
File Search and Navigation
| Cmd + * | Expand All |
| Ctrl + T | Toggle File View |
| Alt + / | Toggle split window horizontally |
| Cmd + F3 | Find |
| Cmd + Shift + F | Find In Files |
| Ctrl + Shift + F11 | Find Symbol using Ctags |
| Cmd + + | Collapse All |
| Cmd + Shift + C | Toggle Column Mode |
| Alt + F11 | Compare Files |
| Cmd + Alt + - | Hide/Show Selection |
| Cmd + . | Highlight all matching word under caret |
Git Commands
| Ctrl + Shift + H | Git Branch Manager |
| Ctrl + Shift + G | Git Shel |
| Ctrl + Shift + M | Git: Add all new files to repository |
| Ctrl + Shift + N | Git: Add current file to repository |
| Ctrl + Shift + K | Git: Commit current file only to repository |
| Ctrl + Cmd + DOWN ARROW | Git: Pull |
| Ctrl + Cmd + UP ARROW | Git: Push |
| Cmd + Shift + Y | Git: Stash changes |
| Ctrl + Shift + B | Git: blame (current file) |
Hex Shortcuts
| Cmd + Shift + H | Toggle hex mode |
| Cmd + D | Hex Insert/Delete |
Other Shortcuts
| Cmd + Shift + M | Play macro again |
| Ctrl + L | Play any macro/Multiple Times |
| Cmd + P | |
| Cmd + Alt + Shift + R | Quick Record |
| Ctrl + Alt + Z | Scripts |
| Cmd + T | Set Font |
| Cmd + ; | Spell Check |
| Cmd + 0 | Activate system Clipboard |
| Ctrl + F2 | Toggle Bookmark |
| Cmd + 1 | Activate User Clipboard 1 |
| Cmd + 2 | Activate User Clipboard 2 |
| Cmd + 3 | Activate User Clipboard 3 |
| Cmd + 4 | Activate User Clipboard 4 |
| Cmd + 5 | Activate User Clipboard 5 |
| Cmd + 6 | Activate User Clipboard 6 |
| Cmd + 7 | Activate User Clipboard 7 |
| Cmd + 8 | Activate User Clipboard 8 |
| Cmd + 9 | Activate User Clipboard 9 |
| Ctrl + 0 | Activate User Template 0 |
| Ctrl + 1 | Insert User Template 1 |
| Ctrl + 2 | Insert User Template 2 |
| Ctrl + 3 | Insert User Template 3 |
| Ctrl + 4 | Insert User Template 4 |
| Ctrl + 5 | Insert User Template 5 |
| Ctrl + 6 | Insert User Template 6 |
| Ctrl + 7 | Insert User Template 7 |
| Ctrl + 8 | Insert User Template 8 |
| Ctrl + 9 | Insert User Template 9 |
| Cmd + Shift + ) | Run User Tool 1 |
| Cmd + Shift + ( | Run User Tool 10 |
| Cmd + Shift + 1 | Run User Tool 2 |
| Cmd + Shift + 2 | Run User Tool 3 |
| Cmd + Shift + 3 | Run User Tool 4 |
| Cmd + Shift + 4 | Run User Tool 5 |
| Cmd + Shift + 5 | Run User Tool 6 |
| Cmd + Shift + 6 | Run User Tool 7 |
| Cmd + Shift + 7 | Run User Tool 8 |
| Cmd + Shift + 8 | Run User Tool 9 |
| Alt + \ | Toggle split window vertically |
| Ctrl + F8 | View Tag List |
| F1 | Open help documentation |