Text-based Document Editor Shortcuts
Created: May 05, 2022 | Updated: May 16, 2022
| Applies to version: 5
The following shortcut keys are specific to text-based document editors, including the supported scripting text-based editors. For general information regarding shortcut keys - including access and editing, general Altium environment shortcuts, and accelerator keys - see Altium NEXUS Shortcut Keys.
When looking at the shortcut key listings, keep in mind the following:
- When referring to shortcuts, use of the plus (+) symbol denotes holding multiple keys down on the keyboard in the indicated sequence. For example, Shift+F1 means holding down the Shift key then pressing the F1 key. Likewise, Shift+Ctrl+PgUp means holding down the Shift key then holding down the Ctrl key at the same time and pressing the PgUp key.
- Where use of the standard mouse buttons is made, Click refers to a single click of the left-hand mouse button, Double-Click refers to two clicks of the left-hand mouse button, and Right-Click refers to a single click of the right-hand mouse button.
General Editing |
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| Ctrl+Z | Restore a document to its state previous to the last operation. Multiple levels of undo are supported. | |
| Ctrl+Y | Restore changes made by the Undo feature. Multiple levels of redo are supported. | |
| Ctrl+X | Remove all selected text from the current document. A copy of the selection is placed on the standard Windows clipboard. | |
| Ctrl+C | Copy all selected text from the current document to the standard Windows clipboard. | |
| Ctrl+V | Place the current contents of the standard Windows clipboard into the active text-based document. | |
| Right-Click | Access context menu for the document. | |
Document Scrolling |
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| Mouse Wheel | Scroll vertically within the document. | |
| PgDn | Scroll down one page. | |
| PgUp | Scroll up one page. | |
| Ctrl+Down Arrow | Scroll down one line. | |
| Ctrl+Up Arrow | Scroll up one line. | |
Finding Text |
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| Ctrl+F | Access the Find Text dialog in which you can configure a search for specific text located in the current document, all text-based documents in the active project, all open text-based documents, or all text-based documents in a specified directory. | |
| Ctrl+H | Access the Replace Text dialog in which you can configure a search to locate and replace specific text - located in the current document, all text-based documents in the active project, all open text-based documents, or all text-based documents in a specified directory. | |
| F3 | Find the next occurrence of the last text search that was specified using the Find Text dialog. | |
| Shift+Ctrl+F | Find the next occurrence of the currently selected text in the active document. | |
Text Cursor Movement |
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| Shift+Tab | Tab backwards from the current cursor position. | |
| Down Arrow | Move the text cursor downwards one line at a time. | |
| Left Arrow | Move the text cursor to the left in the current line and by one character at a time. | |
| Ctrl+Left Arrow | Move the text cursor to the left one word at a time. | |
| Right Arrow | Move the text cursor to the right one character at a time. | |
| Ctrl+Right Arrow | Move the text cursor to the right one word at a time. | |
| Home | Move the text cursor to the beginning of the current line. | |
| Ctrl+End | Move the text cursor to the end of the file. | |
| Ctrl+PgDn | Move the text cursor to the bottom of the document window. | |
| End | Move the text cursor to the end of the current line. | |
| Ctrl+Home | Move the text cursor to the beginning of the file. | |
| Ctrl+PgUp | Move the text cursor to the top of the document window. | |
| Up Arrow | Move the text cursor upwards one line at a time. | |
Text Selection |
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| Ctrl+A | Select all of the text in the current document. | |
| Click&Drag | Full control of text selection. | |
| Shift+Left Arrow | Extend a selection by one character to the left of the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow | Extend a selection by one word to the left of the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+Down Arrow | Extend a column selection by one line down from the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+Left Arrow | Extend a selection column by one column to the left of the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+Right Arrow | Extend a selection column by one column to the right of the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+Up Arrow | Extend a column selection by one line up from the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+PgDn | Extend a selection by one page down from the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+Right Arrow | Extend a selection by one character to the right of the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow | Extend a selection by one word to the right of the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+Ctrl+Home | Extend a selection to the beginning of the current document from the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+Home | Extend a selection to the beginning of the current line from the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+Ctrl+PgDn | Extend a selection to the bottom of the current document window from the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+Ctrl+End | Extend a selection to the end of the current document from the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+End | Extend a selection to the end of the current line from the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+PgUp | Extend a selection by one page up from the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+Down Arrow | Extend a selection by one line down from the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+Up Arrow | Extend a selection by one line up from the current cursor position. | |
| Shift+Ctrl+PgUp | Extend a selection to the top of the current document window from the current cursor position. | |
Text Column Selection |
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| Alt+Click&Drag | Full control of column selection. | |
| Alt+Shift+PgDn | Extend a column selection by one page down from the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+PgUp | Extend a column selection by one page up from the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow | Extend a column selection by one word to the left of the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow | Extend a column selection by one word to the right of the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+Ctrl+PgDn | Extend a column selection to the bottom of the current document window from the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+Ctrl+Home | Extend a column selection to the beginning of the current document from the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+Ctrl+End | Extend a column selection to the end of the current document from the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+Home | Extend a column selection to the beginning of the current line from the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+End | Extend a column selection to the end of the current line from the current cursor position. | |
| Alt+Shift+Ctrl+PgUp | Extend a column selection to the top of the current document window from the current cursor position. | |
Insertion |
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| Ctrl+N | Insert a new line at the current cursor position. | |
| Enter | Insert a carriage return at the current cursor position. | |
| Tab | Insert a tab at the current cursor position. | |
Text Deletion |
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| Backspace |
Delete a single character to the left of the cursor. If one or more characters in the document are selected, the command will delete the selection. |
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| Delete | Delete a single character to the right of the cursor. If one or more characters in the document are selected, the command will delete the selection. | |
| Ctrl+Backspace | Delete all characters back to the beginning of the first word immediately to the left of the current cursor position. | |
| Ctrl+Q+Y | Delete all characters from the current cursor position to the end of the current line. | |
| Ctrl+T | Delete all characters up to the beginning of the first word immediately to the right of the current cursor position. | |
Miscellaneous |
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| Shift+Ctrl+C | Clear any filtering that is currently applied to the active document. | |
| Ctrl+Enter | Automatically open a document that the cursor is currently over. Note that this feature will only open documents that are stored in the same location on the hard disk as the text document making the call. If the document does not reside in that directory, an Open dialog will appear, from where you can browse to and open the required document. If the document is already open when a call is made, the document will become the active document. Note also that this feature will only open documents that have no spaces in their filenames. For example, Example_Design_File.SchDoc and ExampleDesignFile.SchDoc will both open using this feature, but Example Design File.SchDoc will not. | |
| Insert | Toggle the text mode between Insert and Overwrite. | |
| Shift+Ctrl+n (n=1-9) |
Store the current location of the text cursor into location marker n. A new location assigned to the location marker will overwrite a previously defined location. |
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| Ctrl+n (n=1-9) |
Move the text cursor to a predefined location on the current document, as stored in location marker n. If the applicable location marker has not been set, the text cursor will remain at its current location. |
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Scripting Specific |
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| F9 | Run the current script. If a run script is not defined, nominate a startup script procedure to execute in the the Select Item to Run dialog. | - |
| Ctrl+F9 | Run the current script up to the line where the text cursor is currently positioned, then pause. | - |
| F5 |
Toggle an enabled breakpoint for the current line. Clicking in the gutter will also toggle the breakpoint for the current line. |
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| Ctrl+F7 |
Open the script Evaluate dialog to see the current value (result) of the expression located at the cursor. Note that this command is only available while the script is running or being debugged (stepped through). |
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| F7 | Step into and execute the next line of code. Use to execute the current script one line at a time. | - |
| F8 | Step over (execute without stopping) a called procedure. If the line statement is not a called procedure, step into and execute the line as normal. | - |
| Ctrl+F3 | Halt (stop) a currently running script procedure. | - |
| Ctrl+F5 | Access the Add New Watch dialog in which you can define a new watch expression for the current script. | - |
| Ctrl+Click on variable/method | Jump the cursor to the respective variable/method declaration point. | - |
| Ctrl+J | Access the Statement Templates pop-up window. | - |
| Ctrl+Space | Access the Method Parameters pop-up window. | - |
| Alt+Ctrl+B | Open the Breakpoints panel. | - |
| Alt+Ctrl+E | Open the Code Explorer panel. | - |
| Alt+Ctrl+I | Open the Object Inspector panel. | - |
| Alt+Ctrl+P | Open the Tool Palette panel. | - |
| Alt+Ctrl+S | Open the Call Stack panel. | - |
| Alt+Ctrl+W | Open the Watch List panel. | - |
| F12 | Toggle between the Code and Form view for the active script document. | - |