Editor Key Stroke Reference

This page lists the key stroke sequences for commands supported by the Quickscript window and the SE Resource Editor.

Note: Under OS X, you can also use the Command key when Ctrl is listed below.

Command

Key Stroke

Available in
Quickscript
Available in
Resource
Editor (2.5)
Delete previous word Ctrl + Backspace
Delete next word Ctrl + Delete
Toggle rectangular selection Ctrl + \
Move to previous/next word Ctrl + Left / Right
Select to previous/next word Ctrl  + Shift + Left / Right
Move to start of line Home
Move to end of line End
Select to start of line Shift + Home
Select to end of line Shift + End
Move to start of document Ctrl + Home
Move to end of document Ctrl + End
Select to start of document Ctrl  + Shift + Home
Select to end of document Ctrl + Shift + End
Select all Ctrl + A
Move up one window full Page Up
Move down one window full Page Down
Select up one window full Shift + Page Up
Select down one window full Shift + Page Down
Cut selection Ctrl + X
Swap Cut selection (clipboard and selection are swapped) Ctrl + Shift + X
Copy selection Ctrl + C
Copy selection as CSS styled HTML Ctrl + Shift + C
Paste selection Ctrl + V
Paste selection as rectangle Ctrl + Shift + V
Indent selected lines Tab (when text is selected)
Unindent selected lines Shift + Tab (when text is selected)
Insert a new line without breaking the current line Shift + Enter
Insert a new line, ignoring the indentation of the previous line Alt + Enter
Comment out selected lines1 Ctrl + /
Uncomment out selected lines1 Ctrl + Shift + /
Undo previous edit Ctrl + Z
Redo most recently undone edit Ctrl + Y
Repeat the next key stroke n times
Examples:
    Select next 10 lines: Home, Ctrl + Enter, 1, 0, Shift + Down
    Play macro 25 times: Ctrl + Enter, 2, 5, F6
Ctrl + Enter n keystroke
New script file tab Ctrl + N  
New settings or spelling word file tab Ctrl + Shift + N  
Open file (in new tab) Ctrl + O  
Close current file tab Ctrl + W  
Close all open file tabs Ctrl + Shift + W  
Save current file tab Ctrl + S  
Find in current file tab Ctrl + F  
Find next occurrence Alt + N  
Find previous occurrence Alt + P  
Replace in current file tab Ctrl + R  
Replace next occurrence Alt + R  
Start recording macro F9
Stop recording macro F10
Play back recorded macro F6
Transform selection to upper case Ctrl + Shift + U
Transform selection to lower case Ctrl + Shift + L
"Justify" lines (break them at) 80 columns Ctrl + J  
Join into a single line Ctrl + Shift + J  
Increase/decrease text size Ctrl + Plus / Ctrl + Minus,
Ctrl + Mouse Wheel
 
Toggle full screen mode Ctrl + Shift + Enter  
Insert non-breaking space. Ctrl + Space
Insert characters (for hard to type letters and symbols) Ctrl + H  
Surround selection with bold tags Ctrl + B  
Surround selection with italic tags Ctrl + I  
Surround selection with typewriter text tags Ctrl + T  
Surround selection with heading tags Ctrl + 1  
Surround selection with subheading tags Ctrl + 2  
Surround selection with subsubheading tags Ctrl + 3  
Surround selection with new JavaScript function2 Ctrl + U  
Surround selection with new JavaScript function and documentation comments2 Ctrl + Alt + U  
Surround selection with for block (loop)3 Ctrl + L  
Surround selection with try-catch block3 Ctrl + K  
Trim right end of selected lines (remove trailing spaces) Ctrl + M  
Sort selected lines Ctrl + Shift + S  
Compare files (diff) Ctrl + D  
Evaluate the selection as a JavaScript expression, replacing the selection with the result
(if there is no selection, the current line is used)
Ctrl + E  
Generate object symbols for selected lines Ctrl + G  
Run current tab as a Quickscript in Strange Eons4 F5
Debug current tab as a Quickscript in Strange Eons4 F3

1 Only enabled when editing file types that have end-of-line comments (property files, JavaScript, Java).
2 Only enabled when editing JavaScript files.
3 Only enabled when editing Java or JavaScript files.
4 To use this feature from the SE Text Resource Editor, you must install the editor integration plug-in and use it to start the editor.

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