This appendix documents the "jEdit" keymap of keyboard shortcuts. Keymaps can be created and customized to suit your taste in the pane of the > dialog box; see Section 8.3.15, “The Shortcuts Pane”.
For details, see Section 4.3, “Switching Buffers”, Section 4.2, “Multiple Views” and Chapter 5, 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. |
For details, see Section 4.2, “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. |
For details, see Section 4.7, “The Action Bar”.
| C+ENTER | Display the action bar and give it keyboard focus. |
| C+SPACE | Repeat last editor action. |
For details, see Section 6.1, “Moving The Caret”, Section 6.6, “Working With Words”, Section 6.7, “Working With Lines”, Section 6.8, “Working With Paragraphs” and Section 7.4, “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. |
For details, see Section 6.2, “Selecting Text”, Section 6.6, “Working With Words”, Section 6.7, “Working With Lines”, Section 6.8, “Working With Paragraphs” and Section 7.4, “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. |
For details, see Section 4.2, “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. |
For details, see Section 6.5, “Undo and Redo”, Section 6.4, “Inserting and Deleting Text”, Section 6.6, “Working With Words”, Section 6.7, “Working With Lines” and Section 6.8, “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). |
For details, see Section 6.11, “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. |
For details, see Section 6.12, “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 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. |
For details, see Section 6.13, “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. |
For details, see Section 7.5, “Abbreviations”, Section 7.2, “Tabbing and Indentation” and Section 7.3, “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. |
For details, see Section 7.6, “Folding” and Section 7.6.4, “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. |
For details, see Chapter 9, 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. |
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). |