This short text describes key behavior in the editor pane. The term "Move to inside segment" means, that the cursor moves to the beginning of the segment if it was previously before the segment, and to the end of the segment if it was previously after it.
Table B.1. Key behavior in the editor
Key combination | Action |
---|---|
Left: | one char left, but not further than the beginning of segment |
Right: | one char right, but not further than the end of segment |
Ctrl+Left: | one word left, but not further than the beginning of segment |
Ctrl+Right: | one word right, but not further than the end of segment |
PgUp: | page up through the document |
PgDn: | page down through the document |
Home* | move to the beginning of the line in the segment |
End* | move to the end of the line in the segment |
Ctrl+Home | move to the start of the segment |
Ctrl+End | move to the end of the segment |
Ctrl+PgUp | move to the start of the document (Mac: Cmd+PgUp) |
Ctrl+PgDn | move to the end of the document (Mac: Cmd+PgDn) |
Backspace* | remove char before cursor |
Delete* | remove char after cursor |
Ctrl+Backspace | remove chars up to the start of the current word (Mac: Alt+Backspace) |
Ctrl+Delete | remove chars up to the start of next word (Mac: Alt+Delete) |
Ctrl+Enter | open previous segment (Mac: Cmd+Enter) |
Ctrl+A | select complete segment (Mac: Cmd+A) |
Ctrl+Shift+O | RTL-LTR switch |
* These keys behave differently when the cursor is outside the editable segment:
Home: cursor to the beginning of the active segment
End: cursor to the end of the active segment
Backspace: nothing
Delete: nothing
Any char key, if clicked outside editable segment, will be ignored.
The "Shift" key doesn't exhibit any special behavior per se: when the
"Shift" key is pressed, all keys move the cursor in their usual manner,
except in the case of the Shift+Enter
combination, that
inserts a line break into the text.
System-wide commands Select All (Ctrl+A), Paste (Ctrl+V), Cut (Ctrl+X), copy (Ctrl+C), Insert match (Ctrl+I) and Insert source (Ctrl+Shift+I) act in principle on the text within the currently open segment only.
Note that you can reassign the shortcuts to your own preferences. See Appendix ShortCut Customization