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Text Navigation Shortcut Keys, General Development Settings

The following shortcut key combinations can be used in text editors to move within an open document.

Command Name

Shortcut Keys

Description

Edit.CharLeft

LEFT ARROW

Moves the insertion point one character to the left.

Edit.CharRight

RIGHT ARROW

Moves the insertion point one character to the right.

Edit.DocumentEnd

CTRL + END

Moves the insertion point to the last line of the document.

Edit.DocumentStart

CTRL + HOME

Moves the insertion point to the first line of the document.

Edit.GoTo

CTRL + G

Displays the Go To Line dialog box.

Edit.GoToBrace

CTRL + ]

Moves the insertion point to the next brace in the document.

Edit.LineDown

DOWN ARROW

Moves the insertion point down one line.

Edit.LineEnd

END

Moves the insertion point to the end of the current line.

Edit.LineStart

HOME

Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the line.

Edit.LineUp

UP ARROW

Moves the insertion point up one line.

Edit.NextError

CTRL + SHIFT + F12

Moves to the next error entry in the Error List window, which automatically scrolls to the affected section of text in the editor.

Edit.PageDown

PAGE DOWN

Scrolls down one screen in the editor window.

Edit.PageUp

PAGE UP

Scrolls up one screen in the editor window.

Edit.QuickInfo

CTRL + K, CTRL + I

Displays Quick Info, based on the current language.

Edit.ScrollLineDown

CTRL + DOWN ARROW

Scrolls text down one line. Available in text editors only.

Edit.ScrollLineUp

CTRL + UP ARROW

Scrolls text up one line. Available in text editors only.

Edit.ViewBottom

CTRL + PAGE DOWN

Moves to the bottom of the current document.

Edit.ViewTop

CTRL + PAGE UP

Moves to the top of the current window.

Edit.WordNext

CTRL + RIGHT ARROW

Moves the insertion point to the right one word.

Edit.WordPrevious

CTRL + LEFT ARROW

Moves the insertion point to the left one word.

View.BrowseNext

CTRL + SHIFT + 1

Navigates to the next definition, declaration, or reference of an item. Available in the Object BrowserandClass View window.

View.BrowsePrevious

CTRL + SHIFT + 2

Navigates to the previous definition, declaration, or reference of an item. Available in the Object Browser and Class View window.

View.NavigateBackward

CTRL + MINUS SIGN (-)

Navigates to the previous browsed line of code.

View.NavigateForward

CTRL + SHIFT + MINUS SIGN (-)

Navigates to the next browsed line of code.

View.PopBrowseContext

CTRL + SHIFT + 8

Navigates to the previous item called in code in the current file.

View.ForwardBrowseContext

CTRL + SHIFT + 7

Navigates to the next item called in code in the current file.

See Also

Reference

General Development Settings Default Shortcut Keys