SlickEdit® Core provides three ways to launch operations: commands, menu items, and key bindings. For example, to bring up the Find and Replace dialog, you could use any of the following methods:
Type the gui_find command on the SlickEdit Core command line.
Click Edit → Find/Replace in the main menu.
Press the key binding Ctrl+F.
The command forms the basis of each method. Commands are often bound to more than one key sequence. They can also be bound to mouse events, including the spin wheel. Key bindings are the fastest and most efficient means of executing operations.
See SlickEdit® Command Line for more information about commands, and Key and Mouse Bindings for more information about bindings.
SlickEdit has the capbility of emulating other editors. An emulation controls the key sequences used to invoke operations and many of the behaviors of the editor. For more information, see Emulations.
Most keyboard shortcuts for basic text operations can be used inside any text box in SlickEdit® Core, including the SlickEdit Core command line, which is also a text box. The table below shows a list of these shortcuts, based on the CUA emulation.
Note that even if you are not using the CUA emulation, by default, you can still use the common Cut/Copy/Paste keyboard shortcuts inside text boxes (Ctrl+X/Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V, respectively). To disable this capability, so that you can use your emulation's Cut/Copy/Paste shortcuts, from the main menu, click Window → SlickEdit Preferences → Editing → General, then set the option CUA text box to False.
|
Text Box Editing Operation |
Key Shortcut |
|---|---|
|
Append Cut |
Ctrl+Shift+X |
|
Append to Clipboard |
Ctrl+Shift+C |
|
Copy Word to Clipboard |
Ctrl+K |
|
Copy |
Ctrl+C |
|
Cut Line |
Ctrl+Backspace |
|
Cut to End of Line |
Ctrl+E |
|
Cut Word |
Ctrl+Shift+K |
|
Cut |
Ctrl+X |
|
Delete Character Under Cursor or Selection |
Delete |
|
Delete Previous Character or Selection |
Backspace |
|
Expand Alias |
Ctrl+Shift+O |
|
Expand Partially Typed Parameter or Insert Space |
Spacebar |
|
Extend Selection to Mouse Position |
Shift+Click |
|
Insert Mode Toggle |
Insert |
|
List Clipboards |
Ctrl+Shift+V |
|
List Matches to Partially Typed Parameter |
? |
|
Lowercase Word |
Ctrl+Shift+L |
|
Move Cursor Left |
Left arrow |
|
Move Cursor Right |
Right arrow |
|
Move Cursor to Beginning of Line |
Home |
|
Move Cursor to End of Line |
End |
|
Next Word |
Ctrl+Right arrow |
|
Paste |
Ctrl+V |
|
Previous Word |
Ctrl+Left arrow |
|
Select Line |
Triple-click |
|
Select Text Between Cursor and Beginning of Line |
Shift+Home |
|
Select Text Between Cursor and End of Line |
Shift+End |
|
Select Word |
Double-click |
Many users have a preference for the functions of the keys Backspace, Delete, Enter, Tab, and Home. Options are available for changing the function of these keys. To access these options, from the main menu, click Window → SlickEdit Preferences → Keyboard → Redefine Common Keys.
For a description of each option, see Redefine Common Key Options. For more information on changing Tab key functions, see Indenting with Tabs.