Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revision		Previous revision
howtos:sorted_keyboard_shortcuts [2013/09/12 06:04] – Same contents as original table but now in logical, not alphabetic, order richardhhowtos:sorted_keyboard_shortcuts [2024/05/29 15:25] (current) – better formulation ralf3u
Line 4: Line 4:
 offers some keyboard shortcuts ('File/New'  = Ctrl+N, ...; 'Edit/Undo' = Ctrl+Z, ..). offers some keyboard shortcuts ('File/New'  = Ctrl+N, ...; 'Edit/Undo' = Ctrl+Z, ..).
  
-The following table lists  all the built-in shortcuts.+The following tables list all the built-in shortcuts. 
 +Customizable shortcuts are marked as **(C)**.
  
 You can make more! For how to do this, see  You can make more! For how to do this, see 
Line 34: Line 35:
 |Alt-Right (C)|Navigate forward a location|Switches to the next location in the navigation history. See the section called Code Navigation History.| |Alt-Right (C)|Navigate forward a location|Switches to the next location in the navigation history. See the section called Code Navigation History.|
 |Alt-Left (C)|Navigate back a location|Switches to the previous location in the navigation history. See the section called Code navigation history.| |Alt-Left (C)|Navigate back a location|Switches to the previous location in the navigation history. See the section called Code navigation history.|
 +|F1 (C)|Help|Opens the manual.|
 +
 +
 +==== MOVING THE DOCUMENT====
 +
 +^Shortcut keys^Action^Description^
 |Ctrl-Shift-PageDown|Move document right|Changes the current document with the right hand one.| |Ctrl-Shift-PageDown|Move document right|Changes the current document with the right hand one.|
 |Ctrl-Shift-PageUp|Move document left|Changes the current document with the left hand one.| |Ctrl-Shift-PageUp|Move document left|Changes the current document with the left hand one.|
Line 39: Line 46:
 |Ctrl-PageUp (C)|Switch to left document|Switches to the previous open document.| |Ctrl-PageUp (C)|Switch to left document|Switches to the previous open document.|
 |Ctrl-+ (C)|Zoom In|Zooms in the text.| |Ctrl-+ (C)|Zoom In|Zooms in the text.|
-|Ctrl-- (C)|Zoom Out|Zooms out the text.|+|Ctrl-<nowiki>-</nowiki> (C)|Zoom Out|Zooms out the text.|
 |Ctrl-0|Zoom Reset|Reset any previous zoom on the text.| |Ctrl-0|Zoom Reset|Reset any previous zoom on the text.|
 |F11 (C)|Fullscreen|Switches to fullscreen mode.| |F11 (C)|Fullscreen|Switches to fullscreen mode.|
Line 60: Line 67:
 |Alt-Shift-P|Select current paragraph|Selects the current paragraph under the cursor which is defined by two empty lines around it.| |Alt-Shift-P|Select current paragraph|Selects the current paragraph under the cursor which is defined by two empty lines around it.|
 |Ctrl-A (C)|Select all|Makes a selection of all text in the current document.| |Ctrl-A (C)|Select all|Makes a selection of all text in the current document.|
 +|Control + Shift|Column mode editing (rectangular selections)|edits of the text within this selection will be done for every line in the selection.| 
 +|Control + Alt|Column mode editing (rectangular selections)|edits of the text within this selection will be done for every line in the selection.|
 |Ctrl-Shift-M|Mark All|Highlight all matches of the current word/selection in the current document with a colored box. If there's nothing to find, or the cursor is next to an existing match, the highlighted matches will be cleared.| |Ctrl-Shift-M|Mark All|Highlight all matches of the current word/selection in the current document with a colored box. If there's nothing to find, or the cursor is next to an existing match, the highlighted matches will be cleared.|
 |Ctrl-M|Toggle marker|Set a marker on the current line, or clear the marker if there already is one.| |Ctrl-M|Toggle marker|Set a marker on the current line, or clear the marker if there already is one.|
Line 83: Line 92:
  
  
-====  EDITTING ====+====  EDITING ====
  
 ^Shortcut keys^Action^Description^ ^Shortcut keys^Action^Description^
 |Shift-Alt-D|Insert date|Inserts a customisable date.| |Shift-Alt-D|Insert date|Inserts a customisable date.|
 +|Ctrl-Shift-U, Unicode, Enter|Insert one special character|Hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys together, press the U key, release the U key, release the Ctrl and Shift keys, type for example 2014, and then hit the Enter key.|
 |Ctrl-E|Toggle line commentation|Comments a line if it is not commented or removes a comment if the line is commented.| |Ctrl-E|Toggle line commentation|Comments a line if it is not commented or removes a comment if the line is commented.|
 |Ctrl-Alt-U|Toggle case of selection|Changes the case of the selection. A lowercase selection will be changed into uppercase and vice versa. If the selection contains lower- and uppercase characters, all will be converted to lowercase.| |Ctrl-Alt-U|Toggle case of selection|Changes the case of the selection. A lowercase selection will be changed into uppercase and vice versa. If the selection contains lower- and uppercase characters, all will be converted to lowercase.|
Line 115: Line 125:
 |Ctrl-R (C)|Reload file|Reloads the current file. All unsaved changes will be lost.| |Ctrl-R (C)|Reload file|Reloads the current file. All unsaved changes will be lost.|
 |Ctrl-Tab|Switch to last used document|Switches to the previously shown document (if it's still open). Holding Ctrl (or another modifier if the keybinding has been changed) will show a dialog, then repeated presses of the keybinding will switch to the 2nd-last used document, 3rd-last, etc. Also known as Most-Recently-Used documents switching.| |Ctrl-Tab|Switch to last used document|Switches to the previously shown document (if it's still open). Holding Ctrl (or another modifier if the keybinding has been changed) will show a dialog, then repeated presses of the keybinding will switch to the 2nd-last used document, 3rd-last, etc. Also known as Most-Recently-Used documents switching.|
 +|Shift+F10|Open a dialog|The dialog is the same dialog when right-clicking on a tab-title. With the arrow-up/down-key of the keyboard there is the possibility to chose an entry. Then press enter to execute. Else press the Esc-key to let disappear the dialog.|
 |Ctrl-S (C)|Save|Saves the current file.| |Ctrl-S (C)|Save|Saves the current file.|
 |Ctrl-Shift-S|Save all|Saves all open files.| |Ctrl-Shift-S|Save all|Saves all open files.|
Line 149: Line 160:
 |F1 (C)|Help|Opens the manual.| |F1 (C)|Help|Opens the manual.|
  
 +===== System and keyboard specific shortcuts =====
  
  
  
  
 +==== INSERT ONE SPECIAL CHARACTER====
  
 +Shortcuts in this section are not part of Geany but provided by some systems and by some keyboards. So, it can be that the following shortcuts don't work on some systems or keyboards.
  
- +^Shortcut keys^Action^Description^ 
- +|Alt Gr-character|Insert one special character|Press on the keyboard at the same time the Alt Gr key and one symbol key, like a number or a letter.| 
- +|Alt Gr-Shift-character|Insert one special character|Press on the keyboard at the same time the Alt Gr key, the Shift key and one symbol key, like a number or a letter.|
- +
- +
- +
- +
- +
- +
  
  

Trace:

Print/export