Using Keyboard Shortcuts in the Script Editor

When you work in the script editor, you can use keyboard shortcuts to simplify your work.

The following keyboard shortcuts are available in the script editor:

Command	Keyboard Shortcut	Description
selectAll	`CTRL` + `A`	Select the whole content of the editor.
deleteLine	`CTRL` + `D`	Delete the whole line under the cursor, including newline at the end.
saveApplication	`CTRL` + `S`	Save the whole application.
singleSelection	`ESC`	When multiple selections are present, this deselects all but the primary selection.
undo	`CTRL` + `Z`	Undo the last change.
redo	`CTRL` + `Y`	Redo the last undone change.
undoSelection	`CTRL` + `U`	Undo the last change to the selection, or if there are no selection-only changes at the top of the history, undo the last change.
redoSelection	`ALT` + `U`	Redo the last change to the selection, or the last text change if no selection changes remain.
goDocStart	`CTRL` + `Home`	Move the cursor to the start of the document.
goDocEnd	`CTRL` + `End`	Move the cursor to the end of the document.
goLineStart	`ALT` + `Left`	Move the cursor to the start of the line.
goLineStartSmart	`Home`	Move to the start of the text on the line, or if we are already there, to the actual start of the line (including whitespace).
goLineEnd	`ALT` + `Right`	Move the cursor to the end of the line.
goGroupLeft	`CTRL` + `Left`	Move to the left of the group before the cursor. A group is a stretch of word characters, a stretch of punctuation characters, a newline, or a stretch of more than one whitespace character.
goGroupRight	`CTRL` + `Right`	Move to the right of the group after the cursor. A group is a stretch of word characters, a stretch of punctuation characters, a newline, or a stretch of more than one whitespace character.
delCharBefore	`SHIFT` + `Backspace`	Delete the character before the cursor.
delCharAfter	`Delete`	Delete the character after the cursor.
delGroupBefore	`CTRL` + `Backspace`	Delete to the left of the group before the cursor.
delGroupAfter	`CTRL` + `Delete`	Delete to the start of the group after the cursor.
indentAuto	`SHIFT` + `Tab`	Auto-indent the current line or selection.
find	`CTRL` + `F`	Find.
findNext	`CTRL` + `G`	Find next.
findPrev	`SHIFT` + `CTLR` + `G`	Find previous.
toggleComments	`CTRL` + `#` (Microsoft Windows), `CMD` + `/` (Mac OS)	Toggles between commenting and uncommenting the selected lines.