Keyboard and Mouse Control in the Editor Window

Use

Insert and overwrite mode

Keyboard command

Description

Insert

Switches between insert and overwrite mode

Clipboard Control

Keyboard command

Description

Ctrl + Ins

Shift + Ctrl + Ins

Ctrl + C

Shift + Ctrl + C

Copies the selected text to the clipboard

Ctrl + Del

Shift + Ctrl + Del

Ctrl + X

Shift + Ctrl + X

Cuts the selected text to the clipboard Ctrl + Ins

Ctrl + Ins

Shift + Ctrl + Ins

Ctrl + V

Shift + Ctrl + V

Pastes the contents of the clipboard at the cursor position

Undo / Redo

Keyboard command

Description

Ctrl + Z

Alt + Backspace

Undo

Ctrl + Y

Redo

Navigating in the Text

Keyboard command

Description

Choose ­

Cursor moves one line higher

Arrow Down

Cursor moves one line lower

Arrow Down

Cursor moves one character to the left

Arrow Right

Cursor moves one character to the right

PgUp

Cursor moves up one page

PgDn

Cursor moves down one page

Home

Cursor moves to beginning of line

End

Cursor moves to end of line

Ctrl +

Cursor moves to beginning of the current paragraph

Ctrl + Arrow Down

Cursor moves to beginning of the next paragraph

Ctrl + Arrow Left

Cursor moves to beginning of next word to the left

Ctrl + Arrow Right

Cursor moves to beginning of next word to the right

Ctrl+PgUp

Cursor moves to the first fully-visible character in the editor window

Ctrl + PgDn

Cursor moves to the last fully-visible character in the editor window

Ctrl + Home

Cursor moves to the first character of the text

Ctrl + End

Cursor moves to the last character of the text

Selecting Text

Keyboard command

Description

Ctrl + A

Ctrl + Shift + A

Selects entire text

Shift +

Selects the text from the current cursor position one whole line upwards

Shift + Arrow Down

Selects the text from the current cursor position one whole line downwards

Shift + Arrow Left

Selects the text from the current cursor position one character to the left

Shift + Arrow Right

Selects the text from the current cursor position one character to the right

Shift + PgUp

Selects one whole editor page upwards from the current cursor position

Ctrl + PgDn

Selects one whole editor page downwards from the current cursor position

Ctrl + Home

Selects the text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the line

Ctrl + End

Selects the text from the current cursor position to the end of the line

Shift + Ctrl +

Selects the text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the current paragraph

Shift + Ctrl + Arrow Down

Selects the text from the current cursor position to the end of the current paragraph

Shift + Ctrl + Arrow Left

Selects the text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the next word to the left

Shift + Ctrl + Arrow Right

Selects the text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the next word to the right

Shift + Ctrl + PgUp

Selects the text from the current cursor position to the first fully visible line in the editor window

Shift + Ctrl + PgDn

Selects the text from the current cursor position to the last fully visible line in the editor window

Shift + Ctrl + Home

Selects the text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the text

Shift + Ctrl + End

Selects the text from the current cursor position to the end of the text

Press and hold left mouse button and drag mouse

Selects the text block

Single click the left-hand edge of a line with the left mouse button

Selects the entire line

Click the left-hand edge of a line with the left mouse button and drag up or down

Selects a successive set of lines

Ctrl + Single click on the left-hand edge of a line with the left mouse button

Selects entire text

Find and Replace

If text is selected, the actions affect the selected area. However, this only applies to actions triggered at the frontend. The selection does not affect find and replace functions started from the ABAP program.

Keyboard command

Description

Ctrl+F

Shift + Ctrl + F

Alt + Ctrl + F

Displays the find and replace dialog

Ctrl+G

Shift + Ctrl + G

Alt + Ctrl + G

Finds the next occurrence of the search string

Drag & Drop Control

Keyboard command

Description

Left mouse button on selected text

Drag and Drop: Moving

Ctrl + Left mouse button on selected text

Drag and Drop: Copy

Context Menu

Keyboard command

Description

Ctrl + F10

Context Menu

Right mouse button

Context Menu

Indentation

Keyboard command

Description

Tab

Indents the current line or selected text

Shift + Tab

Removes the indent for current line or selected text

Deleting Text

Keyboard command

Description

Backspace

Deletes from right to left: Any selected text is deleted in a single operation

Ctrl + Backspace

Shift + Ctrl + Backspace

Deletes a whole word at a time from right to left

Dist.

Deletes from left to right: Any selected text is deleted in a single operation

Ctrl + Del

Shift + Ctrl + Del

Deletes a whole word at a time from left to right