Keyboard and Mouse Control in the Editor Window
Use
Insert and overwrite mode
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Keyboard command |
Description |
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Insert |
Switches between insert and overwrite mode |
Clipboard Control
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Keyboard command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Ctrl + Ins Shift + Ctrl + Ins Ctrl + C Shift + Ctrl + C |
Copies the selected text to the clipboard |
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Ctrl + Del Shift + Ctrl + Del Ctrl + X Shift + Ctrl + X |
Cuts the selected text to the clipboard Ctrl + Ins |
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Ctrl + Ins Shift + Ctrl + Ins Ctrl + V Shift + Ctrl + V |
Pastes the contents of the clipboard at the cursor position |
Undo / Redo
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Keyboard command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Ctrl + Z Alt + Backspace |
Undo |
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Ctrl + Y |
Redo |
Navigating in the Text
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Keyboard command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Choose |
Cursor moves one line higher |
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Arrow Down |
Cursor moves one line lower |
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Arrow Down |
Cursor moves one character to the left |
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Arrow Right |
Cursor moves one character to the right |
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PgUp |
Cursor moves up one page |
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PgDn |
Cursor moves down one page |
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Home |
Cursor moves to beginning of line |
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End |
Cursor moves to end of line |
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Ctrl + |
Cursor moves to beginning of the current paragraph |
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Ctrl + Arrow Down |
Cursor moves to beginning of the next paragraph |
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Ctrl + Arrow Left |
Cursor moves to beginning of next word to the left |
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Ctrl + Arrow Right |
Cursor moves to beginning of next word to the right |
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Ctrl+PgUp |
Cursor moves to the first fully-visible character in the editor window |
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Ctrl + PgDn |
Cursor moves to the last fully-visible character in the editor window |
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Ctrl + Home |
Cursor moves to the first character of the text |
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Ctrl + End |
Cursor moves to the last character of the text |
Selecting Text
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Keyboard command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Ctrl + A Ctrl + Shift + A |
Selects entire text |
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Shift + |
Selects the text from the current cursor position one whole line upwards |
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Shift + Arrow Down |
Selects the text from the current cursor position one whole line downwards |
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Shift + Arrow Left |
Selects the text from the current cursor position one character to the left |
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Shift + Arrow Right |
Selects the text from the current cursor position one character to the right |
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Shift + PgUp |
Selects one whole editor page upwards from the current cursor position |
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Ctrl + PgDn |
Selects one whole editor page downwards from the current cursor position |
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Ctrl + Home |
Selects the text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the line |
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Ctrl + End |
Selects the text from the current cursor position to the end of the line |
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Shift + Ctrl + |
Selects the text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the current paragraph |
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Shift + Ctrl + Arrow Down |
Selects the text from the current cursor position to the end of the current paragraph |
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Shift + Ctrl + Arrow Left |
Selects the text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the next word to the left |
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Shift + Ctrl + Arrow Right |
Selects the text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the next word to the right |
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Shift + Ctrl + PgUp |
Selects the text from the current cursor position to the first fully visible line in the editor window |
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Shift + Ctrl + PgDn |
Selects the text from the current cursor position to the last fully visible line in the editor window |
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Shift + Ctrl + Home |
Selects the text from the current cursor position to the beginning of the text |
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Shift + Ctrl + End |
Selects the text from the current cursor position to the end of the text |
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Press and hold left mouse button and drag mouse |
Selects the text block |
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Single click the left-hand edge of a line with the left mouse button |
Selects the entire line |
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Click the left-hand edge of a line with the left mouse button and drag up or down |
Selects a successive set of lines |
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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.
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Keyboard command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Ctrl+F Shift + Ctrl + F Alt + Ctrl + F |
Displays the find and replace dialog |
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Ctrl+G Shift + Ctrl + G Alt + Ctrl + G |
Finds the next occurrence of the search string |
Drag & Drop Control
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Keyboard command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Left mouse button on selected text |
Drag and Drop: Moving |
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Ctrl + Left mouse button on selected text |
Drag and Drop: Copy |
Context Menu
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Keyboard command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Ctrl + F10 |
Context Menu |
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Right mouse button |
Context Menu |
Indentation
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Keyboard command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Tab |
Indents the current line or selected text |
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Shift + Tab |
Removes the indent for current line or selected text |
Deleting Text
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Keyboard command |
Description |
|---|---|
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Backspace |
Deletes from right to left: Any selected text is deleted in a single operation |
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Ctrl + Backspace Shift + Ctrl + Backspace |
Deletes a whole word at a time from right to left |
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Dist. |
Deletes from left to right: Any selected text is deleted in a single operation |
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Ctrl + Del Shift + Ctrl + Del |
Deletes a whole word at a time from left to right |