To position the cursor within the visible area on the screen, you can simply click the left mouse button at the required point.
The editor also has scrollbars that you can use to scroll through the source code.
There is also a range of key combinations with which you can move the cursor. These key combinations may have different effects in the frontend and backend editor modes:
Key combination |
Moves the cursor in the frontend editor |
Moves the cursor in the backend editor |
|
Up one line, possibly beyond the visible area |
Up one line, always within the visible area |
¯ |
Down one line, possibly beyond the visible area |
Down one line, always within the visible area |
¬ |
One character to the left |
As in the frontend editor |
® |
One character to the right |
As in the frontend editor |
PgUp |
One page up |
As in the frontend editor |
PgDn |
One page down |
As in the frontend editor |
Home |
To the beginning of the current line |
As in the frontend editor |
End |
To the end of the current line |
As in the frontend editor |
Ctrl + |
To the beginning of the current paragraph |
Up one line |
Ctrl + ¯ |
To the end of the current paragraph |
Down one line |
Ctrl + ¬ |
One word to the left |
As in the frontend editor |
Ctrl + ® |
One word to the right |
As in the frontend editor |
Ctrl + PgUp |
To before the first character in the visible area |
To the beginning of the source code |
Ctrl + PgDn |
To after the last character in the visible area |
To the end of the source code |
Ctrl + Home |
To the beginning of the source code |
To the beginning of the current line |
Ctrl + End |
To the end of the source code |
To the end of the current line |
Navigating to a Particular Line
Backend Editor
In the backend editor, you can navigate to a particular line by entering the line number in the input field on the right above the editor pane. The line you entered becomes the current line, and is displayed as the first visible line of code.
Frontend Editor
To navigate to a particular line in the source code:
The system scrolls the line to the top of the display.
See also:
Navigating by Double-Click Using Compression Logic