Keybindings

When working with a physical keyboard, you can use key bindings for performing various text actions.

The editor provides support for some key bindings by default. The currently supported key bindings are mostly similar to Android Studio/IntelliJ IDEA.

Built-in Keybindings

The following key bindings are currently supported by the editor :

Keybinding	Description
Ctrl + A	Select all.
Ctrl + X	If no content is selected, cuts the current line. Otherwise, performs the usual cut operation.
Ctrl + C	If no content is selected, selects and copies the current line. Otherwise, performs the usual copy operation.
Ctrl + V	The usual paste action.
Ctrl + Z	Undo the last action.
Ctrl + R	Redo the last action.
Ctrl + D	If content is selected, duplicates the selected content else duplicates the current line.
Ctrl + W	Selects the word at the left selection handle.
Ctrl + Left	Move to word start. If the cursor is already at the current word's start, moves the cursor to previous word's start, skipping whitespaces.
Ctrl + Right	Move to word end. If the cursor is already at the current word's end, moves the cursor to next word's end, skipping whitespaces.
Ctrl + Up	Scroll up by one row.
Ctrl + Down	Scroll down by one row.
Ctrl + Home	Move the cursor to the beginning of content.
Ctrl + End	Move the cursor to the end of content.
Ctrl + PgUp	Move the cursor to the page top.
Ctrl + PgDn	Move the cursor to the page bottom.
Ctrl + Enter	Split line. If content is selected, deletes the selected content then splits the line.
Ctrl + Shift + Left	Same as Ctrl+Left, but starts or updates the selection.
Ctrl + Shift + Right	Same as Ctrl+Right, but starts or updates the selection.
Ctrl + Shift + Up	Move the current line (or all selected lines) up by one line.
Ctrl + Shift + Down	Move the current line (or all selected lines) down by one line.
Ctrl + Shift + Home	Same as Ctrl+Home, but starts or updates the selection.
Ctrl + Shift + End	Same as Ctrl+End, but starts or updates the selection.
Ctrl + Shift + PgUp	Move the cursor to the page top with selection.
Ctrl + Shift + PgDn	Move the cursor to the page bottom with selection.
Ctrl + Alt + Enter	Start a new line before current line.
Ctrl + Shift + J	Join current line and next line.
Shift + Enter	Start a new line.
Selection + TAB	If the text is selected, pressing the TAB key indents all selected lines.
Shift + TAB	Unindents the current line. If the text is selected, unindents all the selected lines.

Custom Keybindings

You can subscribe to KeyBindingEvent and add your own key bindings. You can even override the default key bindings and perform actions of your own.