Basic Bindings

If you've chosen `Basic Bindings' on the jstools Global Preferences panel, you can use the following keyboard commands to edit text (in large text windows, and also in one­line text fields, except as noted):

Delete - delete the character before the insertion point
Control-h - delete the character before the insertion point
Backspace - delete the character before the insertion point

Left and right arrows - move one character left or right

Up and down arrows - move one line up or down (1)

Home key - move to the beginning of the line

End key - move to the end of the line

Page Up key - scroll back one screenful (1)

Page Down key - scroll forward one screenful (1)

Control-v - insert the X Windows selection (highlighted text) at the insert point

Control-slash - select the entire contents

Control-backslash - clear the selection

Footnote

(1) Only available in multi­line text windows, for obvious reasons

See Also

Mouse Bindings
Emacs Bindings
vi Bindings
Compose­Key Combinations