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This section documents all the default key bindings for the Wing keyboard personality, set by the User Interface > Keyboard > Personality preference.

Alt-1: fold-python-methods

Alt-2: fold-python-classes

Alt-3: fold-python-classes-and-defs

Alt-Backspace: backward-delete-word - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Delete one word behind of the cursor ; Toolbar Search Commands: Delete word behind the cursor

Alt-Comma: query-replace - Initiate incremental mini-search query/replace from the cursor position.

Alt-Delete: backward-delete-word - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Delete one word behind of the cursor ; Toolbar Search Commands: Delete word behind the cursor

Alt-Down: fold-expand-more-current - Expand the current fold point one more level

Alt-End: fold-expand-all - Expand all fold points in the current file

Alt-F11: prev-points-of-use-match - Display the previous match in the active points of use tool

Alt-F12: next-points-of-use-match - Display the next match in the active points of use tool

Alt-F3: search - Bring up the search manager in search mode.

Alt-F4: close-window - Close the current window and all documents and panels in it

Alt-F5: run-to-cursor - Run to current cursor position

Alt-F6: run-failed-tests - Re-run all the previously failed tests. The tests are debugged when debug is True.

Alt-F7: run-last-tests - Run again the last group of tests that were run. The tests are debugged when debug is True.

Alt-Home: fold-collapse-all - Collapse all fold points in the current file

Alt-Left: visit-history-previous - Move back in history to previous visited editor position

Alt-Left-button-click: find-points-of-use-clicked - Find points of use for last symbol clicked.

Alt-Page_down: fold-expand-all-current - Expand the current fold point completely

Alt-Page_up: fold-collapse-all-current - Collapse the current fold point completely

Alt-Period: replace-string - Replace all occurrences of a string from the cursor position to end of file.

Alt-Return: new-line - Place a new line at the current cursor position. Override the auto-indent preference by setting auto_indent to 'never' to avoid indent, 'always' to auto-indent, and 'blank-only' to auto-indent only on blank lines.

Alt-Right: visit-history-next - Move forward in history to next visited editor position

Alt-Shift-A: diff-merge-a-b

Alt-Shift-B: diff-merge-b-a

Alt-Shift-Down: next-line-extend-rect - Move to next screen line, adjusting the rectangular selection range to new position, optionally repositioning character within line: same' to leave in same horizontal position, 'start' at start, 'end' at end, or 'fnb' for first non-blank char.

Alt-Shift-F4: find-points-of-use(search_project_files=False) - Find points of use for a symbol. The symbol defaults to the active selection. Finds points of use in the file the symbol is located and in project files by default.

Alt-Shift-F5: debug-continue-all - Continue all paused debug processes

Alt-Shift-Left: backward-char-extend-rect - Move cursor backward one character, adjusting the rectangular selection range to new position

Alt-Shift-N: diff-next

Alt-Shift-P: diff-previous

Alt-Shift-Right: forward-char-extend-rect - Move cursor forward one character, adjusting the rectangular selection range to new position

Alt-Shift-Up: previous-line-extend-rect - Move to previous screen line, adjusting the rectangular selection range to new position, optionally repositioning character within line: same' to leave in same horizontal position, 'start' at start, 'end' at end, or 'fnb' for first non-blank char.

Alt-Slash: fold-toggle - Toggle the current fold point

Alt-Tab: ai-suggest-next - Move to the next suggested completion in AI suggestion mode. Starts AI suggestion mode if not already running.

This command requires first configuring an AI provider as described in the AI Assisted Development chapter of the product manual.

Alt-Up: fold-collapse-more-current - Collapse the current fold point one more level

Back-button-click: visit-history-previous - Move back in history to previous visited editor position

Backspace: backward-delete-char - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Delete one character behind the cursor, or the current selection if not empty. ; Toolbar Search Commands: Delete character behind the cursor

Ctrl-0: next-document - Move to the next document open in the current window. If alphabetical is true, the list traversed will be alphabetized. If all_splits is true, documents from all splits will be traversed; otherwise, only the current split will be.

Ctrl-1: activate-file-option-menu - Activate the file menu for the editor.

Ctrl-2: activate-symbol-option-menu-1 - Activate the 1st symbol menu for the editor.

Ctrl-3: activate-symbol-option-menu-2 - Activate the 2nd symbol menu for the editor.

Ctrl-4: activate-symbol-option-menu-3 - Activate the 3rd symbol menu for the editor.

Ctrl-5: activate-symbol-option-menu-4 - Activate the 4th symbol menu for the editor.

Ctrl-6: activate-symbol-option-menu-5 - Activate the 5th symbol menu for the editor.

Ctrl-7 C: use-lexer-cpp - Force syntax highlighting for C/C++ source

Ctrl-7 H: use-lexer-html - Force syntax highlighting for HTML

Ctrl-7 M: use-lexer-makefile - Force syntax highlighting for make files

Ctrl-7 N: use-lexer-none - Use no syntax highlighting

Ctrl-7 P: use-lexer-python - Force syntax highlighting for Python source

Ctrl-7 S: use-lexer-sql - Force syntax highlighting for SQL

Ctrl-7 X: use-lexer-xml - Force syntax highlighting for XML files

Ctrl-8: recent-document - Switches to previous document most recently visited in the current window or window set if in one-window-per-editor windowing mode.

Ctrl-9: previous-document - Move to the previous document open in the current window. If alphabetical is true, the list traversed will be alphabetized. If all_splits is true, documents from all splits will be traversed; otherwise, only the current split will be.

Ctrl-A: select-all - Select all text in the editor

Ctrl-Alt-B: search-sel-backward - Search backward using current selection

Ctrl-Alt-Comma: query-replace-regex - Initiate incremental mini-search query/replace from the cursor position. The search string is treated as a regular expression.

Ctrl-Alt-D: evaluate-sel-in-debug-console - Evaluate the current selection from the editor within the Debug Console tool. When whole_lines is set, the selection is rounded to whole lines before evaluation. When unspecified (set to None), the setting from the Shell's Option menu is used instead.

Ctrl-Alt-Down: goto-next-bookmark(current_file_only=True) - Go to the next bookmark, or the first one if no bookmark is selected. Stays within the file in the current editor when current_file_only is True. Only bookmarks in the current bookmark category are visited unless a category is passed.

Ctrl-Alt-E: evaluate-sel-in-shell - Evaluate the current selection from the editor within the Python Shell tool, optionally restarting the shell first. When whole_lines is set, the selection is rounded to whole lines before evaluation. When unspecified (set to None), the setting from the Shell's Option menu is used instead.

Ctrl-Alt-F: search-sel-forward - Search forward using current selection

Ctrl-Alt-F5: debug-kill-all - Terminate all debug processes

Ctrl-Alt-F6: debug-failed-tests - Re-run all the previously failed tests in the debugger.

Ctrl-Alt-F7: debug-last-tests - Debug the last group of tests that were run.

Ctrl-Alt-G: goto-bookmark - Goto named bookmark

Ctrl-Alt-K: show-bookmarks - Show a list of all currently defined bookmarks

Ctrl-Alt-Left: goto-previous-bookmark - Go to the previous bookmark in the bookmark list, or the last one if no bookmark is selected. Stays within the file in the current editor when current_file_only is True. Only bookmarks in the current bookmark category are visited unless a category is passed.

Ctrl-Alt-M: set-bookmark - Set a bookmark at current location on the editor. Mark is the project-wide textual name of the bookmark, the category is set to the current bookmark category, and notes are left blank.

Ctrl-Alt-Period: replace-string-regex - Replace all occurrences of a string from the cursor position to end of file. The search string is treated as a regular expression.

Ctrl-Alt-Right: goto-next-bookmark - Go to the next bookmark, or the first one if no bookmark is selected. Stays within the file in the current editor when current_file_only is True. Only bookmarks in the current bookmark category are visited unless a category is passed.

Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F5: debug-stop-all - Pause all free-running debug processes at the current program counter

Ctrl-Alt-T: toggle-bookmark - Set or remove a bookmark at current location on the editor. When set, the name of the bookmark is set to an auto-generated default, the category is set to the current bookmark category, and notes are left blank. When removed, the bookmark is removed without confirmation.

Ctrl-Alt-Up: goto-previous-bookmark(current_file_only=True) - Go to the previous bookmark in the bookmark list, or the last one if no bookmark is selected. Stays within the file in the current editor when current_file_only is True. Only bookmarks in the current bookmark category are visited unless a category is passed.

Ctrl-Alt-V: evaluate-file-in-shell - Run or debug the contents of the editor within the Python Shell

Ctrl-Apostrophe: enclose(start="'", end="'") - Enclose the selection or the rest of the current line when there is no selection with the given start and end strings. The caret is moved to the end of the enclosed text.

Ctrl-B: isearch-sel-forward - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Initiate incremental mini-search forward from the cursor position, using current selection as the search string. Set persist=False to do the search but end the interactive search session immediately.; Document Viewer Commands: Initiate incremental mini-search forward from the cursor position, using current selection as the search string. Set persist=False to do the search but end the interactive search session immediately.

Ctrl-Backspace: backward-delete-word - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Delete one word behind of the cursor ; Toolbar Search Commands: Delete word behind the cursor

Ctrl-Braceleft: enclose(start="{", end="}") - Enclose the selection or the rest of the current line when there is no selection with the given start and end strings. The caret is moved to the end of the enclosed text.

Ctrl-Bracketleft: enclose(start="[", end="]") - Enclose the selection or the rest of the current line when there is no selection with the given start and end strings. The caret is moved to the end of the enclosed text.

Ctrl-Bracketright: brace-match - Match brace at current cursor position, selecting all text between the two and hilighting the braces

Ctrl-C: copy - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Copy selected text ; Document Viewer Commands: Copy any selected text. ; Exceptions Commands: Copy the exception traceback to the clipboard ; Search Manager Instance Commands: Copy selected text ; Toolbar Search Commands: Cut selection

Ctrl-Comma: next-window - Switch to the next window alphabetically by title

Ctrl-D: selection-add-next-occurrence - Add another selection containing the text of the current selection. If skip_current is true, the current selection will be deselected. If nothing is currently selected, select the current word. Searches backwards if reverse is true.

Ctrl-Delete: forward-delete-word - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Delete one word in front of the cursor ; Toolbar Search Commands: Delete word in front of the cursor

Ctrl-Down: select-less - Select less code; undoes the last select-more command

Ctrl-E: brace-match - Match brace at current cursor position, selecting all text between the two and hilighting the braces

Ctrl-End: end-of-document - Move cursor to end of document

Ctrl-Equal: zoom-in - Action varies according to focus: Document Viewer Commands: Increase documentation font size; General Editor Commands: Zoom in, increasing the text display size temporarily by one font size

Ctrl-Exclam: ai-refactor

Ctrl-F: search - Bring up the search manager in search mode.

Ctrl-F12: command-by-name - Execute given command by name, collecting any args as needed

Ctrl-F3: search-sel-forward - Search forward using current selection

Ctrl-F4: close - Action varies according to focus: Application Control Commands: Close active document. Abandon any changes when ignore_changes is True. Close empty windows when close_window is true and quit if all document windows closed when can_quit is true.; Open Files Commands: Close the currently selected items in the Open Files tool

Ctrl-F5: debug-kill - Terminate current debug session (press Alt to terminate all debug processes)

Ctrl-F6: step-over - Step over current instruction

Ctrl-F8: start-select-line - Turn on auto-select mode line by line

Ctrl-F9: break-clear-all - Clear all breakpoints

Ctrl-G: search-forward - Search again using the search manager's current settings in forward direction

Ctrl-Greater: indent-region - Indent the selected region one level of indentation. Set sel to None to use preference to determine selection behavior, or "never-select" to unselect after indent, "always-select" to always select after indent, or "retain-select" to retain current selection after indent.

Ctrl-H: replace - Bring up the search manager in replace mode.

Ctrl-Home: start-of-document - Move cursor to start of document

Ctrl-I: replace-and-search - Replace current selection and search again.

Ctrl-Insert: copy - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Copy selected text ; Document Viewer Commands: Copy any selected text. ; Exceptions Commands: Copy the exception traceback to the clipboard ; Search Manager Instance Commands: Copy selected text ; Toolbar Search Commands: Cut selection

Ctrl-Iso_left_tab: begin-visited-document-cycle(move_back=False) - Start moving between documents in the order they were visited. Starts modal key interaction that ends when a key other than tab is seen or ctrl is released.

Ctrl-J: fill-paragraph - Re-wrap the selected text or current line to the configured text wrap column. When there is no selection, wrappable regions are delineated by surrounding blank lines. Otherwise, when there is a selection, wrapping is constrained to occur only within that selection. Wrapping behavior depends on context; for example, wrapping Python code is different than wrapping plain text or the contents of comments and docstrings. A shared leading prefix found on all lines is retained and only the content after the prefix is wrapped.

Ctrl-K: open-from-keyboard - Open a file from disk using keyboard-driven selection of the file

Ctrl-L: goto-line - Position cursor at start of given line number

Ctrl-Left: backward-word - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Move cursor backward one word. Optionally, provide a string that contains the delimiters to define which characters are part of a word. Gravity may be "start" or "end" to indicate whether cursor is placed at start or end of the word.; Toolbar Search Commands: Move backward one word

Ctrl-Left-button-click: goto-clicked-symbol-defn - Goto the definition of the source symbol that was last clicked on. If other_split is true, the definition will be displayed if a split other than the current split; if other_split is false, it will be displayed in the current editor; if other_split is not specified or None, the split to be used is determined by the Split Reuse Policy preference value.

Ctrl-Less: outdent-region - Outdent the selected region one level of indentation. Set sel to None to use preference to determine selection behavior, or "never-select" to unselect after indent, "always-select" to always select after indent, or "retain-select" to retain current selection after indent.

Ctrl-M: execute-kbd-macro - Execute most recently recorded keyboard macro. If register is None then the user is asked to enter a letter a-z for the register where the macro is filed. Otherwise, register 'a' is used by default.

Ctrl-Minus: zoom-out - Action varies according to focus: Document Viewer Commands: Decrease documentation font size; General Editor Commands: Zoom out, increasing the text display size temporarily by one font size

Ctrl-N: new-file - Create a new file

Ctrl-Next: forward-page-extend - Move cursor forward one page, adjusting the selection range to new position

Ctrl-O: open-gui - Open a file from local disk or a remote host, prompting with file selection dialog if necessary. The dialog shown depends on the default starting directory, and may be for local files or remote files.

Ctrl-P: print-view - Print active editor document

Ctrl-Page_down: next-document - Move to the next document open in the current window. If alphabetical is true, the list traversed will be alphabetized. If all_splits is true, documents from all splits will be traversed; otherwise, only the current split will be.

Ctrl-Page_up: previous-document - Move to the previous document open in the current window. If alphabetical is true, the list traversed will be alphabetized. If all_splits is true, documents from all splits will be traversed; otherwise, only the current split will be.

Ctrl-Parenleft: start-kbd-macro - Start definition of a keyboard macro. If register=None then the user is prompted to enter a letter a-z under which to file the macro. Otherwise, register 'a' is used by default.

Ctrl-Parenright: stop-kbd-macro - Stop definition of a keyboard macro

Ctrl-Period: comment-toggle - Toggle commenting out of the selected lines. The style of commenting can be controlled with the style argument: 'indented' uses the default comment style indented at end of leading white space and 'block' uses a block comment in column zero. Append '-pep8' to the style to conform to PEP 8 comment format rules. If not given, the style configured with the Editor / Block Comment Style preference is used.

Ctrl-Plus: zoom-in - Action varies according to focus: Document Viewer Commands: Increase documentation font size; General Editor Commands: Zoom in, increasing the text display size temporarily by one font size

Ctrl-Pointer_button1: goto-clicked-symbol-defn - Goto the definition of the source symbol that was last clicked on. If other_split is true, the definition will be displayed if a split other than the current split; if other_split is false, it will be displayed in the current editor; if other_split is not specified or None, the split to be used is determined by the Split Reuse Policy preference value.

Ctrl-Prior: backward-page-extend - Move cursor backward one page, adjusting the selection range to new position

Ctrl-Q: quit - Quit the application.

Ctrl-Question: uncomment-out-region - Uncomment out the selected region if commented out. If one_level is True then each call removes only one level of commenting.

Ctrl-Quotedbl: enclose(start='"', end='"') - Enclose the selection or the rest of the current line when there is no selection with the given start and end strings. The caret is moved to the end of the enclosed text.

Ctrl-Quoteleft: begin-visited-document-cycle(move_back=True, back_key="Ctrl-Quoteleft", forward_key="Ctrl-AsciiTilde") - Start moving between documents in the order they were visited. Starts modal key interaction that ends when a key other than tab is seen or ctrl is released.

Ctrl-R: replace - Bring up the search manager in replace mode.

Ctrl-Return: new-line-after - Place a new line after the current line

Ctrl-Right: forward-word - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Move cursor forward one word. Optionally, provide a string that contains the delimiters to define which characters are part of a word. Gravity may be "start" or "end" to indicate whether cursor is placed at start or end of the word.; Toolbar Search Commands: Move forward one word

Ctrl-S: save - Save active document. Also close it if close is True.

Ctrl-Shift-B: isearch-sel-backward - Initiate incremental mini-search backward from the cursor position, using current selection as the search string. Set persist=False to do the search but end the interactive search session immediately.

Ctrl-Shift-C: delete-line - Delete the current line or lines when the selection spans multiple lines or given repeat is > 1

Ctrl-Shift-D: selection-add-next-occurrence(skip_current=True) - Add another selection containing the text of the current selection. If skip_current is true, the current selection will be deselected. If nothing is currently selected, select the current word. Searches backwards if reverse is true.

Ctrl-Shift-Delete: delete-lines

Ctrl-Shift-Down: move-line-down - Move the current line or lines up down line, optionally indenting to match the new position

Ctrl-Shift-End: end-of-document-extend - Move cursor to end of document, adjusting the selection range to new position

Ctrl-Shift-F: batch-search - Search on current selection using the Search in Files tool. The look_in argument gets entered in the look in field if not None or ''. The current selection is put into the search field if it doesn't span multiple lines and either use_selection is true or there's nothing in the search field. The given search text is used instead, if provided

Ctrl-Shift-F3: search-sel-backward - Search backward using current selection

Ctrl-Shift-F5: debug-stop - Pause debug at current program counter (press Alt to pause all debug processes)

Ctrl-Shift-F6: debug-all-tests - Debug all the tests in testing panel.

Ctrl-Shift-F7: debug-current-tests - Runs the current test or tests, if possible. The current tests are determined by the current position in the active view.

Ctrl-Shift-F8: start-select-rectangle - Turn on auto-select rectangle mode

Ctrl-Shift-F9: Multiple commands; first available is executed:

  • break-disable-all - Disable all breakpoints
  • break-enable-all - Enable all breakpoints

Ctrl-Shift-G: search-backward - Search again using the search manager's current settings in backward direction

Ctrl-Shift-H: batch-replace - Display search and replace in files tool.

Ctrl-Shift-Home: start-of-document-extend - Move cursor to start of document, adjusting the selection range to new position

Ctrl-Shift-I: add-current-file-to-project - Add the frontmost currently open file to project

Ctrl-Shift-L: swap-lines - Swap the line at start of current selection with the line that follows it, or the preceding line if previous is True.

Ctrl-Shift-Left: backward-word-extend - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Move cursor backward one word, adjusting the selection range to new position. Optionally, provide a string that contains the delimiters to define which characters are part of a word. Gravity may be "start" or "end" to indicate whether cursor is placed at start or end of the word.; Toolbar Search Commands: Move backward one word, extending the selection

Ctrl-Shift-O: open-from-project - Open document from the project via the Open From Project dialog. The given fragment is used as the initial fragment filter and if it is None, the selected text or the symbol under the cursor is used. If skip_if_unique is true, the file is opened without the dialog being displayed if only one filename matches the fragment.

Ctrl-Shift-P: find-symbol-in-project - Allow user to visit point of definition of a source symbol in the any file in the project by typing a fragment of the name

Ctrl-Shift-Page_down: forward-page-extend - Move cursor forward one page, adjusting the selection range to new position

Ctrl-Shift-Page_up: backward-page-extend - Move cursor backward one page, adjusting the selection range to new position

Ctrl-Shift-R: batch-replace - Display search and replace in files tool.

Ctrl-Shift-Right: forward-word-extend - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Move cursor forward one word, adjusting the selection range to new position. Optionally, provide a string that contains the delimiters to define which characters are part of a word. Gravity may be "start" or "end" to indicate whether cursor is placed at start or end of the word.; Toolbar Search Commands: Move forward one word, extending the selection

Ctrl-Shift-S: save-as - Save active document to a new file

Ctrl-Shift-T: find-symbol - Allow user to visit point of definition of a source symbol in the current editor context by typing a fragment of the name

Ctrl-Shift-Tab: begin-visited-document-cycle(move_back=False) - Start moving between documents in the order they were visited. Starts modal key interaction that ends when a key other than tab is seen or ctrl is released.

Ctrl-Shift-U: isearch-backward - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Initiate incremental mini-search backward from the cursor position, optionally entering the given search string ; Document Viewer Commands: Initiate incremental mini-search backward from the cursor position, optionally entering the given search string.

Ctrl-Shift-Up: move-line-up - Move the current line or lines up one line, optionally indenting to match the new position

Ctrl-Shift-V: duplicate-line - Duplicate the current line or lines. Places the duplicate on the line following the selection if pos is 'below' or before the selection if it is 'above'.

Ctrl-Shift-Y: duplicate-line-above - Duplicate the current line or lines above the selection.

Ctrl-Shift-Z: redo - Redo last action

Ctrl-Slash: comment-out-region - Comment out the selected region. The style of commenting can be controlled with the style argument: 'indented' uses the default comment style indented at end of leading white space, 'block' uses a block comment in column zero, and 'block-indented' uses a block comment in the column determined by the least indented line.

Append '-pep8' to the style to conform to PEP 8 comment format rules (adding a space after the comment character) in Python files. This option is ignored in non-Python files.

If not given, the style configured with the Editor / Block Comment Style preference is used. Each call adds a level of commenting.

Ctrl-Space: show-autocompleter - Show the auto-completer for current cursor position

Ctrl-T: forward-tab - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Place a tab character at the current cursor position ; Search Manager Instance Commands: Place a forward tab at the current cursor position in search or replace string

Ctrl-Tab: begin-visited-document-cycle(move_back=True) - Start moving between documents in the order they were visited. Starts modal key interaction that ends when a key other than tab is seen or ctrl is released.

Ctrl-U: isearch-forward - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Initiate incremental mini-search forward from the cursor position, optionally entering the given search string ; Document Viewer Commands: Initiate incremental mini-search forward from the cursor position, optionally entering the given search string.

Ctrl-Underscore: zoom-reset - Action varies according to focus: Document Viewer Commands: Reset documentation font size to default; General Editor Commands: Reset font zoom factor back to zero

Ctrl-Up: select-more - Select more code on either the current line or larger multi-line blocks.

Ctrl-V: paste - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Paste text from clipboard ; Search Manager Instance Commands: Paste text from clipboard ; Toolbar Search Commands: Paste from clipboard

Ctrl-W: close - Action varies according to focus: Application Control Commands: Close active document. Abandon any changes when ignore_changes is True. Close empty windows when close_window is true and quit if all document windows closed when can_quit is true.; Open Files Commands: Close the currently selected items in the Open Files tool

Ctrl-X: cut - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Cut selected text ; Search Manager Instance Commands: Cut selected text ; Toolbar Search Commands: Cut selection

Ctrl-Y: redo - Redo last action

Ctrl-Z: undo - Undo last action

Delete: forward-delete-char - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Delete one character in front of the cursor ; Toolbar Search Commands: Delete character in front of the cursor

Down: next-line - Move to screen next line, optionally repositioning character within line: 'same' to leave in same horizontal position, 'start' at start, 'end' at end, or 'fnb' for first non-blank char.

End: end-of-line - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Move to end of current line; Toolbar Search Commands: Move to the end of the toolbar search entry

Escape: exit-visual-mode - Exit visual mode and return back to default mode

F1: Multiple commands; first available is executed:

  • show-horizontal-tools - Show the horizontal tool area
  • minimize-horizontal-tools - Minimize the horizontal tool area

F11: frame-up - Move up the current debug stack

F12: frame-down - Move down the current debug stack

F2: Multiple commands; first available is executed:

  • show-vertical-tools - Show the vertical tool area
  • minimize-vertical-tools - Minimize the vertical tool area

F3: search-forward - Search again using the search manager's current settings in forward direction

F4: goto-selected-symbol-defn - Goto the definition of the selected source symbol. If other_split is true, the definition will be displayed if a split other than the current split; if other_split is false, it will be displayed in the current editor; if other_split is not specified or None, the split to be used is determined by the Split Reuse Policy preference value.

F5: debug-continue - Start or continue debugging to next breakpoint or exception (press Alt to continue all paused debug processes)

F6: step-over-statement - Step over current statement

F7: step-into - Step into current execution point, or start debugging at first line

F8: step-out - Step out of the current function or method

F9: Multiple commands; first available is executed:

  • break-set - Set a new regular breakpoint on current line
  • break-clear - Clear the breakpoint on the current line

Forward-button-click: visit-history-next - Move forward in history to next visited editor position

Home: beginning-of-line-text - Move to end of the leading white space, if any, on the current line. If toggle is True, moves to the beginning of the line if already at the end of the leading white space (and vice versa).

Insert: toggle-overtype - Toggle status of overtyping mode

Iso_left_tab: backward-tab - Outdent line at current position

Left: backward-char - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Move cursor backward one character ; Toolbar Search Commands: Move backward one character

Next: forward-page-extend - Move cursor forward one page, adjusting the selection range to new position

Page_down: forward-page - Move cursor forward one page

Page_up: backward-page - Move cursor backward one page

Prior: backward-page-extend - Move cursor backward one page, adjusting the selection range to new position

Release-Shift-Space: debug-hide-value-tips - Hide all the debug value tooltips previously shown with debug_show_value_tips()

Return: new-line - Place a new line at the current cursor position. Override the auto-indent preference by setting auto_indent to 'never' to avoid indent, 'always' to auto-indent, and 'blank-only' to auto-indent only on blank lines.

Right: forward-char - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Move cursor forward one character ; Toolbar Search Commands: Move forward one character

Shift-Backspace: backward-delete-char - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Delete one character behind the cursor, or the current selection if not empty. ; Toolbar Search Commands: Delete character behind the cursor

Shift-Delete: cut - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Cut selected text ; Search Manager Instance Commands: Cut selected text ; Toolbar Search Commands: Cut selection

Shift-Down: next-line-extend - Move to next screen line, adjusting the selection range to new position, optionally repositioning character within line: same' to leave in same horizontal position, 'start' at start, 'end' at end, 'fnb' for first non-blank char, or 'xcode' to simulate XCode style Shift-Alt line selection.

Shift-End: end-of-line-extend - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Move to end of current line, adjusting the selection range to new position ; Toolbar Search Commands: Move to the end of the toolbar search entry, extending the selection

Shift-F1: move-focus - Move the keyboard focus forward within the Window to the next editable area

Shift-F11: frame-show - Show the position (thread and stack frame) where the debugger originally stopped

Shift-F2: Multiple commands; first available is executed:

  • enter-fullscreen - Hide both the vertical and horizontal tool areas and toolbar, saving previous state so it can be restored later with exit_fullscreen
  • exit-fullscreen - Restore previous non-fullscreen state of all tools and tool bar

Shift-F3: search-backward - Search again using the search manager's current settings in backward direction

Shift-F4: find-points-of-use - Find points of use for a symbol. The symbol defaults to the active selection. Finds points of use in the file the symbol is located and in project files by default.

Shift-F5: debug-file - Start debugging the current file (rather than the main entry point)

Shift-F6: run-all-tests - Runs all the tests in testing panel.

Shift-F7: run-current-tests - Runs the current test or tests, if possible. The current tests are determined by the current position in the active view. The tests are debugged when debug is True.

Shift-F8: start-select-char - Turn on auto-select mode character by character

Shift-F9: Multiple commands; first available is executed:

  • break-set-disabled - Set a disabled breakpoint on the current line
  • break-enable - Enable the breakpoint on the current line
  • break-disable - Disable the breakpoint on current line

Shift-Home: beginning-of-line-text-extend - Move to end of the leading white space, if any, on the current line, adjusting the selection range to the new position. If toggle is True, moves to the beginning of the line if already at the end of the leading white space (and vice versa).

Shift-Insert: paste - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Paste text from clipboard ; Search Manager Instance Commands: Paste text from clipboard ; Toolbar Search Commands: Paste from clipboard

Shift-Left: backward-char-extend - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Move cursor backward one character, adjusting the selection range to new position ; Toolbar Search Commands: Move backward one character, extending the selection

Shift-Page_down: forward-page-extend - Move cursor forward one page, adjusting the selection range to new position

Shift-Page_up: backward-page-extend - Move cursor backward one page, adjusting the selection range to new position

Shift-Return: new-line-before - Place a new line before the current line

Shift-Right: forward-char-extend - Action varies according to focus: Active Editor Commands: Move cursor forward one character, adjusting the selection range to new position ; Toolbar Search Commands: Move forward one character, extending the selection

Shift-Space: Multiple commands; first available is executed:

  • debug-show-value-tips(release_toggle=True) - Show tooltips on all visible editors indicating the current value of all visible symbols. The value of release_toggle controls whether this command is available if the tips are already shown; this can be used to prevent execution of fallback commands on a key binding while the tips are already visible, if the key is pressed again or reported in key repeat events while the key is held down.
  • send-keys(keys=" ") - Send one or more keys to the editor. Send a string to enter each key in the string, or a list of strings and/or (mod, key) tuples where mod is a string containing any of case insensitive 'shift', 'ctrl', or 'alt'. Valid examples:

    "testme"
    "TestMe"
    ["test", ('Alt', 'X'), "m"]
    [('ctrl-Shift', 'X'), ('shift','E'),]
    

Shift-Tab: backward-tab - Outdent line at current position

Shift-Up: previous-line-extend - Move to previous screen line, adjusting the selection range to new position, optionally repositioning character within line: same' to leave in same horizontal position, 'start' at start, 'end' at end, 'fnb' for first non-blank char, or 'xcode' to simulate XCode style Shift-Alt line selection.

Tab: tab-key - Implement the tab key, the action of which is configurable by preference

Up: previous-line - Move to previous screen line, optionally repositioning character within line: same' to leave in same horizontal position, 'start' at start, 'end' at end, or 'fnb' for first non-blank char.