Editor Keyboard Shortcuts

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You can use several keyboard shortcuts to facilitate working with the Editor. To customize the default set of keyboard shortcuts, see Customize Keyboard Shortcuts.

General Editor Shortcuts

ActionKeyboard Shortcut on Windows® and Linux®Keyboard Shortcut on macOS

Maximize Editor

Ctrl+Shift+M

Command+Shift+M

Undock Editor

Ctrl+Shift+U

Ctrl+Shift+U

Dock Editor

Ctrl+Shift+D

Ctrl+Shift+D

Make the Editor the active tool

Ctrl+Shift+0

Command+Shift+0

File Shortcuts

ActionKeyboard Shortcut on Windows and LinuxKeyboard Shortcut on macOS

New blank script

Ctrl+N

Command+N

Open file

Ctrl+O

Command+O

Reopen last closed file

Ctrl+Shift+T

Command+Shift+T

Save active file

Ctrl+S

Command+S

Print active file

Ctrl+P

Command+P

Close active file

Ctrl+W

Command+W

Undo a modification, returning it to the previous state

Ctrl+Z

Command+Z

Redo an undone modification, returning it to the changed state

Ctrl+Y

Command+Shift+Z

Navigation Shortcuts

ActionKeyboard Shortcut on Windows and LinuxKeyboard Shortcut on macOS

Go to line

Ctrl+G

Command+L

Set or clear bookmark on current line

Ctrl+F2

Command+F2

Move to next bookmark

F2

F2

Move to previous bookmark

Shift+F2

Shift+F2

Back

Alt+Left

Ctrl+Minus (–)

Forward

Alt+Right

Ctrl+Shift+Minus (–)

Go to previous variable instance

Alt+Up

Option+Up

Go to next variable instance

Alt+Down

Option+Down

Go to beginning of file

Ctrl+Home

Command+Up

Go to end of file

Ctrl+End

Command+Down

Find and Replace Shortcuts

ActionKeyboard Shortcut on Windows and LinuxKeyboard Shortcut on macOS

Find

Ctrl+F

Command+F

Find next

F3

Command+G

Find previous

Shift+F3

Command+Shift+G

Match case

Alt+M

N/A

Match whole word

Alt+W

N/A

Search using regular expression

Alt+X

N/A

Find in selection

Alt+S

N/A

Find and replace

Ctrl+H

Command+Option+F

Replace

Alt+R

N/A

Replace all

Alt+A

N/A

Close Find and Replace dialog

Esc

Esc

Find selection in Editor

Ctrl+F3

Command+E

Text Shortcuts

These shortcuts are available in live scripts and live functions only.

ActionKeyboard Shortcut on Windows and LinuxKeyboard Shortcut on macOS

Insert a line of text

Alt+Enter

Option+Enter

Normal text

Ctrl+Alt+T

Ctrl+Option+T

Heading 1 text

Ctrl+Shift+1

Ctrl+Shift+1

Heading 2 text

Ctrl+Shift+2

Ctrl+Shift+2

Heading 3 text

Ctrl+Shift+3

Ctrl+Shift+3

Title text

Ctrl+Alt+L

Ctrl+Option+L

Bold

Ctrl+B

Command+B

Italic

Ctrl+I

Command+I

Underline

Ctrl+U

Command+U

Monospaced

Ctrl+M

Ctrl+M

Bulleted list

Ctrl+Alt+U

Ctrl+Option+U

Numbered list

Ctrl+Alt+O

Ctrl+Option+O

Hyperlink

Ctrl+K

Command+K

Equation

Ctrl+Shift+E

Command+Shift+E

LaTeX equation

Ctrl+Shift+L

Command+Shift+L

Code Shortcuts

ActionKeyboard Shortcut on Windows and LinuxKeyboard Shortcut on macOS

Comment

Ctrl+R

Command+/

Uncomment

Ctrl+Shift+R

Command+Option+/

Wrap comments

Ctrl+J

Command+Shift+W

Smart indent

Ctrl+I

Command+I

Increase indent

Ctrl+]

Command+]

Decrease indent

Ctrl+[

Command+[

Copy line

Ctrl+L

Command+C

Cut line

Ctrl+X

Command+X

Duplicate line

Ctrl+Shift+C

Command+Shift+C

Change case of selection

Ctrl+Shift+A

Command+Shift+A

Insert line of code or convert a line between code and text

(Live scripts and live functions only)

Alt+Enter

Option+Enter

Move focus between code and output

(Live scripts and live functions only)

Ctrl+Shift+O

Command+Option+O

Open Code Analyzer message or expand details

Ctrl+M

Command+M

Section Shortcuts

ActionKeyboard Shortcut on Windows and LinuxKeyboard Shortcut on macOS

Insert section break

Ctrl+Alt+Enter

Command+Option+Enter

Run current section

Ctrl+Enter

Command+Enter

Run current section and advance

Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Command+Shift+Enter

Go to previous section Ctrl+UpCommand+Up
Go to next sectionCtrl+DownCommand+Down

Run Shortcuts

ActionKeyboard Shortcut on Windows and LinuxKeyboard Shortcut on macOS

Run the active file

F5

F5 or Command+Option+R

Pause the running file

Ctrl+F5

Command+F5

Continue

F5

F5 or Command+Option+R

Set/clear breakpoint at line

F12

F12 or Command+\

Step

F10

F10 or Command+Shift+O

Step in

F11

F11 or Command+Shift+I

Step out

Shift+F11

Shift+F11 or Command+Shift+U

Quit execution

Shift+F5

Shift+F5

Display Shortcuts

ActionKeyboard Shortcut on Windows and LinuxKeyboard Shortcut on macOS

View full screen

Ctrl+F11

Command+F11

Zoom in

Ctrl+Plus (+) or Ctrl+=

Command+Plus (+) or Command+=

Zoom out

Ctrl+Minus (–)

Command+Minus (–)

Reset zoom

Ctrl+Alt+0

Command+Option+0

Show/hide markdown previewCtrl+Shift+KCommand+Shift+K

Code Folding Shortcuts

These shortcuts are available in the Editor only.

ActionKeyboard Shortcut on Windows and LinuxKeyboard Shortcut on macOS

Expand current fold

Ctrl+Shift+Period (.)

Ctrl+Shift+Period (.)

Collapse current fold

Ctrl+Period (.)

Ctrl+Period (.)

Expand all

Ctrl+Shift+Comma (,)

Ctrl+Shift+Comma (,)

Collapse all

Ctrl+Comma (,)

Ctrl+Comma (,)

Spelling Shortcuts

ActionKeyboard Shortcut on Windows and LinuxKeyboard Shortcut on macOS

Next spelling issue

Alt+F7

Option+F7

Previous spelling issue

Alt+Shift+F7

Option+Shift+F7

See Also

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