Using the Text Editor Shortcut Menu

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Using the Text Editor

Using Keyboard Shortcuts in the Text Editor

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Using the Text Editor Shortcut Menu

Right-clicking your mouse in an active VLISP text editor window brings up a shortcut menu for quick access to frequently used commands. Depending on whether there is text highlighted in the editor window and depending on the position of the cursor, some commands on the shortcut menu may be inactive. The following table summarizes the editor shortcut commands:

Text editor window shortcut menu commands
Command	Action
Cut	Moves the selected text to the Clipboard
Copy	Copies the selected text to the Clipboard
Paste	Pastes the Clipboard contents to the cursor position
Find	Finds the specified text in one or more editor windows
Go to Last Edited	Moves the cursor to the position you last edited
Toggle Breakpoint	Sets a breakpoint at the cursor position, or removes a breakpoint if one is set currently at that position
Inspect	Opens the Inspect dialog box
Add Watch	Opens the Watch window
Apropos window	Opens the Apropos window
Symbol Service	Opens the Symbol Service dialog box
Undo	Reverses the last operation
Redo	Reverses the effects of the previous Undo

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