Text Edit Commands

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Following is a description of the Text Edit commands, in addition to the common commands.  Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons.

Pick Tools > Options and switch to the Toolbars, etc. page to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.

The File menu

Open File

Opens an existing file.

Open File on File System *

Opens an existing local file.


Open File Using Profile *

Opens an existing file using a profile.


Open With

Opens the file in one of the external Open With applications.


Open With >

Associated Application

Opens the file with its associated application.

Open With >

Text Patch

Opens the file with the built-in patch view.

Save File

Saves the modified file.


Save File As

Saves the file with a new name.


Save File on File System As *

Saves the file with a new name on the file system.


Save File Using Profile As *

Saves the file with a new name using a profile.


Explorer

Displays the file manager's context menu for the file.


Check In

Appears if a source control provider has been configured and the file is under source control.


Check Out



Undo Check Out


The Edit menu

Undo

Undoes previous action.

Redo

Redoes previously undone action.


Increase Indent

Increases indentation of selected lines.


Decrease Indent

Decreases indentation of selected lines.


Cut / Copy / Paste / Delete

Standard editing commands.


Delete Line *

Deletes the current line.


Delete to Start of Line *

Deletes text from the current position to the beginning of the line.


Delete to End of Line *

Deletes text from the current position to the end of the line.


Delete Word *

Deletes the word at the current position.


Delete to Start of Word *

Deletes from the current position to the beginning of the word.


Delete to End of Word *

Deletes from the current position to the end of the word.


Insert Line Before *

Inserts a new blank line before the current line.


Insert Line After *

Inserts a new blank line after the current line.


Select All

Selects all visible lines.


Convert File  >

Trim Trailing Whitespace

Strips off spaces and tab characters at end of lines.


Convert File  >

Leading Spaces to Tabs

Replaces spaces at the beginning of lines with the appropriate number of tab characters (based on current tab stop setting).


Convert File  >

Tabs To Spaces

Replaces all tab characters with the appropriate number of space characters (based on current tab stop setting).


Convert File  >

Line Endings

Changes the line ending style on all lines.

The Search menu


Next Edit

Positions at the next edited line beyond the cursor.


Previous Edit

Positions at previous edited line before the cursor.

Find

Searches for matching text.

Replace

Replaces matching text.

Find Next

Finds next occurrence of search string.

Find Previous

Finds previous occurrence of search string.

Find in Files

Finds search string in multiple files.

Go To

Positions at specified line and column.


Toggle Bookmark

Places a numbered marker on the current line of the comparison, numbered from 0 to 9.


Go To Bookmark

Repositions at the specified bookmark.


Clear Bookmarks

Removes all bookmarks from the comparison.

The View menu

Visible Whitespace

Shows or hides visible spaces, tabs.

Line Numbers

Shows or hides line numbers.

Syntax Highlighting

Shows or hides syntax highlighting.

Display Font *

Selects the font to use in editor pane.

Increase Display Font Size *

Increases editor font size.

Decrease Display Font Size *

Decreases editor font size.

Reset Display Font Size *

Resets editor font size.

Webpages

Shows or hides web browser panel that displays the current file as a webpage.

File Info

Shows or hides file information panels at the top of editor panes.


Toolbar

Shows or hides the toolbar.

* Hidden by default.