The editor used in ZeroBrane Studio is based on the Scintilla editing component and provides access to most of its functionality. These commands can be modified using editor key mapping settings.

Other shortcuts used in the application can be modified as described in the key mapping section.

Text editing commands with no menu equivalents:

  • Tab: Indent line or current selection
  • Shift-Tab: Unindent line or current selection
  • Ctrl-L/Ctrl-Y: Cut current line
  • Ctrl-D: Duplicate selection or current line
  • Ctrl-Shift-T: Copy current line
  • Ctrl-Shift-U: Uppercase current selection
  • Ctrl-Backspace: Delete to the beginning of the current word
  • Ctrl-Delete: Delete to the end of the current word
  • Ctrl-Shift-Backspace: Delete to the beginning of the line
  • Ctrl-Shift-Delete: Delete to the end of the line

Navigation and selection commands:

  • Alt-Shift-cursor: Block selection
  • Ctrl-(Shift-)[: Jump to previous paragraph; Shift extends selection
  • Ctrl-(Shift-)]: Jump to next paragraph; Shift extends selection
  • Ctrl-(Shift-)Left: Jump to previous word; Shift extends selection
  • Ctrl-(Shift-)Right: Jump to next word; Shift extends selection
  • Ctrl-(Shift-)/: Jump to previous word part; Shift extends selection
  • Ctrl-(Shift-)\: Jump to next word part; Shift extends selection
  • Alt-End: Jump to end of display line (for wrapped lines)
  • Alt-Home: Jump to beginning of display line (for wrapped lines)
  • Ctrl-Tab/Ctrl-PgDn: Cycle right through editor tabs
  • Ctrl-Shift-Tab/Ctrl-PgUp: Cycle left through editor tabs
  • Ctrl-Alt-Click: Jump to definition (if there is a variable under cursor)
  • Ctrl-DblClick: Select all instance of a variable or (when there is no variable under cursor) include the word under cursor into multiple selection
  • Alt-Left: Jump to previous position after Jump to definition

Folding commands:

  • Shift-FoldMarginClick: Fold/Unfold the current scope
  • Shift-Ctrl-FoldMarginClick: Fold/Unfold the current scope along with any other folds in it
  • Ctrl-FoldMarginClick: Select the current scope

FoldMarginClick is a click on a fold margin.

Text size adjustment commands:

  • Ctrl-Keypad+: Magnify text size
  • Ctrl-Keypad-: Reduce text size
  • Ctrl-Keypad/: Restore text size to normal
  • Ctrl-MouseWheel: Magnify/Reduce text size

Note that some of the keyboard shortcuts can’t be modified using the mechanism described in Keyboard shortcuts section. Specifically, none of the Click, DblClick, or FoldMarginClick shortcuts can be modified.

Note for macOS users: in all these editor commands Ctrl means Cmd key, except in Ctrl-Tab, Ctrl-Shift-Tab, Ctrl-PgUp, and Ctrl-PgDn commands. Also, Use Delete for Backspace and Fn+Delete for Delete.

Download v2.01 (Sep 26 2023)

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