Edit Menu actions
| Name | Function | Keyboard Shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Undo | Reverts the last change made in the editor | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | Re-applies a change previously reverted with Undo | Ctrl+Y |
| Cut | Copies the currently selected text to the clipboard and removes it from the editor | Ctrl+X |
| Copy | Copies the currently selected text to the clipboard | Ctrl+C |
| Paste | Pastes the contents of the clipboard, as text, to the currently active editor window | Ctrl+V |
| Delete | Deletes the currently selected text | Delete |
| Select All | Selects all the text in the currently active editor window | Ctrl+A |
| Expand Selection To | Expands the selection (or creates a selection starting from the cursor) in the following ways: |
Alt+Shift+Arrow Keys |
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Alt+Shift+Up | |
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Alt+Shift+Right | |
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Alt+Shift+Left | |
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Alt+Shift+Down | |
| Find / Replace... | Opens the basic in-editor Find / Replace dialog | Ctrl+F |
| Find Word | Finds the next occurrence of either the word containing the cursor, or the first word of the current selection, if it covers multiple words (Added for Visual Studio compatibility.) | |
| Find Next | Finds the next occurrence of the currently selected text, or the last text searched for, if there is no selection | Ctrl+K |
| Find Previous | Finds the previous occurrence of the currently selected text, or the last text searched for, if there is no selection | Ctrl+Shift+K |
| Incremental Find Next | Starts the incremental find mode (Whatever is typed afterward will be searched for.) | Ctrl+J |
| Incremental Find Previous | Starts the incremental find mode, looking backward | Ctrl+Shift+J |
| Add Bookmark... | Adds a bookmark pointing to the current cursor position or selected text | |
| Add Task... | Adds a user defined task located at the current line | |
| Smart Insert Mode | Toggles the Smart Insert mode (i.e. the
auto-completion features defined in
C/C++ > Editor > Typing
)
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Ctrl+Shift+Insert |
| Show Tooltip Description | Displays the tooltip appropriate to the cursor position. | F2 |
| Word Completion | Completes the word containing the cursor using the next available completion (If invoked repeatedly it will cycle through the possibilities.) | Alt+/ |
| Quick Fix | Displays the Quick Fix dialog appropriate to the cursor position. | Ctrl+1 |
| Content Assist | Displays the Content Assist dialog appropriate to the cursor position (If invoked repeatedly it will cycle through the available proposal types.) | Ctrl+Space |
| Parameter Hints | Displays the possible signatures in a tooltip (Enabled when the cursor is in a parameter list) | Ctrl+Shift+Space |
| Set Encoding... | Displays a dialog in which the encoding of the active editor can be specified |
C/C++ > Editor > Typing