Many of the key bindings (shortcuts) are configurable by way of the Settings menu. By default KEdit honors the following key bindings.
Key Binding | Action |
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Insert | Toggle between Insert and Overwrite mode. |
Left Arrow | Move the cursor one character leftwards. |
Right Arrow | Move the cursor one character rightwards. |
Up Arrow | Move the cursor one line upwards |
Down Arrow | Move the cursor one line downwards. |
Page Up | Move the cursor one page upwards. |
Page Down | Move the cursor one page downwards. |
Backspace | Delete the character to the left of the cursor. |
Home | Move the cursor to the beginning of the line. |
End | Move the cursor to the end of the line. |
Delete | Delete the characer to the right of the cursor. |
Shift-Left Arrow | Mark text one character leftwards. |
Shift-Right Arrow | Mark text one character rightwards. |
Ctrl-A | Move the cursor to the beginning of the line. |
Ctrl-B | Move the cursor one character leftwards. |
Ctrl-C | Copy the marked text to the clipboard. |
Ctrl-D | Delete the character to the right of the cursor. |
Ctrl-E | Move the cursor to the end of the line. |
Ctrl-F | Move the cursor one character rightwards. |
Ctrl-H | Delete the characer to the left of the cursor. |
Ctrl-J | Delete the character to the left of the cursor. |
Ctrl-K | Delete to the end of the line, and place content into the kill buffer |
Ctrl-N | Move the cursor one line downwards. |
Ctrl-P | Move the cursor one line upwards. |
Ctrl-V | Paste the clipboard text into the document at the text cursor position. |
Ctrl-X | Cut the marked text, copying it to the clipboard. |
Ctrl-Y | Yank (paste) the content of the kill-buffer (clipboard) into the document, at the current cursor position. |