Keybindings

Keybindings

The complete default keyboard reference for edit. Keybindings can be customized in config.toml and extended by plugins — note that the safety-critical Save and Quit actions cannot be overridden by a plugin.

File operations

Key	Action
Ctrl+S / F5	Save current file
F12	Save As Encoding dialog (select output encoding)
Ctrl+O	Open file browser
Ctrl+N	New buffer
Ctrl+W	Close current buffer
Ctrl+Q	Quit (prompts if unsaved changes)

Save As… is reached from the File menu (it opens the Save file browser); it has no default key binding.

Editing

Key	Action
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y	Redo
Ctrl+X / F8	Cut selection
Ctrl+C / F9	Copy selection
Ctrl+V / F11	Paste
Ctrl+Backspace	Delete previous word (Feature 032)
Ctrl+Delete	Delete next word (Feature 032)
Delete	Delete character at cursor
Backspace	Delete character before cursor
Tab	Insert tab / indent selection
Shift+Tab	Dedent selection

Navigation

Key	Action
Arrow keys	Move cursor
Ctrl+Left / Ctrl+Right	Move cursor by word — word left / word right (Feature 032)
Home	Beginning of line
End	End of line
Ctrl+Home	Beginning of file
Ctrl+End	End of file
PgUp / PgDn	Page up / page down

Selection

Selected text is shown highlighted (reverse video). Copy/Cut act on the selection; typing or pasting replaces it; Backspace/Delete delete it; moving without Shift (or a single click) clears it.

Key / action	Action
Shift+Arrow	Extend selection by a character / line
Shift+Home / Shift+End	Extend selection to line start / end
Ctrl+Shift+Left / Ctrl+Shift+Right	Extend selection by word (Feature 032)
Ctrl+A	Select all

Search and replace

Key	Action
Ctrl+F	Open the interactive Find dialog (type the term in a bordered, labeled input with a caret; Enter searches; matches are highlighted, the view jumps to the current match, and "X of Y" is shown)
Ctrl+H	Open the interactive Replace dialog (find + replace-with fields, each a bordered, labeled input)
F3	Find next (wraps)
F2	Find previous (wraps)
Ctrl+G	Go to Line — type a 1-based line number and Enter to jump (out-of-range clamps; Esc cancels)
Tab	Replace dialog: switch between the find and replace fields
Enter	Find: search / advance · Replace: replace the current match and advance
Ctrl+A	Replace dialog: Replace All
Alt+C / Alt+A / Alt+R / Alt+W	Toggle case-sensitive / wrap-around / regex / whole-word (while a Find/Replace dialog is open)
Esc	Close the Find/Replace dialog and clear match highlights

Multi-file / buffers

Key / action	Action
F6	Next buffer
Shift+F6	Previous buffer
Ctrl+W	Close current buffer
Mouse left-click on a tab	Switch to that buffer (tab bar, Feature 027)
Mouse left-click on a tab's ✕	Close that buffer; a modified buffer prompts Save/Discard/Cancel

With 2 or more buffers open, a one-row tab bar appears below the menu bar listing each open file (active tab highlighted, a ● marks unsaved buffers). It is hidden with a single buffer. Overflowing tabs truncate/scroll to keep the active tab visible.

Mouse

Action	Effect
Single click	Position the caret, clear selection
Press-drag-release	Select the dragged range
Double-click	Select the word under the pointer (Feature 030)
Triple-click	Select the whole line (Feature 030)
Right-click	Open the Cut / Copy / Paste / Select All context menu (Feature 030)
Click a list row	In dialogs (encoding select, plugin manager, file browser) selects that row (Feature 030)
Click in a text field	Position the caret at the clicked character (Find/Replace, file-browser Name, Go-to-Line — Feature 031)
Mouse wheel	Scroll whatever is under the cursor (editor viewport, file browser, Help/About, lists) — ~3 lines per notch; cursor unchanged (Feature 023)
Scrollbar click / drag	Click the track to page by a viewport; drag the thumb to scroll proportionally (Feature 024)

The right-click context menu is operable by mouse or keyboard (↑/↓, Enter/Space, Esc).

View

Key	Action
Alt+Z	Toggle soft-wrap mode (non-DOS extension)

Menu activation

The pull-down menus are fully operable from the keyboard (Feature 009) and the mouse (Feature 011).

Key	Action
F10	Activate menu bar (highlight first menu, no dropdown)
Alt (tapped alone)	Activate menu bar like F10 — terminal-permitting (Feature 013)
Alt+F	Open File menu (dropdown)
Alt+E	Open Edit menu (dropdown)
Alt+S	Open Search menu (dropdown)
Alt+V	Open View menu (dropdown)
Alt+O	Open Options menu (dropdown)
Alt+H	Open Help menu (dropdown)
accelerator letter	Each menu title and item shows one underlined accelerator letter; while the bar is active it opens that menu, while a dropdown is open it activates that item (case-insensitive)
← / →	Move between top-level menus (wraps; opens the adjacent dropdown)
↑ / ↓	Move between items within the open dropdown (wraps)
Enter	Activate the highlighted menu item
Esc	Close menu / cancel dialog
Mouse left-click	Click a top-level title to open it; click a dropdown item to activate it; click outside to close

Plugin-contributed top-level menus appear in the menu bar between Options and Help and are navigable and activatable with the same keys and the mouse.

Help

Key	Action
F1	Open the Help cheat sheet

Dialogs (confirm / dismiss prompts)

Key / action	Effect
Tab / Shift+Tab	Move focus between the dialog's boxed buttons (wraps)
← / → / ↑ / ↓	Move focus between buttons (same as Tab/Shift+Tab) (Feature 028)
Enter / Space	Activate the focused button
letter shortcuts (e.g. S/D/C, Y/N)	Choose directly
Mouse left-click	Click a button to activate it; click outside to cancel (where a safe cancel exists)
Esc	Cancel / close the dialog

Each dialog opens focused on its safe default (Cancel/No/Keep for destructive prompts). The encoding selector, plugin manager, Find/Replace, and file browser use a combined focus ring (the list/field group is the first stop, then each button).

Plugin manager dialog (Options › Plugins)

Key	Action
Up / Down	Navigate the plugin list
Space	Toggle the selected plugin on/off
Esc	Close the dialog

Consent dialog (first run of a new plugin)

Key	Action
Enter	Allow the plugin
Esc	Deny the plugin