Command

Key

Description

Select All

Hold down Ctrl and click the mouse in the selection bar at the left.

Select the whole file.

Select Block

Ctrl+-

Selects the next small­est enclosing set of braces or parentheses.

Select Function Or Symbol

Double-click in selec­tion bar at the left of edge of the window

Select the whole enclosing symbol defi­nition.

Select Char Left

Shift+Left

Extends selection to the left by one charac­ter.

Select Char Right

Shift+Right

Extends selection to the right by one char­acter.

Select Line

Shift+F6

Selects whole line.

Select Line Down

Shift+Down

Extends selection down a line.

Select Line Up

Shift+Up

Extends selection up by a line.

Select Match

Alt+=

Selects up to the matching brace, parentheses, or quote mark.

Select Sentence

Shift+F7,

Ctrl+.

Selects whole sen­tence (up to the next period).

Select Word

Shift+F5,

and

Double-click L. Mouse

Selects whole word.

Select Word Left

Ctrl+Shift+Left

Extends selection to include the whole word on the to the left.

Select Word Right

Ctrl+Shift+Right

Extends selection to include the whole word on the to the Right.

Select To

Shift+L. Mouse

Extends the selection to the current mouse location. This is assigned to the mouse.

Select To Top Of File

Shift+Home

Selects up to the beginning of the file.

Select To End Of File

Shift+End

Selects up to the end of the file.

Select To End Of Line

Selects up the end of the current line.

Toggle Extend Mode

When on, movement keys extend the selec­tion.