There are several ways to move around code editors:
The most common way to navigate text is with the mouse and cursor motion keys:
The keystrokes most commonly used to navigate around a document are:
Keystroke | Description |
Up |
Moves the cursor up one line. |
Down |
Moves the cursor down one line. |
Left |
Moves the cursor left one character. |
Right |
Moves the cursor right one character. |
Home | Moves the cursor to the first character on the line. Pressing Home a second time moves the cursor to the first column. |
End | Moves the cursor to the end of the line. |
PageUp | Moves the cursor up one page. |
PageDown | Moves the cursor down one page. |
Ctrl+Left |
Moves the cursor left one word. |
Ctrl+Right | Moves the cursor right one word. |
Ctrl+Up |
Moves the cursor to the previous function. |
Ctrl+Down | Moves the cursor to the next function. |
Ctrl+Home | Moves the cursor to the start of the document. |
Ctrl+End | Moves the cursor to the end of the document. |
Alt+Up | Scrolls the document up by one line. |
Alt+Down | Scrolls the document down by one line. |
To move the cursor to a particular line number, do one of the following:
—or—
You can select text using the keyboard by using Shift with the navigation keys.
The editor can find the matching partner for delimiter characters such as (), [], {}, <>.