There are several ways to move around code editors:

- Mouse and cursor motion keys
- Bookmarks
- The Go To Line command
- The Navigate Backward and Navigate Forward buttons

## Navigating with the mouse and keyboard

The most common way to navigate text is with the mouse and cursor motion keys:

- Click a location with the mouse.
- Use the arrow keys to move one character at a time, or the arrow keys in combination with the Ctrl key to move one word at a time.
- Use the scroll bars or scroll wheel on the mouse to move through the text.
- Use the Home, End, PageUp, and PageDown keys.
- Use Alt+PageUp and Alt+PageDown to move the insertion point to the top or bottom of the window, respectively.
- Use Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down to scroll the view without moving the insertion point.

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.

## Go to line

To move the cursor to a particular line number, do one of the following:

- From the Edit menu, click Advanced then Go To Line.
- Enter the line number to move the cursor to.

—or—

- Type Ctrl+G, Ctrl+L.
- Enter the line number to move the cursor to.

## Selecting Text

###### Selecting text with the keyboard

You can select text using the keyboard by using Shift with the navigation keys.

- Hold Shift key down while using the cursor motion keys.

###### Selecting text with the mouse

- Move mouse cursor to the point in the document that you want to start selecting.
- Hold down left mouse button and drag mouse to mark selection.
- Release left mouse button to end selection.

## Matching delimiters

The editor can find the matching partner for delimiter characters such as (), [], {}, <>.

###### To match a delimiter

- Move cursor to the left of the delimiter character to be matched.
- Select Edit | Advanced | Match Delimiter menu item or use Ctrl+] keys.

###### To select a delimited range

- Move cursor to the left of the delimiter character to be matched.
- Use Ctrl+Shift+] keys.