# 7.3. Working with Keyboard Shortcuts

For using the editor , you should make yourself comfortable with some keyboard shortcuts that make it easier to position the cursor and edit the file. The complete shortcut reference is also listed in section Overview.

       1 one letter to the left                           Left Arrow
       2 one letter to the right                          Right Arrow
       3 one word to the left                             CTRL+Left Arrow
       4 one word to the right                            CTRL+Right Arrow
       5 one line upwards                                 Up Arrow
       6 one line downwards                               Down Arrow
       7 to the beginning of the line                     POS 1
       8 to the end of the line                           END
       9 one page up                                      PageUp
      10 one page down                                    PageDown
      11 to the beginning of the current file             CTRL+PageUp
      12 to the end of the current file                   CTRL+PageDown
      13 one letter to the left                           SHIFT+Left Arrow
      14 one letter to the right                          SHIFT+Right Arrow
      15 one word to the left                             CTRL+SHIFT+Left Arrow
      16 one word to the right                            CTRL+SHIFT+Right Arrow
      17 one line upwards                                 CTRL+Up
      18 one line downwards                               CTRL+Down
      19 to the beginning of the current line             CTRL+POS 1
      20 to the end of the current line                   CTRL+END
      21 one page up                                      SHIFT+PageUp
      22 one page down                                    SHIFT+PageDown
      23 to the beginning of the current file             CTRL+SHIFT+PageUp
      24 to the end of the current file                   CTRL+SHIFT+PageDown
      25 en/disable insertmode                            INS
      26 copy selection to the clipboard                  CTRL+C, CTRL+INS
      27 insert text from the clipboard                   CTRL+V, SHIFT+INS
      28 delete current line                              CTRL+K
      29 insert line after current line                   END, then Enter
      30 insert line before current line                  POS 1, then Enter
      31 undo editing step                                CTRL+Z
      32 redo an undo step                                CTRL+Y
      33 tabulator                                        TAB
      34 delete letter left of cursor position            Backspace
      35 delete letter right of cursor position           Delete
      36 delete selected text                             Select text, then Backspace