Formatting keys and toolbars – PB Docs 105

Formatting keys and toolbars

When the toolbar is visible, you can use its buttons to format
text. The changes you make in preview are temporary.

The keystrokes listed in the following tables also assign
formatting to selected text.

note.gif Keyboard shortcuts do not work in the painter These keystrokes work only when you are running the DataWindow object or the
window containing the RichTextEdit control. In PowerBuilder, only keyboard
shortcuts defined for menu items in the painter can be used.

Table 30-2: Keyboard shortcuts for RichText DataWindow objects
Category Action Key
Using the clipboard

Cut Ctrl+X
Paste Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert  
Copy Ctrl+C  
Undo Ctrl+Z  
Assigning font attributes

Bold Ctrl+B
Italic Ctrl+I  
Underline Ctrl+U  
Subscript Ctrl+=  
Superscript Ctrl+Shift+=  
Strikeout Ctrl+U  
Change font Ctrl+Shift+U  
Setting line spacing

Single space Ctrl+1
Double space Ctrl+2  
One and a half space Ctrl+5  
Aligning text

Justify Ctrl+J
Center Ctrl+E  
Left Ctrl+L  
Right Ctrl+R  
Set paragraph formatting Ctrl+Shift+S  
Editing

Insert a new paragraph Enter
Insert an empty line Ctrl+N  
Delete character to right of insertion
point
Delete  
Delete character to left of insertion
point
Backspace  
Input fields

Select the input field at the insertion
point
Enter
Activate the input field at the insertion
point
Space  
When input field is active, accept data
and exit field
Enter  
When input field is active, exit field
without changing data
Esc  
Move to next input field Ctrl+Tab  
Move to previous input field Shift+Ctrl+Tab  
Miscellaneous

Select All Ctrl+A
Print Ctrl+P  
Undo Ctrl+Z  
Toggle display of nonprinting characters Ctrl+*  
Toggle preview mode Ctrl+F2  

Navigating and selecting text

Table 30-3: Keyboard shortcuts for navigating and selecting text
Move or select Navigating key Selection key
A character to the right or left Right arrow or
Left arrow
Shift+Right arrow or Shift+Left
arrow
A word to the right or left Ctrl+Right arrow or Ctrl+Left
arrow
Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow
or Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow
A line up or down Up arrow or
Down arrow
Shift+Up arrow or Shift+Down
arrow
To start of line Home Shift+Home
To end of line End Shift+End
To start of document Ctrl+Home Ctrl+Shift+Home
To end of document Ctrl+End Ctrl+Shift+End
To next input field Ctrl+Tab
To previous input field Shift+Ctrl+Tab

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