#921 – Keyboard Shortcuts Available in a TextBox Control
October 4, 2013 Leave a comment
There are a number of keys that you can use as shortcuts for editing text within a TextBox control. The most common are:
- Left/Right Arrow keys: Move cursor left or right within text
- Up/Down Arrow keys: Move cursor to previous/next line, maintaining position within line
- Ctrl+Left/Right Arrow: Move to beginning of previous/next word
- Ctrl+Up Arrow: Move to start of text
- Ctrl+Down Arrow: Move to end of text
- Shift+Left/Right/Up/Down Arrow: Move cursor while selecting text
- Home key: Move to beginning of current line
- End key: Move to end of current line
- Shift+Home/End: Select text to beginning/end of current line
- Page Up/Down: Move up/down full page
- Insert key: Toggle Insert/Overwrite mode
- Delete key: Delete character to right of cursor
- Backspace key: Delete character to right of cursor
- Ctrl+A: Select all text
- Ctrl+X: Cut selected text
- Ctrl+C: Copy selected text
- Ctrl+V: Paste text at current position