PureBasic Editor - Navigation & Selection - PureBasic 101

Learn the fundamentals of PureBasic. In this PureBasic 101 series, I cover the language, the IDE, the tools and some programming tips and techniques.

In this episode, I demonstrate how to navigate in the code and between files. I also show how to select text.

The keys or shortcuts used

STANDARD NAVIGATION
Cursor Moves
- left arrow (←) : moves the cursor one character to the left.
- right arrow (→) : moves the cursor one character to the right.
- up arrow (↑) : moves the cursor to the line above.
- down arrow (↓) : moves the cursor to the line below.
- page up (⇞) : moves the cursor one page up.
- page down (⇟) : moves the cursor one page down.
- home (⇱) : moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.
- end (⇲) : moves the cursor to the end of the line.
- CTRL+← : moves the cursor before the previous word.
- CTRL+→ : moves the cursor after the next word.
- CTRL+⇱ : moves the cursor to the beginning of the file.
- CTRL+⇲ : moves the cursor to the end of the file.
Scrolling
- CTRL+↑ : scrolls the file one line up.
- CTRL+↓ : scrolls the file one line down.

SPECIAL NAVIGATION
- CTRL+G : moves the cursor to the line number entered in the window.
- CTRL+K : moves the cursor to the next matching keyword
- CTRL+L : moves the cursor to its previous (navigated) position
- CTRL+Double-Click on procedure call : moves to the procedure definition.
- Double-Click on IncludeFile, XIncludeFile or IncludeBinary : opens the file.
- CTRL+F2 : toggles a marker on the current line
- F2 : moves the cursor to the next marker
- Edit ➔ Clear Markers : removes all markers in the current file.

STANDARD SELECTION
- Mouse click and drag : selects text.
- SHIFT+[any cursor move] : adds text to the selection
- CTRL+A : selects the whole content of the current file/
- Double-Click to select a word (except IncludeFile, IncludeBinary)

SPECIAL SELECTION
CTRL+M : expands the selection outwards (to the including block)
CTRL+SHIFT+M : shrinks the selection inwards (to the included block)


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