BRIEF Keyboard Shortcuts

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The following table lists the BRIEF Mapping keyboard shortcuts for the Code Editor.

Note: Use Tools > Options > Editor Options > Key Mappings page to select the BRIEF Mapping keyboard shortcuts.

Shortcut	Action
Alt+A	Marks a non-inclusive block
Alt+B	Displays a list of open files
Alt+Backspace	Deletes the word to the right of the cursor
Alt+C	Mark the beginning of a column block
Alt+D	Deletes a line
Alt+F9	Displays the local menu
Alt+Hyphen	Jumps to the previous page
Alt+I	Toggles insert mode
Alt+K	Deletes of the end of a line
Alt+L	Marks a line
Alt+M	Marks an inclusive block
Alt+N	Displays the contents of the next page
Alt+P	Prints the selected block
Alt+Page Down	Goes to the next tab
Alt+Page Up	Goes to the previous tab
Alt+Q	Causes next character to be interpreted as an ASCII sequence
Alt+R	Reads a block from a file
Backspace	Deletes the character to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+/	Adds or removes // to each line in the selected code block to comment the code.
Ctrl+- (dash)	Closes the current page
Ctrl+B	Moves to the bottom of the window
Ctrl+Backspace	Deletes the word to the left of the cursor
Ctrl+C	Centers line in window
Ctrl+D	Moves down one screen
Ctrl+E	Moves up one screen
Ctrl+Enter	Inserts an empty new line
Ctrl+F1	Displays a help topic describing: A pointed reserved word, directive, or C++ keyword. A pointed identifier (or selected qualified identifier) corresponding to a name of a procedure, function, constant, property, variable, field, type, program, unit, library, or package described in installed CHM help files. The Code Editor.
Ctrl+F5	Toggles case-sensitive searching
Ctrl+F6	Toggles regular expression searching
Ctrl+K	Deletes to the beginning of a line.
Ctrl+Num +	Increases the font size of the Code Editor.
Ctrl+Num -	Decreases the font size of the Code Editor.
Ctrl+M	Inserts a new line with a carriage return
Ctrl+O+A	Open file at cursor
Ctrl+O+B	Browse symbol at cursor
Ctrl+O+O	Toggles the case of a selection
Ctrl+Q+[	Finds the matching delimiter (forward)
Ctrl+Q+]	Finds the matching delimiter (backward)
Ctrl+Q+Ctrl+[	Finds the matching delimiter (forward)
Ctrl+Q+Ctrl+]	Finds the matching delimiter (backward)
Ctrl+S	Performs an incremental search
Ctrl+T	Moves to the top of the window
Ctrl+Shift+C	Invokes class completion for the class declaration in which the cursor is positioned
Del	Deletes a character or block at the cursor
Enter	Inserts a new line with a carriage return
Esc	Cancels a command at the prompt
Shift+Backspace	Deletes the character to the left of the cursor
Shift+F4	Tiles windows horizontally
Shift+F6	Repeats the last Search|Replace operation
Tab	Inserts a tab character