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The Edit Menu

The Edit menu contains a host of commands, all to work with the currently active document.

Menu Entries

Edit->Undo (Ctrl+Z)

Undo the last editing command (typing, copying, cutting etc.)

Note

If grouped undo is enabled, this may undo several editing commands of the same type, like typing in characters.

Edit->Redo (Ctrl+Shift+Z)

Redo the last undo step.

Edit->Cut (Ctrl+X)

Removes selected text if any, and places a copy of the removed text in the clipboard.

Edit->Copy (Ctrl+C)

Copies selected text, if any, to the clipboard.

Edit->Copy as HTML...

Copies selected text with the syntax highlight as HTML text.

Edit->Paste (Ctrl+V)

Copies the first item in the clipboard into the editor at cursor position.

Note

If Overwrite Selection is enabled, the pasted text will overwrite the selection, if any.

Edit->Select All (Ctrl+A)

Selects all text in the editor.

Edit->Deselect (Ctrl+Shift+A)

Deselects the selected text in the editor if any.

Edit->Block Selection Mode (Ctrl+Shift+B)

Toggles Selection Mode. When the Selection Mode is “BLOCK”, you can make vertical selections, e.g. select column 5 to 10 in lines 9 to 15.

The status bar shows the current state of the Selection Mode, either “LINE” or “BLOCK”.

Edit->Overwrite Mode (Ins)

Toggles the Insert/Overwrite modes. When the mode is INS, you insert characters where the cursor is. When the mode is OVR, writing characters will replace the current characters if your cursor is positioned before any character. The status bar shows the current state of the Overwrite Mode, either INS or OVR.

Edit->Find in Files...

Launch the Find in Files dialog to allow you to search for text in the files of a folder.

Edit->Find... (Ctrl+F)

Launch the incremental search bar to allow you to search for text in the edited document.

Edit->Find Next (F3)

Go to the nearest downwards match of the last text or regular expression searched for, starting from cursor position

Edit->Find Previous (Shift+F3)

Go to the nearest upwards match of the last text or regular expression searched for, starting from cursor position

Edit->Replace... (Ctrl+R)

Launch the power search and replace bar to replace one or more instances of a defined text with something else.

Edit->Find Selected (Ctrl+H)

Finds next occurrence of selected text.

Edit->Find Selected Backwards (Ctrl+Shift+H)

Finds previous occurrence of selected text.

Edit->Go to Line... (Ctrl+G)

Launches the Go To Line bar, allowing you to enter the number of a line to find in the document

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