Keyboard Shortcuts

These are the default shortcuts available via our open-source code editor component CodeMirror

Note: not all of these have been tested, so please use with caution. If you notice something not working as expected, or out of place, please let us know in opening a ticket.

Function	Windows	Linux	Mac	Notes
Delete Line	ctrl + shift + k	ctrl + shift + k	cmd + shift + k
Move Line Up / Down	alt + up or down	alt + up or down	option + up or down
Duplicate Line Above / Below	shift + alt + up or down	shift + alt + up or down	shift + option + up or down
Cut line	ctrl + x	N/A	cmd + x
Cut selection	ctrl + x	ctrl + x	cmd + x
Copy line (nothing selected)	ctrl + c	N/A	cmd + c
Copy selection	ctrl + c	ctrl + c	cmd + c
Paste	ctrl + v	ctrl + v	cmd + v
Select rest of line from cursor	ctrl + shift + down	ctrl + shift + down	ctrl + shift + e
Delete next character	del	del	ctrl + d
Backspace whole word	ctrl + backspace	ctrl + backspace	option + backspace
Delete line from cursor	N/A	N/A	ctrl + k	Deletes to end of line from current cursor location.
Select current line	alt + l	alt + l	ctrl + l	Continuing to press will select the next line down
Move single char forward	N/A	N/A	ctrl + t	This will take the character directly behind the cursor and move it forward 1 spot for each press. Useful for typos.
Select single line above starting from cursor	N/A	N/A	ctrl + shift + p
Select single line below starting from cursor	N/A	N/A	ctrl + shift + n
Backspace line from cursor	N/A	ctrl + shift + backspace	cmd + delete
Delete only commented text	alt + backspace	N/A	N/A	This will leave uncommented text untouched
Toggle line comment	ctrl + /	ctrl + /	cmd + /
Toggle block comment	shift + alt + a	shift + alt + a	shift + option + a
Open suggestion dropdown	ctrl + space	ctrl + space	ctrl + space
Move sidebar to other side of editor	ctrl + shift + x	ctrl + shift + x	N/A
Escape button	Esc	Esc	Esc
Run Query	ctrl + enter	ctrl + enter	cmd + return
Create new line above	N/A	N/A	ctrl + o
Indent / outdent line	ctrl + ] or [	ctrl + ] or [	cmd + ] or [
Go to matching bracket	ctrl + shift + \	ctrl + shift + \	cmd + shift + \	When cursor is on an open or close bracket (Velocity will show it as green/lightly highlighted)
Go to beginning of line	Home	Home	fn + left
Go to end of line	End	End	fn + right
Go to beginning of file	ctrl + Home	ctrl + Home	shift + option + <
Go to end of file	ctrl + End	ctrl + End	shift + option + >
Collapse / uncollapse region	ctrl + shift + [ or ]	ctrl + shift + [ or ]	cmd + option + [ or ]	When a \/ carrot appears next to the line number, the related query lines can be collapsed
Search and Replace	ctrl + f	ctrl + f	cmd + f	If user has text highlighted when using this command, it will search for the selection.
Search for next	ctrl + g	ctrl + g	cmd + g	If user has nothing selected, search bar will pop up. If user has a selection, cursor will jump to next instance.
Undo cursor move	ctrl + u	ctrl + u	cmd + u	If user clicks somewhere else, this will bring the cursor back to where it just was
Select next character / grow or shrink selection	shift + right or left	shift + right or left	shift + right or left	User can start a selection or use this shortcut to expand a current selection
Select next word / block	shift + (ctrl OR alt) + right or left	shift + (ctrl OR alt) + right or left	shift + (ctrl OR alt) + right or left	User can start a selection or use this shortcut to expand a current selection
Select all	ctrl + a	ctrl + a	cmd + a
Go to line prompt	alt + g	alt + g	option + g
Move cursor full word / block	ctrl + left or right	ctrl + left or right	option + left or right