Keyboard Shortcuts

We've implemented several keyboard shortcuts to make your life easier when working with SIL® scripts.

Most Popular

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Shift + Enter

Shift + Enter

Check the SIL code

Ctrl + S

Commans + S

Save

Ctrl + /

Command + /

Toggle line comment

Ctrl + Shift + /

Command + Shift + /

Toggle selection comment

Ctrl + Space

Command + Space

Show autocomplete suggestions

Ctrl + K

Command + K

Go to next occurrence of selection

Ctrl + Shift + K

Command + Shift + K

Go to previous occurrence of selection

Ctrl + L

Command + L

Jump to line

Tab

Tab

Indent selection

Shift + Tab

Shift + Tab

Outdent selection

Alt + Up/Down

Option + Up/Down

Move line up/down

Alt + Shift + Up/Down

Command + Option + Up/Down

Copy line up/down

Ctrl + D

Command + D

Delete line

Line Operations

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Ctrl + D

Command + D

Remove line

Alt + Shift + Down

Command + Option + Down

Copy lines down

Alt + Shift + Up

Command + Option + Up

Copy lines up

Alt + Down

Option + Down

Move lines down

Alt + Up

Option + Up

Move lines up

Alt + Delete

Ctrl + K

Remove to line end

Alt + Backspace

Command + Backspace

Remove to linestart

Ctrl + Backspace

Option + Backspace, Ctrl + Option + Backspace

Remove word left

Ctrl + Delete

Option + Delete

Remove word right

+ + +

Ctrl + O

Split line

Multicursor

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Ctrl + Alt + Up

Ctrl + Option + Up

Add multi + cursor above

Ctrl + Alt + Down

Ctrl + Option + Down

Add multi + cursor below

Ctrl + Alt + Right

Ctrl + Option + Right

Add next occurrence to multi + selection

Ctrl + Alt + Left

Ctrl + Option + Left

Add previous occurrence to multi + selection

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Up

Ctrl + Option + Shift + Up

Move multicursor from current line to the line above

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Down

Ctrl + Option + Shift + Down

Move multicursor from current line to the line below

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Right

Ctrl + Option + Shift + Right

Remove current occurrence from multi + selection and move to next

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left

Ctrl + Option + Shift + Left

Remove current occurrence from multi + selection and move to previous

Ctrl + Shift + L

Ctrl + Shift + L

Select all from multi + selection

Go to

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Left

Left, Ctrl + B

Go to left

Right

Right, Ctrl + F

Go to right

Ctrl + Left

Option + Left

Go to word left

Ctrl + Right

Option + Right

Go to word right

Up

Up, Ctrl + P

Go line up

Down

Down, Ctrl + N

Go line down

Alt + Left, Home

Command + Left, Home, Ctrl + A

Go to line start

Alt + Right, End

Command + Right, End, Ctrl + E

Go to line end

PageUp

Option + PageUp

Go to page up

PageDown

Option + PageDown, Ctrl + V

Go to page down

Ctrl + Home

Command + Home, Command + Up

Go to start

Ctrl + End

Command + End, Command + Down

Go to end

Ctrl + L

Command + L

Go to line

Ctrl + Down

Command + Down

Scroll line down

Ctrl + Up

+ + +

Scroll line up

Ctrl + P

+ + +

Go to matching bracket

Option + PageDown

Scroll page down

Option + PageUp

Scroll page up

Find/Replace

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Ctrl + F

Command + F

Find

Ctrl + H

Command + Option + F

Replace

Ctrl + K

Command + G

Find next

Ctrl + Shift + K

Command + Shift + G

Find previous

Folding

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Alt + L, Ctrl + F1

Command + Option + L, Command + F1

Fold selection

Alt + Shift + L, Ctrl + Shift + F1

Command + Option + Shift + L, Command + Shift + F1

Unfold

Alt + 0

Command + Option + 0

Fold all

Alt + Shift + 0

Command + Option + Shift + 0

Unfold all

Other

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Windows/Linux

Mac

Action

Tab

Tab

Indent

Shift + Tab

Shift + Tab

Outdent

Ctrl + Z

Command + Z

Undo

Ctrl + Shift + Z, Ctrl + Y

Command + Shift + Z, Command + Y

Redo

Ctrl + /

Command + /

Toggle comment

Alt + Enter

Command + Option + Enter

Enter full screen

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