Shortcuts
This page is part of the Getting Started Section. It gives you an overview of the hotkeys available in the GUI of BaseX.
Global Shortcuts
The following shortcuts are available from most GUI components:
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Jump to input bar | F6 | ⌘ F6 |
Jump to next/previous panel | Ctrl (Shift) Tab | Ctrl (Shift) Tab |
Increase/Decrease font size | Ctrl +/- | ⌘ +/- |
Reset font size | Ctrl 0 | ⌘ 0 |
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Browse back/forward | Alt ←/→ Backspace |
⌘ ←/→ |
Browse one level up | Alt ↑ | ⌘ ↑ |
Browse to the root node | Alt Home | ⌘ Home |
Editor Shortcuts
The text editor can be used to create, edit, save and execute XQuery expressions, XML documents and any other textual files.
Processing
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Execute query | Ctrl Enter | ⌘ Enter |
(Un)comment selection/line | Ctrl K | ⌘ K |
Delete complete line | Ctrl Shift D | ⌘ Shift D |
Jump to highlighted error | Ctrl . | ⌘ . |
Performs Code Completions | Ctrl Space | ⌘ Space |
Finding
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Find text | Ctrl F | ⌘ F |
Find next instance of text | Ctrl G F3 |
⌘ G ⌘ F3 |
Find previous instance of text | Ctrl Shift G, Shift F3 |
⌘ Shift G, ⌘ Shift F3 |
Go to line | Ctrl L | ⌘ L |
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Move one character to the left/right | ←/→ | ←/→ |
Move one word to the left/right | Ctrl ←/→ | Alt ←/→ |
Move to beginning/end of line | Home/End | ⌘ ←/→ |
Move one line up/down | ↑/↓ | ↑/↓ |
Move one screen-full up/down | Page ↑/↓ | Page ↑/↓ (fn ↑/↓) |
Move to top/bottom | Ctrl Home/End | ↖/↘ (⌘ ↑/↓) |
Scroll one line up/down | Ctrl ↑/↓ | Alt ↑/↓ |
Editing
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Undo recent changes | Ctrl Z | ⌘ Z |
Redo recent changes | Ctrl Y | ⌘ Shift Z |
Cut selection | Ctrl X Ctrl Delete |
⌘ X |
Copy selection to clipboard | Ctrl C Ctrl Insert |
⌘ C |
Paste from clipboard | Ctrl V Shift Insert |
⌘ V |
Select All | Ctrl A | ⌘ A |
Delete character left of cursor | Backspace | Backspace |
Delete character right of cursor | Delete | Delete (fn Backspace) |
Delete word left of cursor | Ctrl Backspace | Alt Backspace |
Delete word right of cursor | Ctrl Delete | Alt Delete |
Delete text left of cursor | Ctrl Shift Backspace | ⌘ Backspace |
Delete text right of cursor | Ctrl Shift Delete | ⌘ Delete |
Menu Shortcuts
The following commands and options are also linked from the main menu:
Database
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Create new database | Ctrl N | ⌘ N |
Open/manage existing databases | Ctrl O | ⌘ O |
View/edit database properties | Ctrl D | ⌘ D |
Close opened database | Ctrl Shift W | ⌘ Shift W |
Exit application | Ctrl Q | ⌘ Q |
Query
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Toggle query/text editor | Ctrl E | ⌘ E |
Toggle query info view | Ctrl I | ⌘ I |
Create new editor tab | Ctrl T | ⌘ T |
Open existing text file | Ctrl R | ⌘ R |
Save text file | Ctrl S | ⌘ S |
Save copy of text file | Ctrl Shift S | ⌘ Shift S |
Close editor tab | Ctrl W, Ctrl F4 | ⌘ W, ⌘ F4 |
Toggle project structure | Ctrl Shift E | ⌘ Shift E |
Jump to project structure | Ctrl Shift R | ⌘ Shift R |
Jump to project file filter | Ctrl Shift T | ⌘ Shift T |
View
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Toggle text view | Ctrl 1 | ⌘ 1 |
Toggle map view | Ctrl 2 | ⌘ 2 |
Toggle tree view | Ctrl 3 | ⌘ 3 |
Toggle folder view | Ctrl 4 | ⌘ 4 |
Toggle plot view | Ctrl 5 | ⌘ 5 |
Toggle table view | Ctrl 5 | ⌘ 5 |
Toggle explorer view | Ctrl 7 | ⌘ 7 |
Nodes
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Copy path to current node | Ctrl Shift C | ⌘ Shift C |
Options
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Open preference dialog | Ctrl P | ⌘ , (comma) |
Help
Description | Win/Linux | Mac |
Show Help | F1 | F1 |
Code Completions
The GUI editor provides various code completions, which simplify the authoring of complex XQuery applications. Opening elements, comments, quotes or brackets will automatically be closed, and new lines will automatically be indented. If the shortcut for code completions is pressed, the keys listed in the following table will be replaced with their corresponding values. An underscore indicates where the cursor will be placed after the replacement:
Key | Value |
..
|
parent::node()
|
.
|
self::node()
|
//
|
/descendant-or-self::node()/
|
/
|
root()
|
@
|
attribute
|
an
|
ancestor::
|
as
|
ancestor-or-self::
|
copy
|
copy $_ :=
|
cr
|
&xD;
|
ch
|
child::
|
ct
|
contains text
|
de
|
descendant::
|
ds
|
descendant-or-self::
|
declnl
|
declare option output:item-separator "
";
|
declns
|
declare namespace _ = "";
|
delete
|
delete node _
|
dump
|
prof:dump(_)
|
fo
|
following::
|
for
|
for $_ in
|
fs
|
following-sibling::
|
function
|
declare function _() {
|
group
|
group by $_
|
import
|
import module namespace _ = "";
|
Key | Value |
insert
|
insert node _ into
|
let
|
let $_ :=
|
module
|
module namespace _ = "";
|
nl
|
&xA;
|
ns
|
namespace
|
order
|
order by _
|
pa
|
parent::
|
pr
|
preceding::
|
ps
|
preceding-sibling::
|
rename
|
rename node _ as
|
replace value
|
replace value of node _ with
|
replace
|
replace node _ with
|
some
|
some $_ in
|
switch
|
switch(_)
|
tab
|
	
|
trace
|
trace(_ , 'Info: ')
|
try
|
try {
|
typeswitch
|
typeswitch(_)
|
variable
|
declare variable $_ := ;
|
Additionally, the names of HTML entities will be converted to their Unicode representation (as an example, Auml
will be translated to ä
).
Changelog
- Version 7.8
- Added: Code Completions, project structure (Ctrl Shift E/R/T)
- Version 7.5
- Added: go to line (Ctrl F)
- Version 7.3
- Added: delete complete line (Ctrl Shift D), jump to highlighted error (Ctrl .)