This page is part of the Getting Started Section.
It gives you an overview of the keyboard shortcuts 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
|
Ctrl L
F6
|
⌘ L
⌘ 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 and save XQuery expressions, XML documents and any other text-based files.
It provides numerous shortcuts, which are listed below.
Editing
| Description
|
Win/Linux
|
Mac
|
| Execute query
|
Ctrl Enter
|
⌘ Enter
|
| (Un)comment selection/line
|
Ctrl K
|
⌘ K
|
| 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
|
| Delete complete line (Version 7.2.2)
|
Ctrl Shift D
|
⌘ Shift D
|
Find
| 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
|
Navigation
| 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 ↑/↓
|
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 W
|
⌘ 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 text file
|
Ctrl Shift N
|
⌘ Shift N
|
| Open existing text file
|
Ctrl R
|
⌘ R
|
| Save text file
|
Ctrl S
|
⌘ S
|
| Save copy of text file
|
Ctrl Shift S
|
⌘ Shift S
|
| Close opened text file
|
Ctrl Shift W
|
⌘ Shift W
|
Help
| Description
|
Win/Linux
|
Mac
|
| Show Help
|
F1
|
F1
|
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
|
⌘ P
|
