From BaseX Documentation
This page is part of the Getting Started Section.
It gives you an overview of the hotkeys available in the GUI of BaseX.
[edit] 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
|
[edit] Editor Shortcuts
The text editor can be used to create, edit, save and execute XQuery expressions, XML documents and any other textual files.
[edit] 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 .
| ⌘ .
|
[edit] 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
|
[edit] Navigating
| 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 ↑/↓
|
[edit] 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
|
The following commands and options are also linked from the main menu:
[edit] 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
|
| 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
| ⌘ W
|
| Description
| Win/Linux
| Mac
|
| Show Help
| F1
| F1
|
| 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
|
| Description
| Win/Linux
| Mac
|
| Copy path to current node
| Ctrl Shift C
| ⌘ Shift C
|
[edit] Options
| Description
| Win/Linux
| Mac
|
| Open preference dialog
| Ctrl P
| ⌘ , (comma)
|
[edit] Changelog
- Version 7.5
- Added: go to line (Ctrl F)
- Version 7.3
- Added: delete complete line (Ctrl Shift D), jump to highlighted error (Ctrl .)
