Shortcuts

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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

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 ↑/↓
 

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

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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 $_ :=
modify
return
cr &xD;
ch child::
ct contains text
de descendant::
ds descendant-or-self::
dcl declare
declnl declare option output:item-separator "
";
declns declare namespace _ = "";
delete delete node _
dump prof:dump(_)
fo following::
for for $_ in
return
fs following-sibling::
function declare function _() {
  
};
group group by $_
import import module namespace _ = "";
 
Key Value
insert insert node _ into
let let $_ :=
return
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
satisfies
switch switch(_)
  case return
  default return
tab 	
trace trace(_ , 'Info: ')
try try {
  _
} catch * {
  
}
typeswitch typeswitch(_)
  case return
  default return
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
Version 7.5
  • Added: go to line (Ctrl F)
Version 7.3
  • Added: delete complete line (Ctrl Shift D), jump to highlighted error (Ctrl .)