Extended Editor (Text)

Use this editor to edit a stream of text, such as a login script.

Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + Right-/Left-arrow Moves the cursor forward or back a word.
Ctrl + Home/End Moves the cursor to the start or end of the text stream.
Shift + cursor-movement Extends the current text selection to the new cursor position.
Double-click Selects a word.
Triple-click Selects a line.
Quadruple-click Selects the entire text stream.
Esc Turns off the current text selection.
Ctrl + Del Deletes from the current character to the end of the line.

To customize the editor view
Click Tools > Settings, and then choose the settings you want:

Setting Effect
Zoom Zooms the view in or out a specified percentage.
Show Lines Turns on or off the ruled lines in the background.
Show Line Numbers Turns on or off the automatic line numbering in the left margin.
Highlight Comments Turns on or off the highlighting of comment lines in the text stream. Comment lines are lines that start with a semicolon (;), pound sign (#), two forward slashes (//), or "rem" (with any mix of uppercase and lowercase).

Editor Limits