Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Modes

Ace Editor supports multiple keyboard handlers, each simulating the shortcut key style of different editors.

Supported Keyboard Modes

• Default: Default keyboard mode, similar to traditional text editor mode
• VS Code: VS Code editor keyboard mode, mimicking VS Code's shortcut key style
• Sublime: Sublime Text editor keyboard mode, mimicking Sublime Text's shortcut key style
• Emacs: Emacs editor keyboard mode, mimicking Emacs' shortcut key style
• Vim: Vim editor keyboard mode, mimicking Vim's shortcut key style

Switching Keyboard Modes

1. Open plugin settings
2. Find the "Keyboard" option
3. Select your preferred keyboard mode

Custom Shortcut Features

Font Zooming

On the code editing page, Ctrl/Meta key + mouse wheel can quickly zoom the font

Use Ctrl key on Windows/Linux

Use Meta key (i.e., Command key) on Mac

Shortcuts

default

Default mode is Ace Editor's native shortcuts. Here is the main shortcut list^[1]:

Windows/Linux	Mac	Function
Ctrl+D	Command+D	Delete current line
Alt+Shift+Down	Command+Option+Down	Copy line down
Alt+Shift+Up	Command+Option+Up	Copy line up
Alt+Down	Option+Down	Move line down
Alt+Up	Option+Up	Move line up
Alt+Delete	Ctrl+K	Delete to line end
Alt+Backspace	Command+Backspace	Delete to line start
Ctrl+Backspace	Option+Backspace	Delete word left
Ctrl+Delete	Option+Delete	Delete word right
Ctrl+O	Ctrl+O	Split line

Windows/Linux	Mac	Function
Ctrl+A	Command+A	Select all
Ctrl+Shift+D	Command+Shift+D	Duplicate selection
Ctrl+Shift+L	Command+Shift+L	Extend to line
Shift+Home	Shift+Home	Select to line start
Shift+End	Shift+End	Select to line end

Windows/Linux	Mac	Function
Ctrl+Alt+Up	Ctrl+Option+Up	Add cursor above
Ctrl+Alt+Down	Ctrl+Option+Down	Add cursor below
Ctrl+Alt+Right	Ctrl+Option+Right	Add next occurrence to multi-selection
Ctrl+Alt+Left	Ctrl+Option+Left	Add previous occurrence to multi-selection

Windows/Linux	Mac	Function
Ctrl+F	Command+F	Find
Ctrl+H	Command+Option+F	Replace
Ctrl+K	Command+G	Find next
Ctrl+Shift+K	Command+Shift+G	Find previous

Windows/Linux	Mac	Function
Ctrl+Z	Command+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y	Command+Y	Redo
Ctrl+/	Command+/	Toggle comment
Ctrl+L	Command+L	Go to line
F1	F1	Open command palette

vscode

VS Code mode inherits most default mode shortcuts. Here are some unique shortcuts:

Windows/Linux	Mac	Function
Ctrl+Shift+K	Command+Shift+K	Delete line
Ctrl+Enter	Command+Enter	Insert line below
Ctrl+Shift+Enter	Command+Shift+Enter	Insert line above
Ctrl+]	Command+]	Increase indent
Ctrl+[	Command+[	Decrease indent
Alt+Click	Option+Click	Insert cursor
Ctrl+Space	Command+Space	Trigger suggestion

sublime

Sublime Text mode main shortcuts include:

Windows/Linux	Mac	Function
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+K	Command+K, Command+K	Delete to line end
Ctrl+K, Ctrl+Backspace	Command+K, Command+Backspace	Delete to line start
Ctrl+Shift+Up	Command+Shift+Up	Swap line up
Ctrl+Shift+Down	Command+Shift+Down	Swap line down
Ctrl+M	Command+M	Jump to matching bracket
Ctrl+D	Command+D	Select next occurrence

emacs

Emacs mode uses traditional Emacs-style shortcuts:

Shortcut	Function
Ctrl+F	Move forward one character
Ctrl+B	Move backward one character
Ctrl+P	Move up one line
Ctrl+N	Move down one line
Ctrl+A	Move to line start
Ctrl+E	Move to line end
Alt+F	Move forward one word
Alt+B	Move backward one word

vim

Vim mode simulates Vim editor's modal editing features:

Mode	Shortcut	Function
Normal mode	h,j,k,l	Cursor movement
Normal mode	i	Enter insert mode
Normal mode	v	Enter visual mode
Normal mode	dd	Delete current line
Normal mode	yy	Copy current line
Normal mode	p	Paste
Normal mode	u	Undo
Command mode	:w	Save
Command mode	:q	Quit

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1. ace default shortcuts ↩︎