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# 2.3. Key Bindings

Many of the key bindings (shortcuts) are configurable by way of the Settings menu. By default KEdit honors the following key bindings.

Key Binding | Action
--- | ---
Left Arrow | Move the cursor one character leftwards.
Right Arrow | Move the cursor one character rightwards.
Up Arrow | Move the cursor one line upwards
Down Arrow | Move the cursor one line downwards.
Page Up | Move the cursor one page upwards.
Page Down | Move the cursor one page downwards.
Backspace | Delete the character to the left of the cursor.
Home | Move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
End | Move the cursor to the end of the line.
Delete | Delete the characer to the right of the cursor.
Shift-Left Arrow | Mark text one character leftwards.
Shift-Right Arrow | Mark text one character rightwards.
Ctrl-A | Select all the text in the document.
Ctrl-B | Move the cursor one character leftwards.
Ctrl-C | Copy the marked text to the clipboard.
Ctrl-D | Delete the character to the right of the cursor.
Ctrl-E | Move the cursor to the end of the line.
Ctrl-F | Search for text in the document.
Ctrl-H | Delete the characer to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl-K | Create a new document
Ctrl-N | Move the cursor one line downwards.
Ctrl-P | Print.
Ctrl-V | Paste the clipboard text into the document at the text cursor position.
Ctrl-X | Cut the marked text, copying it to the clipboard.
Ctrl-Y | Yank (paste) the content of the kill-buffer (clipboard) into the document, at the current cursor position.

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