Key | Description |
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Ctrl+X | Copy the current selection to the clipboard and then remove the selection. |
Ctrl+C | Copy the current selection to the clipboard. |
Ctrl+V | Replace any current selection with the contents of the clipboard. If there is no current selection, insert the clipboard content at the location of the editing cursor. |
Alt+1 (one) to Alt+0 (zero) |
Activate the window caption bar quick-access command that is at the position corresponding to the pressed number key: Alt+1 activates the left-most quick-access command; Alt+2 activates the second from left, etc.; Alt+0 activates the tenth quick-access command, if there is one. |
Ctrl+1 (one) | Save the first file. |
Ctrl+2 | Save the second file. |
Ctrl+3 | Save the third file. |
Ctrl+7 | Move the editing cursor to the previous edit marker. |
Ctrl+8 | Move the editing cursor to the next edit marker. |
Ctrl+9 | Move the editing cursor to the previous automatic merge conflict. |
Ctrl+0 (zero) | Move the editing cursor to the next automatic merge conflict. |
Ctrl+A | Select all the text in the current pane. |
Ctrl+Shift+A | Select all the merging buttons in the current pane of a text comparison. |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+B | Open a new binary comparison. |
Ctrl+D | Open a new folder comparison. |
Ctrl+Alt+E | Remove the change block within which the editing cursor is located. |
Esc | Stop any file comparison or re-comparison operation that is in progress. |
Ctrl+F | Open the Find window. |
Alt+F | Open the Application menu . |
Ctrl+G | Display a window that you can use to navigate to a specific line number. |
Ctrl+H | Open the Replace window. |
Ctrl+I | Indent the selected block of text by the amount specified on the Editing options page. |
Ctrl+K | Mark the current selection or line as resolved, removing any conflict markers and dimming the selection. |
Ctrl+L | Open a new text comparison. |
Ctrl+Shift+L | Toggle the display of the line-detail panel in a text comparison. |
Ctrl+M | Automatically merge changes from the first and third files into the central common ancestor file. |
Ctrl+O | Open a dialog to browse for a file. |
Ctrl+P | Open the Print window. |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+P | Open a new image comparison. |
Ctrl+Q | Replace the change in the file to the left with the current change. |
Ctrl+Shift+Q | Append the current change to the end of the change in the file to the left. |
Ctrl+S | Save the current file. |
Tab | If the Tab key inserts tab characters instead of cycling focus option on the Editing options page is checked, insert a tab character or indent the selected block of text (equivalent to Ctrl+T). Otherwise, cycle focus through the controls in the comparison. |
Shift+Tab | If the Tab key inserts tab characters instead of cycling focus option on the Editing options page is checked, un-indent the selected block of text (equivalent to Ctrl+U when a block of text is selected). Otherwise, cycle focus through the controls in the comparison. |
Ctrl+T | Insert a tab character or indent the selected block of text. Useful if the Tab key inserts tab characters instead of cycling focus option on the Editing options page is unchecked. |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T | Open a new text comparison for patching. |
Ctrl+U | Un-indent the current line or selected block of text. |
Ctrl+W | Replace the change in the file to the right with the current change. |
Ctrl+Shift+W | Append the current change to the end of the change in the file to the right. |
Ctrl+Y | Redo the last undone operation. |
Ctrl+Z | Undo the last operation. |
Alt+Backspace | Undo the previous operation. |
Ctrl+Page Up | Move the editing cursor to the top of the previous change. When the file comparison has focus in a Two-way with file comparison or Three-way with file comparison layout and no changes exist before the current editing cursor location, compare the files of the previous changed/inserted/removed row in the folder comparison and navigate to the last change. |
Ctrl+Page Down | Move the editing cursor to the top of the next change. When the file comparison has focus in a Two-way with file comparison or Three-way with file comparison layout and no changes exist after the current editing cursor location, compare the files of the next changed/inserted/removed row in the folder comparison and navigate to the first change. |
Ctrl+F1 | Toggle the display of the ribbon. |
F2 | Move the editing cursor to the next bookmark. |
Ctrl+F2 | Toggle a bookmark on or off for the current line. |
Shift+F2 | Move the editing cursor to the previous bookmark. |
Ctrl+Shift+F2 | Remove all bookmarks. |
F3 | Move the editing cursor to the next matching text in the current file (see also Ctrl+F). |
Shift+F3 | Move the editing cursor to the previous matching text in the current file. |
Ctrl+F4 | Close the active comparison. |
Alt+F4 | Close the current window or dialog. |
F5 | Re-compare the files. |
Ctrl+F6 or Ctrl+Tab |
Activate the previous comparison. (See How can I switch between the most recently used comparisons?) |
Ctrl+Shift+F6 or Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
Activate the next comparison. (See How can I switch between the most recently used comparisons?) |
F7 | Move the editing cursor to the top of the previous change within the file. |
F8 | Move the editing cursor to the top of the next change within the file. |
F9 | Launch the previously configured external program on the file in the active comparison pane. |
Shift+F9 | Launch the Run Program window to configure and run an external program on the file in the active comparison pane. |
F11 | Split the file comparison window vertically. |
F12 | Split the file comparison window horizontally. |
Ctrl+= | Increase the comparison text or image size. |
Ctrl+- | Decrease the comparison text or image size. |