The K Desktop Environment

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 BindingAction
InsertToggle between Insert and Overwrite mode.
Left ArrowMove the cursor one character leftwards.
Right ArrowMove the cursor one character rightwards.
Up ArrowMove the cursor one line upwards
Down ArrowMove the cursor one line downwards.
Page UpMove the cursor one page upwards.
Page DownMove the cursor one page downwards.
BackspaceDelete the character to the left of the cursor.
HomeMove the cursor to the beginning of the line.
EndMove the cursor to the end of the line.
DeleteDelete the characer to the right of the cursor.
Shift-Left ArrowMark text one character leftwards.
Shift-Right ArrowMark text one character rightwards.
Ctrl-AMove the cursor to the beginning of the line.
Ctrl-BMove the cursor one character leftwards.
Ctrl-CCopy the marked text to the clipboard.
Ctrl-DDelete the character to the right of the cursor.
Ctrl-EMove the cursor to the end of the line.
Ctrl-FMove the cursor one character rightwards.
Ctrl-HDelete the characer to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl-JDelete the character to the left of the cursor.
Ctrl-KDelete to the end of the line, and place content into the kill buffer
Ctrl-NMove the cursor one line downwards.
Ctrl-PMove the cursor one line upwards.
Ctrl-VPaste the clipboard text into the document at the text cursor position.
Ctrl-XCut the marked text, copying it to the clipboard.
Ctrl-YYank (paste) the content of the kill-buffer (clipboard) into the document, at the current cursor position.