TextPad provides a number of builtin shortcuts designed to make keyboard navigation quick and efficient. Below we list the important shortcuts followed by a comprehensive list.
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + 1 | Compile Chatbots |
| Ctrl + 2 | Run Chatbots |
| F6 | Switch to next file |
| Shift + Tab | Switch to next file |
| Shift + F6 | Switch to previous file |
| Ctrl + Break | Stops the running file |
The comprehensive list below will help you quickly and efficiently perform even more tasks in TextPad. Most of them are not required for coding Chatbots. This comprehensive list was adapted from the inaccessible PDF document provided by Tech Republic.
| Keyboard Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Alt + 0 | Activate the Clip Library |
| Alt + C | Open the Configure drop-down menu |
| Alt + F | Open the File drop-down menu |
| Alt + E | Open the Edit drop-down menu |
| Alt + H | Open the Help drop-down menu |
| Alt + M | Open the Macros drop-down menu |
| Alt + S | Open the Search drop-down menu |
| Alt + T | Open the Tools drop-down menu |
| Alt + V | Open the View drop-down menu |
| Alt + W | Open the Window drop |
| Alt + F3 | Open Windows Explorer |
| Alt + F4 | Close TextPad |
| Alt + Enter | Document Properties |
| Ctrl + A | Select All |
| Ctrl + B | Move the cursor to the beginning of a word |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + D | Move the cursor to the end of a word |
| Ctrl + E | Center align text |
| Ctrl + F | Find Next |
| Ctrl + G | Go To a specific line |
| Ctrl + I | Increase indent |
| Ctrl + J | Join selected lines |
| Ctrl + K | Reverse case of selected text |
| Ctrl + L | Change selected text to lower case |
| Ctrl + M | Find matching { } [ ] or <> |
| Ctrl + N | Create a new document |
| Ctrl + O | Open a file |
| Ctrl + P | |
| Ctrl + Q | Prefix key for two key commands - Ctrl + Q + [second key] |
| Ctrl + R | Play the scratch macro |
| Ctrl + S | Save |
| Ctrl + T | Transpose the lines or characters on either side of the cursor |
| Ctrl + U | Change selected text to upper case |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + W | Move cursor forward to start of the next word |
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + F1 | Show document statistics on status bar |
| Ctrl + F2 | Set/Clear a bookmark on the current line |
| Ctrl + F3 | Open/close the Clip Library pane |
| Ctrl + F4 | Close the active window |
| Ctrl + F5 | Find in Files |
| Ctrl + F6 | Activate the next window |
| Ctrl + F7 | Playback Macro |
| Ctrl + F8 | Replace next |
| Ctrl + F9 | Compare |
| Ctrl + F10 | Insert Date and/or Time |
| Ctrl + F11 | Command Results |
| Ctrl + Break | Stop tool currently running in the Command window |
| Ctrl + Q, B | Switch between block select and normal select mode |
| Ctrl + Q, E | Switch between read-only and edit mode |
| Ctrl + Q, H | Show/Hide the horizontal scroll bar |
| Ctrl + Q, I | Show/Hide visible spaces, tabs, and paragraphs |
| Ctrl + Q, L | Show/Hide line numbers |
| Ctrl + Q, P | Preferences |
| Ctrl + Q, R | Set right margin and the current cursor position |
| Ctrl + Q, S | Selection mode |
| Ctrl + Q, Y | Synchronize Scrolling |
| Ctrl + Q, V | Show/Hide the vertical scroll bar |
| Ctrl + Q, W | Word Wrap |
| Shift + F1 | Help cursor |
| Shift + F2 | Clear all bookmarks |
| Shift + F4 | Jump Previous |
| Shift + F6 | Activate the previous window |
| Shift + F10 | Open Document menu |
| Shift + F11 | Search Results |
| Shift + Ctrl + B | Select text to the left of cursor position back to the beginning of the word |
| Shift + Ctrl + C | Append selected to text to existing text on the clipboard |
| Shift + Ctrl + D | Select text to the right of cursor position forward to the end of the word |
| Shift + Ctrl + E | Right align text |
| Shift + Ctrl + F | Find Previous |
| Shift + Ctrl + I | Reduce indent |
| Shift + Ctrl + J | Reformat the selected line(s) |
| Shift + Ctrl + L | Insert a page break |
| Shift + Ctrl + M | Select matching { } [ ] or <> |
| Shift + Ctrl + O | Quick Open File |
| Shift + Ctrl + P | Print Preview |
| Shift + Ctrl + R | Record a new macro |
| Shift + Ctrl + S | Save all open documents |
| Shift + Ctrl + T | Transpose the words on either side of the cursor |
| Shift + Ctrl + U | Change the first character of selected text to uppercase and the rest to lower case. |
| Shift + Ctrl + V | Open a file and insert its contents at the current cursor position |
| Shift + Ctrl + W | Select forward to the beginning of the next word |
| Shift + Ctrl + X | Cut and append selected text to the existing text on the clipboard |
| Shift + Ctrl + Y | Redo All |
| Shift + Ctrl + Z | Undo All |
| F1 | Open TextPad Help |
| F2 | Move to next bookmark |
| F3 | Manage Files |
| F4 | Jump Next |
| F5 | Find |
| F6 | Activate the next window |
| F7 | Check spelling |
| F8 | Replace |
| F9 | Sort Selected Lines |
| F10 | Activate the main menu bar |
| F11 | Open/close the Document Selector pane |
| F12 | Save As |
