Editing Values, Selecting Text and Using the Clipboard

Select and Deselect Editor's Contents

To select all text within an editor, you can invoke the Editor Context Menu and choose Select All. To select a part of the edit value, click on a position where the selection should start, drag the pointer to the end position and then release the mouse button.

Additionally, the following keyboard shortcuts allow you to manage selections.

Shortcut	Description
CTRL+A or F2	Selects all within an editor.
SHIFT+ARROW	Extends or shrinks the selection by one character.
CTRL+SHIFT+ARROW	Extends or shrinks the selection by one word.

Clipboard Operations

Clipboard operations are supported for editors that support caret moving.

To copy selected text into the clipboard, do one of the following.

• Press CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT.
• Open the Editor Context Menu and select Copy.

To paste text from the clipboard, do one of the following.

• Press CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT.
• Open the Editor Context Menu and select Paste.

To cut text from an editor into the clipboard, do one of the following.

• Press CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE.
• Open the Editor Context Menu and select Cut.

Delete Selected Text

To delete the selected text within an editor, do one of the following.

• Press DELETE or BACKSPACE.
• Open the Editor Context Menu and select Delete.

Undo

To undo the last text editing operation, do one of the following.

• Press CTRL+Z.
• Open the Editor Context Menu and select Undo.

Note

After you've undone an operation, you can return to the previous edit value by executing the Undo command once again.

Change Date/Time Values

You can edit these values without opening the dropdown calendar. Position the caret at the portion of a date/time value that needs to be changed. To increment the value, press the UP ARROW. To decrement the value, press the DOWN ARROW. Or use the mouse wheel.

Change Numeric Values

To increment a value, press the UP ARROW. To decrement the value, press the DOWN ARROW. Alternatively, rotate the wheel button.

Change Binary Values

Click a check box or a toggle switch to change its value.

Change Values of Editors That Display Items in the Dropdown

To select the previous value, press the UP ARROW. To select the next value, press the DOWN ARROW. Alternatively, rotate the wheel button.

To learn how to open and close dropdown windows, see Working with Dropdown Editors.

Navigate hyperlinks

Hover the mouse pointer over a hyperlink to display a tooltip. Click a hyperlink to navigate it.

Edit Images

To copy, cut, paste, load and save images in image editors, select the required command from the image menu. To access the image menu, do one of the following.

• Right click the image editor.
• Hover the mouse pointer over the image editor.

To learn more about image editors, see Image Editor.