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Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts can be used to perform various actions within the Easel editor more quickly and efficiently.

Editing Shortcuts​

Indentation:

  • Tab: Indent the selected lines of code.
  • Shift + Tab: Unindent the selected lines of code.

Undo and redo:

  • Ctrl + Z: Undo the last action.
  • Ctrl + Shift + Z: Redo the last undone action.

Selection:

  • Ctrl + A: Select all text in the current file.

Commenting:

  • Ctrl + /: Comment or uncomment the selected lines of code.

Clipboard:

  • Ctrl + C: Copy the selected text to the clipboard.
  • Ctrl + X: Cut the selected text and copy it to the clipboard.
  • Ctrl + V: Paste the text from the clipboard at the cursor position.

Find and replace​

  • Ctrl + F: Open the find dialog to search for text.
  • Ctrl + Shift + F: Open the find and replace dialog.
  • Esc: Close the find or find and replace dialog.
  • F3: Find the next occurrence of the search term.
  • Shift + F3: Find the previous occurrence of the search term.

Switching between files​

  • Ctrl + Tab: Switch back to the previous file. Keep holding down Ctrl and press Tab repeatedly to cycle through recent files. Ctrl + Shift + Tab will cycle backwards.
  • Ctrl + P: Switch to a file by name. This will open a search dialog where you can type the name of the file you want to switch to.

Running your game​

  • F5 or Ctrl+Enter: Preview the current game in the browser. Then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to exit Preview mode.

Vim mode​

Vim mode is an advanced editing mode that certain programmers use to navigate and edit text more efficiently. See Vim Mode for more details.