MAXScript Tabbed Editor - Keyboard Shortcuts

 

   

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The following tables list most keyboard shortcuts available in the Tabbed MAXScript Editor introduced in 3ds Max 2008.

The following table is odered by feature area. See second table further on this page for shortcuts ordered alphabetically by key.

HELP

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Help File.

F1

FILE OPERATIONS

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

New File.

Ctrl+N

Open File.

Ctrl+O

Open Selected Filename.

Ctrl+Shift+O

Revert File to last saved version.

Ctrl+R

Close File

Ctrl+W

Save File

Ctrl+S

Save File As...

Ctrl+Shift+S

Save As Copy...

Ctrl+Shift+P

Print File

Ctrl+P

Cycle through files currently open in tabs.

Ctrl+Tab, F6, Ctrl+PgDn

Cycle backwards through tabs.

Ctrl+Shift+Tab, Shift+F6, Ctrl+PgUp

SCRIPT EVALUATION

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Evaluate All

Ctrl+E

Evaluate Line/Selection

Shift+ENTER, NumPad Enter

EDITING OPERATIONS

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Y

Cut

Ctrl+X

Copy

Ctrl+C

Paste

Ctrl+V

Duplicate

Ctrl+Shift+D

Select All

Ctrl+A

Line cut

Ctrl+L

Line copy

Ctrl+Shift+T

Line delete

Ctrl+Shift+L

Line transpose with previous.

Ctrl+T

DELETING TEXT

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Delete

Del

Delete All in Listener

Ctrl+D

Delete All in Editor

Ctrl+Alt+D

Delete to start of word.

Ctrl+BackSpace

Delete to end of word.

Ctrl+Delete

Delete to start of line.

Ctrl+Shift+BackSpace

Delete to end of line.

Ctrl+Shift+Delete

SELECTING TEXT

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Select to next bookmark.

Alt+F2

Extend selection to start of document.

Ctrl+Shift+Home

Extend selection to start of display line.

Alt+Shift+Home

Extend selection to end of document.

Ctrl+Shift+End

Extend selection to end of display line.

Alt+Shift+End

NAVIGATION

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Scroll up.

Ctrl+Up

Scroll down.

Ctrl+Down

Previous paragraph. Shift extends selection.

Ctrl+[

Next paragraph. Shift extends selection.

Ctrl+]

Previous word. Shift extends selection.

Ctrl+Left

Next word. Shift extends selection.

Ctrl+Right

Previous word part. Shift extends selection.

Ctrl+/

Next word part. Shift extends selection.

Ctrl+\

INDENTING TEXT

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Indent block.

Tab

De-indent block.

Shift+Tab

Change Indentation Settings.

Ctrl+Shift+I

BRACKET BALANCER

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Match Bracket

Ctrl+B

Select to Bracket

Ctrl+Shift+B

AUTO-COMPLETE

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Complete Word

Ctrl+ENTER

Expand Abbreviation

Ctrl+Shift+A

Insert Abbreviation

Ctrl+Shift+R

COMMENTING

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Block Comment or Uncomment

Ctrl+Q

Box Comment

Ctrl+Shift+C

Stream Comment

Ctrl+Shift+Q

UPPER/LOWER CASE

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Make Selection Uppercase

Ctrl+Shift+U

Make Selection Lowercase

Ctrl+U

SEARCH

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Find...

Ctrl+F

Find Next

F3

Find Previous

Shift+F3

Find selection

Ctrl+F3

Find selection backwards

Ctrl+Shift+F3

Replace...

Ctrl+H

GO TO / BOOKMARKS

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Go To.../ Find Again In Listener

Ctrl+G

Go to start of document.

Ctrl+Home

Go to start of display line.

Alt+Home

Go to end of document.

Ctrl+End

Go to end of display line.

Alt+End

Next Bookmark

F2

Previous Bookmark

Shift+F2

Toggle Bookmark

Ctrl+F2

VIEW

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Full Screen

F11

Show Whitespaces

Ctrl+Shift+8

Show End Of Line Characters

Ctrl+Shift+9

Expand or contract a fold point.

Ctrl+Numpad*

FONT CONTROLS

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Magnify text size.

Ctrl+Numpad+

Reduce text size.

Ctrl+Numpad-

Restore text size to normal.

Ctrl+Numpad/

Toggle Monospaced Font.

Ctrl+F11

Switch to Text (No Syntax Coloring)

Shift+F11

OUTPUT PANE CONTROLS

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Next Message

F4

Previous Message

Shift+F4

Clear Output

Shift+F5

Switch to/from Output pane

Ctrl+F6

SOURCE CONTROL

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Add File

Ctrl+F5

Remove File

Ctrl+Shift+F5

Check In

Shift+F5

CheckOut

F5

 

   

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The following table is odered alphabetically by keys. See previous table on this page for shortcuts ordered by feature.

KEYS

ACTION

NOTES

Tab

Indent Block

Editor and Listener

Del

Delete

Editor and Listener

Numpad Enter

Evaluate Line / Selection

Editor and Listener

F KEYS

ACTION

NOTES

F1

Help

Editor and Listener

F2

Next Bookmark

Editor only

F3

Find Next

Editor only

F4

Next Message

Output pane only

F5

Check Out (Source Control)

Editor only

F6

Cycle Tabs

Editor only

F11

Full Screen Toggle

Editor only

CTRL +KEY

ACTION

NOTES

Ctrl+A

Select all

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+B

Select To Brace

Listener only

Ctrl+B

Match Brace

Editor only

Ctrl+C

Copy selection

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+D

Delete All

Listener only

Ctrl+E

Evaluate All

Editor only

Ctrl+F

Find

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+G

Find Again

Listener only

Ctrl+G

Go To

Editor only

Ctrl+H

Replace

Listener only

Ctrl+L

Line cut

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+N

New Script

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+O

Open Script

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+P

Print

Editor only

Ctrl+Q

Block Comment/Uncomment

Editor only

Ctrl+R

Run Script

Listener only

Ctrl+R

Revert

Editor only

Ctrl+S

Save

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+T

Line transpose

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+U

Lower case

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+V

Paste

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+W

Close

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+X

Cut selection

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Down

Line scroll down

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Up

Line scroll up

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Left

Word left

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Right

Work right

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Ins

Copy

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Del

Delete word right

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Back

Delete word left

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Home

Document start

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+End

Document end

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Enter

Complete Word

Editor only

Ctrl+Numpad+

Zoom in

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Numpad-

Zoom out

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Numpad/

Set zoom

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Numpad*

Fold toggle

Editor only

Ctrl+/

Word part right

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+\

Word part left

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+[

Paragraph up

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+]

Paragraph down

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Tab

Cycle Tabs

Editor only

Ctrl+PgDn

Cycle Tabs

Editor only

Ctrl+PgUp

Cycle Tabs Backwards

Editor only

Ctrl+F2

Toggle Bookmark

Editor only

Ctrl+F3

Find Selection

Editor only

Ctrl+F5

Add File (Source Control)

Editor only

Ctrl+F6

Switch Editor/Output

Editor and Output

Ctrl+F11

Use Monospaced Font

Editor only

CTRL+SHIFT+KEY

ACTION

NOTES

Ctrl+Shift+A

Expand Abbreviation

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+B

Select To Brace

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+C

Box Comment

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+D

Selection duplicate

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+I

Change Indentation Settings

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+L

Line delete

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+O

Open Selected Filename

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+P

Save a Copy

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+Q

Stream Comment

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+R

Insert Abbreviation

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+S

Save As

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+T

Line copy

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+U

Upper case

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+Left

Word left extend

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+Right

Work right extend

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+Del

Delete line right

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+Back

Delete line left

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+Home

Document start extend

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+End

Document end extend

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+/

Word part right extend

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+\

Word part left extend

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+[

Paragraph up extend

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+]

Paragraph down exted

Editor and Listener

Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Cycle Tabs Backwards

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+8

View Whitespace

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+9

View End of Line

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+F3

Find Selection Backwards

Editor only

Ctrl+Shift+F5

Remove File (Source Control)

Editor only

SHIFT+KEY

ACTION

NOTES

Shift+Down

Line extend down

Editor and Listener

Shift+Up

Line extend up

Editor and Listener

Shift+Left

Character extend left

Editor and Listener

Shift+Right

Character extend right

Editor and Listener

Shift+Ins

Paste

Editor and Listener

Shift+Home

Line begin extend

Editor and Listener

Shift+End

Line end extend

Editor and Listener

Shift+Page Down

Page down extend

Editor and Listener

Shift+Page Up

Page up extend

Editor and Listener

Shift+Tab

Backtab

Editor and Listener

Shift+Enter

Evaluate line/selection

Editor and Listener

Shift+F2

Previous Bookmark

Editor only

Shift+F3

Find Previous

Editor only

Shift+F4

Previous Message

Output pane only

Shift+F5

Clear Output

Output pane only

Shift+F5

Check In (Source Control)

Editor only

Shift+F6

Cycle Tabs Backwards

Editor only

Shift+F11

Language - Text

Editor only

ALT+KEY

ACTION

NOTES

Alt+Home

Line begin jump

Editor and Listener

Alt+End

Line end jump

Editor and Listener

Alt+Backspace

Undo

Editor and Listener

Alt+Mouse Drag

Window Select

Editor and Listener

Alt+F2

Select to next bookmark

Editor only

ALT+SHIFT+KEY

ACTION

NOTES

Alt+Shift+Down

Line down rectangle extend

Editor and Listener

Alt+Shift+Up

Line up rectangle extend

Editor and Listener

Alt+Shift+Left

Character left rectangle extend

Editor and Listener

Alt+Shift+Right

Character right rectangle extend

Editor and Listener

Alt+Shift+Home

Line begin rectangle extend

Editor and Listener

Alt+Shift+End

Line end rectangle extend

Editor and Listener

Alt+Shift+Page Down

Page down rectangle extend

Editor and Listener

Alt+Shift+Page Up

Page up rectangle extend

Editor and Listener

Alt+Shift+Arrows

Window Select

Editor and Listener

CTRL+ALT+KEY

ACTION

NOTES

Ctrl+Alt+D

Delete All

Editor only

 

   

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