This reference outlines the main keyboard shortcuts that are available for use in the Visual LISP integrated development environment.
Note: The Visual LISP IDE is available on Windows only.
Insert words and lines
- Insert
- Toggles overstrike mode to insert text. When in overstrike mode, each character you type replaces existing text. The cursor changes shape from vertical to horizontal when in overstrike mode.
- Ctrl+C
- Copies the selected text to the Windows Clipboard.
- Ctrl+V
- Pastes the selected text from the Windows Clipboard into the current location in the text editor.
Deleting words and lines
- Ctrl+Backspace
- Erase a word to the left of the cursor.
- Shift+Backspace
- Erase a word to the right of the cursor.
- Ctrl+E
- Delete characters from the cursor position to the end of the current line.
- Ctrl+X
- Copies the selected text to the Windows Clipboard and then removes the selected text from the text editor.
Load code into the current drawing window
- Ctrl+Shift+E
- Loads the selected code into the current drawing window.
- Ctrl+Alt+E
- Loads all the code in the current drawing window.
Validate code in the text editor
- Ctrl+Shift+C
- Validates the selected code in the text editor is structured correctly. Errors are displayed in the Console window.
- Ctrl+Alt+C
- Validates all the code in the text editor is structured correctly. Errors are displayed in the Console window.
Format code in the text editor
- Ctrl+Shift+F
- Formats the selected code in the text editor and checks for unbalanced pairs of parentheses.
- Ctrl+Alt+F
- Formats all the code in the text editor and checks for unbalanced pairs of parentheses.
Code indentation
- Shift+Tab
- Adjusts the indentation of the current selection to the preceding AutoLISP code.
- Shift+Enter
- Clears the trailing Space and Tab characters, inserts a new line, and indents the new line at the level of the previous non-empty line.
- Ctrl+Enter
- Inserts a new line without clearing trailing Space and Tab characters from the current line.
Navigation in the text editor
- Ctrl+Left Arrow
- Moves the cursor one word to the left.
- Ctrl+Right Arrow
- Moves the cursor one word to the right.
- End
- Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
- Home
- Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
- Page Down
- Moves the cursor down one window.
- Page Up
- Moves the cursor up one window.
- Ctrl+End
- Moves the cursor to the end of a document.
- Ctrl+Home
- Moves the cursor to the start of a document.
- Ctrl+[
- Moves the cursor to the matching left parenthesis.
- Ctrl+]
- Moves the cursor to the matching right parenthesis.
Text selection in the text editor
- Shift+Down Arrow
- Expand the selection to the next line
- Shift+Up Arrow
- Expand the selection to the previous line
- Shift+End
- Expand the selection to the end of the line
- Shift+Home
- Expand the selection to the beginning of the line
- Shift+Page Down
- Expand the selection down one window, or abandon selection of the next window, if it is currently selected
- Shift+Page Up
- Expand the selection up one window, or abandon selection of the previous window, if it is currently selected
- Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow
- Expand the selection to the next word, or abandon selection of the next word, if it is currently selected
- Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow
- Expand the selection to the previous word, or abandon selection of the previous word, if it is currently selected
- Ctrl+Shift+[
- Expand the selection up to the matching left parenthesis
- Ctrl+Shift+]
- Expand the selection up to the matching right parenthesis
- Alt+Enter
- Move the cursor to the other side of the selection