MAXScript Tabbed Editor - Keyboard Shortcuts

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

The following table is ordered 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

The following table is ordered 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 extend 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