The following tables list most keyboard shortcuts available in the Tabbed Scripting 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 | 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 |