Keyboard Shortcuts

These are the default shortcuts available via our open-source code editor component CodeMirror

Note: not all of these have been tested, so please use with caution. If you notice something not working as expected, or out of place, please let us know in Discord.

Function	Windows	Linux	Mac	Notes
Delete Line	ctrl + shift + k	ctrl + shift + k	cmd + shift + k
Move Line Up / Down	alt + up or down	alt + up or down	option + up or down
Duplicate Line Above / Below	shift + alt + up or down	shift + alt + up or down	shift + option + up or down
Cut line	ctrl + x	N/A	cmd + x
Cut selection	ctrl + x	ctrl + x	cmd + x
Copy line (nothing selected)	ctrl + c	N/A	cmd + c
Copy selection	ctrl + c	ctrl + c	cmd + c
Paste	ctrl + v	ctrl + v	cmd + v
Select rest of line from cursor	ctrl + shift + down	ctrl + shift + down	ctrl + shift + e
Delete next character	del	del	ctrl + d
Backspace whole word	ctrl + backspace	ctrl + backspace	option + backspace
Delete line from cursor	N/A	N/A	ctrl + k	Deletes to end of line from current cursor location.
Select current line	alt + l	alt + l	ctrl + l	Continuing to press will select the next line down
Move single char forward	N/A	N/A	ctrl + t	This will take the character directly behind the cursor and move it forward 1 spot for each press. Useful for typos.
Select single line above starting from cursor	N/A	N/A	ctrl + shift + p
Select single line below starting from cursor	N/A	N/A	ctrl + shift + n
Backspace line from cursor	N/A	ctrl + shift + backspace	cmd + delete
Delete only commented text	alt + backspace	N/A	N/A	This will leave uncommented text untouched
Toggle line comment	ctrl + /	ctrl + /	cmd + /
Toggle block comment	shift + alt + a	shift + alt + a	shift + option + a
Open suggestion dropdown	ctrl + space	ctrl + space	ctrl + space
Move sidebar to other side of editor	ctrl + shift + x	ctrl + shift + x	N/A
Escape button	Esc	Esc	Esc
Run Query	ctrl + enter	ctrl + enter	cmd + return
Create new line above	N/A	N/A	ctrl + o
Indent / outdent line	ctrl + ] or [	ctrl + ] or [	cmd + ] or [
Go to matching bracket	ctrl + shift + \	ctrl + shift + \	cmd + shift + \	When cursor is on an open or close bracket (Velocity will show it as green/lightly highlighted)
Go to beginning of line	Home	Home	fn + left
Go to end of line	End	End	fn + right
Go to beginning of file	ctrl + Home	ctrl + Home	shift + option + <
Go to end of file	ctrl + End	ctrl + End	shift + option + >
Collapse / uncollapse region	ctrl + shift + [ or ]	ctrl + shift + [ or ]	cmd + option + [ or ]	When a \/ carrot appears next to the line number, the related query lines can be collapsed
Search and Replace	ctrl + f	ctrl + f	cmd + f	If user has text highlighted when using this command, it will search for the selection.
Search for next	ctrl + g	ctrl + g	cmd + g	If user has nothing selected, search bar will pop up. If user has a selection, cursor will jump to next instance.
Undo cursor move	ctrl + u	ctrl + u	cmd + u	If user clicks somewhere else, this will bring the cursor back to where it just was
Select next character / grow or shrink selection	shift + right or left	shift + right or left	shift + right or left	User can start a selection or use this shortcut to expand a current selection
Select next word / block	shift + (ctrl OR alt) + right or left	shift + (ctrl OR alt) + right or left	shift + (ctrl OR alt) + right or left	User can start a selection or use this shortcut to expand a current selection
Select all	ctrl + a	ctrl + a	cmd + a
Go to line prompt	alt + g	alt + g	option + g
Move cursor full word / block	ctrl + left or right	ctrl + left or right	option + left or right