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Default KeyActionMappings for WinFormattedTextEditor

KeyActionMappings is a map of keystrokes that a control recognizes. Each keystroke that the control recognizes can perform an action. Generally, KeyActionMappings are used for keyboard navigation; however, in WinFormattedTextEditor’s™ case, keystrokes can also be used for content modifications and formatting.

WinFormattedTextEditor’s KeyActionMappings are completely editable through the Presentation Layer Framework™. See Keyboard Handling for more information on mapping keystrokes.

The following tables provide a complete list of WinFormattedTextEditor’s default KeyActionMappings and a description of each.

Navigation

Key

Action

Left Arrow

Navigates to the previous cursor position

Right Arrow

Navigates to the next cursor position

Up Arrow

Navigates to the previous line

Down Arrow

Navigates to the next line

Page Up

Performs the Page Up operation

Page Down

Performs the Page Down operation

Ctrl + Left

Navigates to the previous word

Ctrl + Right

Navigates to the next word

Home

Navigates to the beginning of the current line

End

Navigates to the end of the current line

Ctrl + Home

Navigates to the beginning of the entire contents

Ctrl + End

Navigates to the end of the entire contents
Note
Note

If the Shift key is pressed while performing any of these operations, the contents will be added to the selection. If the Shift key is not pressed while performing any of these operations, the current selection will be cleared.

Content Modification

Key

Action

Backspace

Deletes the current selection. If nothing is selected, deletes the item before the cursor.

Delete

Deletes the current selection. If nothing is selected, deletes the item after the cursor.

Enter

Inserts a line break (visually identical to a carriage return).

Ctrl + A

Selects the entire contents of the editor.

Ctrl + C

Copies the current selection to the clipboard.

Ctrl + X

Cuts the current selection. A Copy operation is performed followed by a delete operation.

Ctrl + V

Pastes the contents of the clipboard at the cursor’s position.

Ctrl + Z

Performs and undo of the last operation (e.g. multiple insertions or deletions).

Ctrl + Y

Performs a redo of the last Undo operation.

Formatting Key Strokes

Key

Action

Ctrl + B

Toggles bold formatting. If the selected text is bold, this keystroke will unbold the text, and vice versa. If only a part of the selection is bolded, all of the text becomes bold. If this operation is performed without a selection, the next characters typed at that position will be bold.

If none exists, this key combination will add a <span> tag to the selected text and use the font-weight sub-attribute of the Style attribute. Toggling the Bold off will change the font-weight from bold to normal.

Ctrl + I

Toggles italic formatting. Behaves like Ctrl + B, but manipulates the font-style sub-attribute of the Style attribute.

Ctrl + U

Toggles underline formatting. Behaves like Ctrl + B, but manipulates the text-decoration sub-attribute of the Style attribute.