TX Text Control implements some special mouse and keyboard assignments to assist with typical selection tasks. The following tables contain these specific assignments:
Mouse Assignments and Smart Selections
Mouse Action |
Reaction of TextControl |
Click |
Moves cursor to point of click or selects an image or text frame. |
Click and Drag |
Selects text from point of button down to point where button is released or moves an image, text frame or OLE object. |
Shift + Click |
Extends the selection to the point of click. |
Double-click |
Selects the word that is clicked on. |
Double-click and drag |
Extends the selection from word to word. |
Triple-click |
Selects the line that is clicked on. |
Triple-click and drag |
Extends the selection from row to row. |
PgUp/PgDown |
Scrolls the text up or down one client area height minus the height of one line of text. Active only, if a vertical scrollbar exists. |
CTRL + PgUp/PgDown |
Zooms up or down the current document. |
SHIFT + PgUp/PgDown |
Scrolls the document horizontally. |
Drag and Drop on selected text |
Selected text is moved to the drop position of the mouse (text drag and drop). |
CTRL + Drag and Drop on selected text |
Selected text is copied to the drop position of the mouse (text drag and drop). |
Keyboard Assignments
Key Type |
Reaction of TextControl |
HOME |
Moves the caret to the beginning of the line. |
END |
Moves the caret to the end of the line. |
(Left Arrow) |
Moves the caret one character to the left. |
(Right Arrow) |
Moves the caret one character to the right. |
(Up Arrow) |
Moves the caret one line up. |
(Down Arrow) |
Moves the caret one line down. |
CTRL + (Left Arrow) |
Moves the caret to the beginning of the current word. |
CTRL + (Right Arrow) |
Moves the caret to the beginning of the next word. |
CTRL + HOME |
Moves the caret to start of text. |
CTRL + END |
Moves the caret to end of text. |
CTRL + ENTER |
Inserts a new page. |
SHIFT + ENTER |
Creates a line feed without beginning a new paragraph. |
CTRL + (-) |
Inserts an end-of-line hyphen. |
DEL |
Deletes selected text. |
CTRL + X |
Copies selected text to the Clipboard and deletes the selection. |
CTRL + V |
Copies selected text to the clipboard. |
CTRL + Z |
Undos the last action. |
CTRL + Y |
Restores the last action. |
CTRL + SHIFT + (Spacebar) |
Inserts a non-breaking space. |
CTRL + (Backspace) |
Deletes the previous word. |
CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER |
Inserts a page column break. |
Pressing a key while SHIFT is pressed extends the current selection to the new caret position.
Keyboard Assignments in Tables
Key Type |
Reaction of TextControl |
TAB |
Selects the next table cell. |
SHIFT + TAB |
Selects the previous table cell. |
CTRL + TAB |
Inserts a tab character. |