Scroll Through Text

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Control

Function

Keyboard

Press

·[#], [$], [!] or ["] to scroll up or down a line, or left or right one character
·[Home] to move to the beginning of the current line
·[End] to move to the end of the current line
·[Ctrl]+[PgUp] to move to the beginning of a file
·[Ctrl]+[PgDn] to move to the end of a file
·[Page Up] to display the previous page
·[Page Down] to display the next page
·[Ctrl]+[!] to move to the next word
·[Ctrl]+["] to move to the previous word
·[Ctrl]+[#] to move to the first column of the current line (if not already on the first column) or the first column of the previous line
·[Ctrl]+[$] to move to the first column of the next line
·[F10] and type in a line number to jump to; this function is also available from the Navigation menu.

Mouse

Click on the vertical and horizontal scroll bar to perform various scrolling functions. These functions are available only if the horizontal or the vertical bar has been enabled by the startup parameters.

Vertical Scroll Bar: Click on the arrows on either end to scroll the screen up or down by one line.

Click above the elevator to scroll the screen up by one page. Similarly, click below the elevator to scroll the screen down by one page.

You can also drag the elevator to any position in the bar. As the elevator is dragged, the editor scrolls the screen up or down accordingly to maintain the correct cursor position.

Horizontal Scroll Bar: Click on the arrows on either end to scroll the screen left or right by one column. Click on either side of the elevator to scroll the screen left or right by 1/2 screen.

You can also drag the elevator to any position in the bar. As the elevator is dragged, the editor scrolls the screen left or right accordingly to maintain the correct cursor position.