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Text Areas and Default and Styled Text Editor Kits

The following table lists the keyboard operations for text areas and the default and styled text editor kits. For details on the appearance and behavior of these components, see Text Areas, Default Editor Kit, and Styled Text Editor Kit.

Table 28   Keyboard Operations for Text Areas and Default and Styled Text Editor Kits 

Keyboard Operation	Action
Up arrow	Moves insertion point up one line
Down arrow	Moves insertion point down one line
Left arrow	Moves insertion point to the left one component or character
Right arrow	Moves insertion point to the right one component or character
Page Up	Moves up one information pane
Page Down	Moves down one information pane
Ctrl-PgUp	Moves left one information pane
Ctrl-PgDn	Moves right one information pane
Home	Moves to beginning of line
End	Moves to end of row or line
Ctrl-Home	Moves to beginning of data
Ctrl-End	Moves to end of data
Ctrl-left arrow	Moves to beginning of previous word
Ctrl-right arrow	Moves to beginning of next word
Ctrl-A, Ctrl-/	Selects all
Ctrl-\	Deselects all
Shift-up arrow	Extends selection up one line
Shift-down arrow	Extends selection down one line
Shift-left arrow	Extends selection left one character
Shift-right arrow	Extends selection right one character
Shift-PgUp	Extends selection up one information pane
Shift-PgDn	Extends selection down one information pane
Ctrl-Shift-PgUp	Extends selection to the left one information pane
Ctrl-Shift-PgDn	Extends selection to the right one information pane
Shift-Home	Extends selection to beginning of line
Shift-End	Extends selection to end of line
Ctrl-Shift-Home	Extends selection to beginning of data
Ctrl-Shift-End	Extends selection to end of data
Ctrl-Shift-right arrow	Extends selection to next word
Ctrl-Shift-left arrow	Extends selection to previous word

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