The following tables list keyboard shortcuts that can be used to navigate within any VSS file viewer and to carry out certain commands.
Navigation Keys
| Press | To |
| home | Go to beginning of line (scroll display). |
| ctrl+home | Go to beginning of file (scroll display). |
| ctrl+end | Go to end of file (scroll display). |
| ctrl+left arrow | Go left one word. |
| ctrl+n | Go to next difference (supported in Visual Difference Viewer only). |
| ctrl+p | Go to previous difference (supported in Visual Difference Viewer only). |
| ctrl+right arrow | Go right one word. |
| down arrow | Go down one line. |
| end | Go to end of line (scroll display). |
| left arrow | Go left one character. |
| page down | Go down one page. |
| page up | Scroll display up one page. |
| right arrow | Go right one character. |
| shift+home | Go to beginning of line (scroll display). If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+ctrl+home | Go to beginning of file (scroll display). If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+ctrl+end | Go to end of file (scroll display). If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+ctrl+left arrow | Go left one word. If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+ctrl+n | Go to next difference (supported in Visual Difference Viewer only). If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+ctrl+p | Go to previous difference (supported in Visual Difference Viewer only). If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+ctrl+right arrow | Go right one word. If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+down arrow | Scroll display down one page. If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+end | Go to end of line (scroll display). If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+left arrow | Go left one character. If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+page down | Go down one page. If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+page up | Go up one page. If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+right arrow | Go right one character. If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| shift+up arrow | Go up one page. If a selection is active, the accelerator key maintains the selection state and modifies the selection. |
| up arrow | Go up one line. |
Shortcut Keys
| Press | To |
| ctrl+ins | Copy text. |
| ctrl+c | Copy text. |
| alt+g | Go to specified line number. |
| alt+s | Find a string in the viewed file. |
| f1 | Get online Help on a specific item. |
| f3 | Find next search string occurrence. |
| shift+f3 | Find previous search string occurrence. |
| shift+ctrl+o | Select difference text (supported in Visual Difference Viewer only). |