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). |