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IBM COBOL Editor keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 1/12/2021 on
https://defkey.com/ibm-cobol-editor-shortcuts


IBM COBOL Editor has 106 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Edit
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Ctrl + Space            Content Assist
Ctrl + C                Copy
Ctrl + Insert           Copy
Ctrl + X                Cut
Shift + Del             Cut
Del                     Delete
Ctrl + F                Find and Replace
Ctrl + K                Find Next
Ctrl + Shift + K        Find Previous
Ctrl + J                Incremental Find
Ctrl + Shift + J        Incremental Find Reverse
Ctrl + .                Next annotations
Ctrl + V                Paste
Shift + Insert          Paste
Ctrl + ,                Previous annotation
Ctrl + Shift + Q        Quick Diff Toggle
Ctrl + Y                Redo
Ctrl + A                Select All
Shift + Tab             Shift Left
Tab                     Shift Right
Alt + Shift + A         Toggle Block Selection
Alt + Shift + H         Toggle Hex Editing
Alt + Shift + O         Toggle Mark Occurrences
Ctrl + Z                Undo


File
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Ctrl + F4               Close
Ctrl + W                Close
Ctrl + Shift + F4       Close All
Ctrl + Shift + W        Close All
Ctrl + P                Print
Alt + Enter             Properties
F5                      Refresh
Ctrl + S                Save
Ctrl + Shift + S        Save All


Help
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Ctrl + Shift + H        Open Language-Sensitive Help


Navigate
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Alt + Left arrow        Backward History
Ctrl + Alt + X          Extract SQL
Alt + Right arrow       Forward History
Ctrl + L                Go to Line
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow Go to Next Element
Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow Go to Previous Element
Ctrl + Q                Last Edit Location
Ctrl + .                Next
F3                      Open Declaration
Ctrl + Alt + H          Open Perform Hierarchy
Ctrl + Shift + R        Open Resource


Refactoring
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Alt + Shift + P         Extract Paragraph
Alt + Shift + R         Rename
Alt + Shift + T         Show Refactor Quick Menu


Search
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Ctrl + Alt + G          Find Text in Workspace
Ctrl + Shift + U        Occurrences in Compilation Unit
Ctrl + H                Open Search Dialog


Source
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Ctrl + Shift + F        Formatter
Ctrl + I                Indent Selection
Alt + Shift + U         Identify Unreachable Code
Ctrl + Shift + M        Manage sequence numbers
Ctrl + Shift + =        Renumber
Alt + Shift + S         Show Source Quick Menu
Alt + Shift + Z         Surround With Quick Menu
Ctrl + /                Toggle Comment
Ctrl + Shift + -        Unnumber


Syntax check
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Ctrl + Alt + L          Local Syntax Check (Deprecated)
Ctrl + Alt + R          Remote Syntax Check


Text editing
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Ctrl + Num -            Collapse
Ctrl + Shift + Num /    Collapse All
Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow Copy Lines
Ctrl + D                Delete Line
Ctrl + Del              Delete Next Word
Ctrl + Backspace        Delete Previous Word
Ctrl + Shift + Del      Delete to End of Line
Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow   Duplicate Lines
Ctrl + Num +            Expand
Ctrl + Num *            Expand All
Ctrl + Shift + Enter    Insert Line Above Current Line
Shift + Enter           Insert Line Below Current Line
Ctrl + Alt + J          Join Lines
End                     Line End
Home                    Line Start
Alt + Down arrow        Move Lines Down
Alt + Up arrow          Move Lines Up
Ctrl + Right arrow      Next Word
Ctrl + Left arrow       Previous Word
Ctrl + Down arrow       Scroll Line Down
Ctrl + Up arrow         Scroll Line Up
Shift + End             Select Line End
Shift + Home            Select Line Start
Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow Select Next Word
Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow Select Previous Word
Ctrl + End              Text End
Ctrl + Home             Text Start
Ctrl + Shift + Y        To Lowercase
Ctrl + Shift + X        To Uppercase
Insert                  Toggle Overwrite


Window
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F12                     Activate Editor
Ctrl + M                Maximize Active View or Editor
Ctrl + F6               Next Editor
Ctrl + F8               Next Perspective
Ctrl + F7               Next View
Ctrl + Shift + F6       Previous Editor
Ctrl + Shift + F8       Previous Perspective
Ctrl + Shift + F7       Previous View
Ctrl + 3                Quick Access
Ctrl + E                Quick Switch Editor
Ctrl + Shift + L        Show Key Assist
Ctrl + F10              Show Ruler Context Menu
Alt + -                 Show System Menu
Ctrl + Shift + E        Switch to Editor

Source: IBM


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