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Micro 2.0.13 (text editor) keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 12/20/2023 on
https://defkey.com/micro-2-text-editor-shortcuts

Micro is a terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use. It
supports mouse, and can run a real interactive shell from within the
software.

Micro 2.0.13 (text editor) has 100 shortcuts and we have listed all of them
below.



General
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Up arrow                Cursor up
Down arrow              Cursor down
Right arrow             Cursor right
Left arrow              Cursor left
Shift + Up arrow        Select up
Shift + Down arrow      Select down
Shift + Left arrow      Select left
Shift + Right arrow     Select right
Alt + Left arrow        Word left (Mac)
Alt + Right arrow       Word right (Mac)
Alt + Up arrow          Move lines up
Alt + Down arrow        Move lines down
Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow Select word right
Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow Select word left
Alt + Left arrow        Start of text toggle
Alt + Right arrow       End of line
Alt + Shift + Right arrow Select word right (Mac)
Alt + Shift + Left arrow Select word left (Mac)
Ctrl + Left arrow       Start of text (Mac)
Ctrl + Right arrow      End of line (Mac)
Alt + Shift + Left arrow Select to start of text toggle
Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow Select to start of text toggle (Mac)
Shift + Home            Select to start of text toggle
Alt + Shift + Right arrow Select to end of line
Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow Select to end of line (Mac)
Shift + End             Select to end of line
Ctrl + Up arrow         Cursor start
Ctrl + Down arrow       Cursor end
Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow Select to start
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow Select to end
Alt + {                 Paragraph previous
Alt + }                 Paragraph next
Enter                   Insert newline
Ctrl + H                Backspace
Backspace               Backspace
Alt + Ctrl + H          Delete word left
Alt + Backspace         Delete word left
Tab                     Autocomplete/Indent selection/Insert tab
Shift + Tab             Outdent selection|Outdent line
Ctrl + O                Open file
Ctrl + S                Save
Ctrl + F                Find
Alt +  + F              Find literal
Ctrl + N                Find next
Ctrl + P                Find previous
Alt + [                 Diff previous/Cursor start
Alt + ]                 Diff next/Cursor end
Ctrl + Z                Undo
Ctrl + Y                Redo
Ctrl + C                Copy line/copy
Ctrl + X                Cut
Ctrl + K                Cut line
Ctrl + D                Duplicate line
Ctrl + V                Paste
Ctrl + A                Select all
Ctrl + T                Add tab
Alt + ,                 Previous tab
Alt + .                 Next tab
Home                    Start of text
End                     End of line
Ctrl + Home             Cursor start
Ctrl + End              Cursor end
Page Up                 Cursor page up
Page Down               Cursor page down
Ctrl + Page Up          Previous tab
Ctrl + Page Down        Next tab
Ctrl + G                Toggle help
Alt + G                 Toggle key menu
Ctrl + R                Toggle ruler
Ctrl + L                command + edit: go to
Del                     Delete
Ctrl + B                Shell Mode
Ctrl + Q                Quit
Ctrl + E                Command Mode
Ctrl + W                Next split
Ctrl + U                Toggle macro
Ctrl + J                Play macro
Insert                  Toggle overwrite mode


Emacs style keybindings
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Alt + F                 Word right
Alt + B                 Word left
Alt + A                 Start of line
Alt + E                 End of line


Integration with file managers
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F2                      Save
F3                      Find
F4                      Quit
F7                      Find
F10                     Quit
Esc                     Escape


Mouse bindings
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Wheel up                Scroll up
Wheel down              Scroll down
Left click              Mouse press
Middle click            Paste primary
Ctrl + Left click       Mouse multi cursor


Multi cursor bindings
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Alt + N                 Spawn multi cursor
Alt + Shift + Up arrow  Spawn multi cursor up
Alt + Shift + Down arrow Spawn multi cursor down
Alt + M                 Spawn multi cursor select
Alt + P                 Remove multi cursor
Alt + C                 Remove all multi cursors
Alt + X                 Skip multi cursor

Source: GitHub


Last modified on (UTC): Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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