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Keys
Shortcuts
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Default shortcuts
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The following keys are the standard shortcut key bindings included in the KDE distribution. For the sake of consistency, application programmers should never redefine these keys in their programs to have functionalities other than those listed below.
| Action | Key Binding | Comment |
| New | Ctrl+N | Create a new document |
| Open | Ctrl+O | Open a document |
| Save | Ctrl+S | Save the current document |
| Ctrl+P | Print the current document | |
| Close | Ctrl+W | Close the current document |
| Quit | Ctrl+Q | Quit the application |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z | Undo the last operation |
| Cut | Ctrl+X | Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard |
| Copy | Ctrl+C | Copy the selected area into the clipboard |
| Paste | Ctrl+V | Paste contents of clipboard at mouse/cursor position |
| Select All | Ctrl+A | Select everything in the contents area |
| Find | Ctrl+F | Find |
| Find Next | F3 | Find the next match |
| Replace | Ctrl+R | Find and replace matches |
| Zoom In | Ctrl+Plus | Zoom in on the document. (magnify) |
| Zoom Out | Ctrl+Minus | Zoom out on the document. |
| Add Bookmark | Ctrl+B | Add a bookmark for the current location |
| Help | F1 | Obtain help and documentation for the application. |
| Page Down | Space | Scroll down one "Screen", displaying the next page if the application normally displays a page at a time. |
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Shift modifier
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Shortcuts should always be either a combination of Ctrl and a key or a single function-key. We allow one exception: if a function exists which has a logical counter-function, the shortcut of this counter-function is the same as the shortcut of the original function pressed together with the Shift key. Using this mechanism, the following standard shortcuts are defined:
| Action | Key Binding | Comment |
| Redo | Shift+Ctrl+Z | Redo last undone operation |
| Find Previous | Shift+F3 | Find previous match |
| Page Up | Shift+Space | Scroll up one "Screen", displaying the previous page if the application normally displays a page at a time. |
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Reserved combinations
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For compatibility with existing UNIX applications and standards, the following keys are reserved:
| Key Binding | Comment |
| Ctrl-A | Equivalent to Home (See also Select All) |
| Ctrl-E | Equivalent to End |
| Ctrl-H | Equivalent to Backspace |
| Ctrl-K | Delete till end of line |
| Ctrl-U | Delete from start of line |
Note that both Select All and Move to begin of Line make use of Ctrl+A. Normally Ctrl+A is bound to Select All. Users can configure a different shortcut for Select All, which will make Ctrl+A a shortcut for Move to begin of Line in addition to the Home key.
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