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Keyboard Shortcuts

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The following table lists default keyboard shortcuts for XtraRichEdit, as well as corresponding commands.

To change default shortcuts, use the RichEditControl.RemoveShortcutKey and RichEditControl.AssignShortcutKeyToCommand methods.

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A complete sample project is available in the DevExpress Code Examples database at http://www.devexpress.com/example=E2857.

ALT+SHIFT+BACKSPACE RedoCommand
ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW DecrementParagraphOutlineLevelCommand
ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW IncrementParagraphOutlineLevelCommand
ALT+BACKSPACE UndoCommand
ALT+F9 ToggleAllFieldsCommand
ALT+I IncrementNumerationFromParagraphCommand
BACKSPACE BackSpaceKeyCommand
CTRL+ALT+C InsertCopyrightSymbolCommand
CTRL+ALT+I DecrementNumerationFromParagraphCommand
CTRL+ALT+OEMPERIOD InsertEllipsisCommand
CTRL+ALT+R InsertRegisteredTrademarkSymbolCommand
CTRL+ALT+Subtract InsertEmDashCommand
CTRL+ALT+T InsertTrademarkSymbolCommand
CTRL+ALT+V ShowPasteSpecialFormCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+D ToggleFontDoubleUnderlineCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+8 ToggleShowWhitespaceCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+F11 UnlockFieldCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW ExtendNextParagraphCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+END ExtendEndOfDocumentCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER InsertColumnBreakCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+H ToggleHiddenTextCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+HOME ExtendStartOfDocumentCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW ExtendPreviousWordCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+OEMCOMMA DecreaseFontSizeCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+OEMPERIOD IncreaseFontSizeCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+OEMPLUS ToggleFontSuperscriptCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN ExtendNextPageCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE UP ExtendPreviousPageCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW ExtendNextWordCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW ExtendPreviousParagraphCommand
CTRL+F9 CreateFieldCommand
CTRL+F11 LockFieldCommand
CTRL+A SelectAllCommand
CTRL+B ToggleFontBoldCommand
CTRL+BACKSPACE DeleteWordBackCommand
CTRL+C CopySelectionCommand
CTRL+CLEAR SelectAllCommand
CTRL+D ShowFontFormCommand
CTRL+1 SetSingleParagraphSpacingCommand
CTRL+2 SetDoubleParagraphSpacingCommand
CTRL+5 SetSesquialteralParagraphSpacingCommand
CTRL+DELETE DeleteWordCommand
CTRL+DOWN ARROW NextParagraphCommand
CTRL+E ToggleParagraphAlignmentCenterCommand
CTRL+END EndOfDocumentCommand
CTRL+ENTER InsertPageBreakCommand
CTRL+F FindCommand
CTRL+H ReplaceCommand
CTRL+HOME StartOfDocumentCommand
CTRL+I ToggleFontItalicCommand
CTRL+INSERT CopySelectionCommand
CTRL+J ToggleParagraphAlignmentJustifyCommand
CTRL+K ShowHyperlinkFormCommand
CTRL+L ToggleParagraphAlignmentLeftCommand
CTRL+LEFT ARROW PreviousWordCommand
CTRL+N CreateEmptyDocumentCommand
CTRL+NUM 5 SelectAllCommand
CTRL+O LoadDocumentCommand
CTRL+OEMCLOSEBRACKETS (]) IncrementFontSizeCommand
CTRL+OEMOPENBRACKETS ([) DecrementFontSizeCommand
CTRL+OEMPLUS ToggleFontSubscriptCommand
CTRL+P PrintCommand
CTRL+PAGE DOWN NextPageCommand
CTRL+PAGE UP PreviousPageCommand
CTRL+R ToggleParagraphAlignmentRightCommand
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW NextWordCommand
CTRL+S SaveDocumentCommand
CTRL+SPACE ClearFormattingCommand
CTRL+Subtract InsertEnDashCommand
CTRL+U ToggleFontUnderlineCommand
CTRL+UP ARROW PreviousParagraphCommand
CTRL+V PasteSelectionCommand
CTRL+X CutSelectionCommand
CTRL+Y RedoCommand
CTRL+Z UndoCommand
DELETE DeleteCommand
DOWN ARROW NextLineCommand
END EndOfLineCommand
ENTER InsertParagraphCommand
F3 FindNextCommand
F12 SaveDocumentAsCommand
F9 UpdateFieldsCommand
HOME StartOfLineCommand
LEFT ARROW PreviousCharacterCommand
PAGE DOWN NextScreenCommand
PAGE UP PreviousScreenCommand
RIGHT ARROW NextCharacterCommand
SHIFT+DELETE CutSelectionCommand
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW ExtendNextLineCommand
SHIFT+END ExtendEndOfLineCommand
SHIFT+ENTER InsertLineBreakCommand
SHIFT+F3 FindPrevCommand
SHIFT+F4 ChangeCaseCommand
SHIFT+HOME ExtendStartOfLineCommand
SHIFT+INSERT PasteSelectionCommand
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW ExtendPreviousCharacterCommand
SHIFT+PAGE DOWN ExtendNextScreenCommand
SHIFT+PAGE UP ExtendPreviousScreenCommand
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW ExtendNextCharacterCommand
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE InsertNonBreakingSpaceCommand
SHIFT+TAB ShiftTabKeyCommand
SHIFT+UP ARROW ExtendPreviousLineCommand
TAB TabKeyCommand
UP ARROW PreviousLineCommand

If command bars are present (you can create command bars via RichEditControl’s smart tag in Visual Studio designer), some shortcuts can be added or overridden.

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