= Text Editing =

HelenOS uses common controls for text editing throughout the system. This section teaches you the text editing controls that are available to you.

== Keyboard Controls ==

Whenever you are prompted to enter or edit some text, you can use the same common base set of control keys. These should be quite familiar to you as they are similar to the keys used in popular desktop environments.

|| '''Keystroke'''  || '''Action''' ||
|| Enter            || Submit or insert end-of-line ||
|| Backspace        || Delete character to the left of cursor (or delete selection) ||
|| Delete           || Delete character under cursor (or delete selection) ||
|| Left Arrow       || Move cursor left by one character ||
|| Right Arrow      || Move cursor right by one character ||
|| Home             || Move cursor to beginning of text ||
|| End              || Move cursor to end of text ||
|| Ctrl-Left Arrow  || Move cursor left by one word ||
|| Ctrl-Right Arrow || Move cursor right by one word ||
|| Shift-''movement'' || Select text ||
|| Ctrl-A             || Select all ||
|| Ctrl-C             || Copy selection to clipboard ||
|| Ctrl-X             || Cut selection to clipboard ||
|| Ctrl-V             || Paste from clipboard ||