Following is a description of the Text Edit commands, in addition to the common commands. Most of these commands are available as toolbar buttons.
Choose Tools | Options (Beyond Compare | Settings on macOS) and switch to the Toolbars, etc. page to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.
The File menu
Open File |
Opens an existing file. |
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Open File on File System * |
Opens an existing local file. |
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Open File Using Profile * |
Opens an existing file using a profile. |
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Open With |
Opens the file in one of the external Open With applications. |
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Open With | Associated Application |
Opens the file with its associated application. |
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Open With | Text Patch |
Opens the file with the built-in patch view. |
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Save File |
Saves the modified file. |
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Save File As |
Saves the file with a new name. |
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Save File on File System As * |
Saves the file with a new name on the file system. |
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Save File Using Profile As * |
Saves the file with a new name using a profile. |
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Explorer |
Displays the file manager's context menu for the file. |
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Check In |
These commands appear if a source control provider has been configured and the file is under source control. |
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Check Out |
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Undo Check Out |
The Edit menu
Undo |
Undoes the previous action. |
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Redo |
Redoes the previously undone action. |
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Increase Indent |
Increases indentation of the selected lines. |
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Decrease Indent |
Decreases indentation of the selected lines. |
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Cut / Copy / Paste / Delete |
Standard editing commands. |
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Delete Line * |
Deletes the current line. |
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Delete to Start of Line * |
Deletes text from the current position to the beginning of the line. |
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Delete to End of Line * |
Deletes text from the current position to the end of the line. |
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Delete Word * |
Deletes the word at the current position. |
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Delete to Start of Word * |
Deletes from the current position to the beginning of the word. |
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Delete to End of Word * |
Deletes from the current position to the end of the word. |
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Insert Line Before * |
Inserts a new blank line before the current line. |
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Insert Line After * |
Inserts a new blank line after the current line. |
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Select All |
Selects all visible lines. |
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Convert File | Trim Trailing Whitespace |
Strips off spaces and tab characters at end of lines. |
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Convert File | Leading Spaces to Tabs |
Replaces spaces at the beginning of lines with the appropriate number of tab characters (based on current tab stop setting). |
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Convert File | Tabs To Spaces |
Replaces all tab characters with the appropriate number of space characters (based on current tab stop setting). |
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Convert File > Line Endings |
Changes the line ending style on all lines. |
The Search menu
Next Edit |
Goes to the next edited line beyond the cursor. |
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Previous Edit |
Goes to the previous edited line before the cursor. |
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Find |
Searches for matching text. |
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Replace |
Replaces matching text. |
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Find Next |
Finds next occurrence of search string. |
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Find Previous |
Finds previous occurrence of search string. |
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Find in Files |
Finds search string in multiple files. |
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Go To |
Goes to the specified line and column. |
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Toggle Bookmark |
Places a numbered marker on the current line of the comparison, numbered from 0 to 9. |
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Go To Bookmark |
Goes to the specified bookmark. |
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Clear Bookmarks |
Removes all bookmarks from the comparison. |
The View menu
Visible Whitespace |
Shows or hides visible spaces and tabs. |
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Line Numbers |
Shows or hides line numbers. |
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Syntax Highlighting |
Shows or hides syntax highlighting. |
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Display Font * |
Selects the font to use in editor pane. |
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Increase Display Font Size * |
Increases editor font size. |
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Decrease Display Font Size * |
Decreases editor font size. |
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Reset Display Font Size * |
Resets editor font size. |
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Webpages |
Shows or hides web browser panel that displays the current file as a webpage. |
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File Info |
Shows or hides file information panels at the top of editor panes. |
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Toolbar |
Shows or hides the toolbar. |
* Hidden by default.