# Keyboard shortcuts The list of the common keyboard shortcuts
All the standard keys alphabetically ordered
F1: Help Index (Window) Ctrl+A: Select all Ctrl+B: Insert Bold control character Ctrl+C: Copy to clipboard Ctrl+F: Open "Find Text" dialog Ctrl+I: Open "Insert icon" dialog Ctrl+J: Open "Join Channels" dialog Ctrl+K: Open "Insert Color" dialog Ctrl+N: Open new context Ctrl+O: Insert Reset control character Ctrl+P: Insert "Plain text" control character Ctrl+R: Insert Reverse control character Ctrl+S: Open "Servers" dialog Ctrl+U: Insert Underline control character Ctrl+V: Paste clipboard contents Ctrl+W: Close current window Ctrl+X: Cut to clipboard Ctrl+Y: Toggle the commandline's KVS/User-friendly mode Ctrl+Z: Undo last action Ctrl+Shift+A: Go away/back Ctrl+Shift+B: Open "Manage Toolbars" dialog Ctrl+Shift+C: Connect/disconnect current irc context Ctrl+Shift+D: Open Class editor Ctrl+Shift+E: Open Event editor Ctrl+Shift+I: Open Identity options Ctrl+Shift+L: Open Alias editor Ctrl+Shift+M: Open "Manage Themes" dialog Ctrl+Shift+N: Open "Manage Addons" dialog Ctrl+Shift+O: Open "Options" dialog Ctrl+Shift+P: Open Popup editor Ctrl+Shift+Q: Open Action editor Ctrl+Shift+R: Open Raw events editor Ctrl+Shift+S: Open Script tester Ctrl+Shift+T: Open "Theme Options" dialog Ctrl+Shift+U: Open "Registered users" dialog Ctrl+Shift+X: Open "Execute Script" dialog Ctrl+Shift+Z: Redo last action
Window handling related keys:
Alt+UpArrow: Previous window Alt+DownArrow: Next window Alt+Shift+UpArrow: Previous window in the same IRC context Alt+Shift+DownArrow: Next window in the same IRC context Alt+PageUp: Previous highlighted window Alt+PageDown: Next highlighted window Ctrl+UpArrow: Maximizes current window Ctrl+DownArrow: Minimizes current window PageUp: Scroll the output window up one page PageDown: Scroll the output window down one page Shift+PageUp: Scroll the output window up one line Shift+PageDown: Scroll the output window down one line Ctrl+W: Close current window
Text editing related hotkeys:
Shift+LeftArrow: Select the previous character Shift+RightArrow: Select the next character Ctrl+LeftArrow: Move to the beginning of the previous word Ctrl+RightArrow: Move to the end of the next word Ctrl+Shift+LeftArrow: Select up to the beginning of the previous word Ctrl+Shift+RightArrow: Select up to the end of the next word Ctrl+Backspace: Delete last word Ctrl+<digit>: Script accelerators (see OnAccelKeyPressed) F2-F12, Shift+(F1-F12): Script accelerators (see OnAccelKeyPressed) Ctrl+B: nsert the 'bold' mIRC text control character Ctrl+K: Insert the 'color' mIRC text control character Ctrl+R: Insert the 'reverse' mIRC text control character Ctrl+U: Insert the 'underline' mIRC text control character Ctrl+O: Insert the 'reset' mIRC text control character Ctrl+P: Insert the 'non-crypt' (plain text) KVIrc control character used to disable encryption of the current text line Ctrl+C: Copy the selected text to clipboard Ctrl+X: Cut the selected text Ctrl+V: Paste the clipboard contents (same as middle mouse click) Ctrl+I: Insert the 'icon' control code and pops up the icon list box UpArrow: Move backward in the command history and in the history popup DownArrow: Move forward in the command history and in the history popup Ctrl+PageUp: Open the history popup LeftArrow: Move the cursor to the left :) RightArrow: Move the cursor to the right Shift+LeftArrow: Move the selection to the left Shift+RightArrow: Move the selection to the right Alt+Enter: Show/hide the multiline editor Ctrl+Enter: Send message as plain text, ignoring / commands Alt+<numeric_sequence>: Insert the character by ASCII/Unicode code
    Alt+32: Inserts ASCII/Unicode character 32: ' ' (a space)
    Alt+00032: Same as above :)
    Alt+13: Inserts the Carriage Return (CR) control character
    Alt+77: Inserts ASCII/Unicode character 77: 'M'
    Alt+23566: Inserts Unicode character 23566 (an ideogram)
Completion hotkeys
Tab in the first word of input: Complete nicknames in the current channel or query Shift+Tab after the first word of input: Complete nicknames with full mask in the current channel or query Tab after a leading /: Complete commands Tab after a / in the middle of input: Complete directories Tab after a $: Complete function names

Index, Miscellaneous

KVIrc 4.0.4.4744 Documentation
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