Please note that the recommended version of Scilab is 2025.0.0. This page might be outdated.
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console
Keyboard Shortcuts in the Console Window
Description
| UP or Ctrl+P | recall previous line. |
| DOWN or Ctrl+N | recall next line. |
| F1 | call help. |
| F2 | clear console. |
| F12 | open console box only on Windows. |
| Ctrl+space or TAB | completion : Scilab displays a list of all names that start with somes characters. |
| Ctrl + A or HOME | move to beginning of current line. |
| Ctrl + B or LEFT | moves the cursor one character to the left. |
| Ctrl + C | interrupts Scilab if nothing selected in the console, else text selected is sent to clipboard. |
| Ctrl + D or DELETE | deletes the current character. |
| Ctrl + E or END | moves the cursor to the end of command line. |
| Ctrl + F or RIGHT | moves the cursor one character to the right. |
| Ctrl + H or BACKSPACE | deletes the previous character. |
| Ctrl + K | kills command line from cursor to the end. |
| Ctrl + S | select all. |
| Ctrl + U | delete the whole command line. |
| Ctrl + V | do a paste from clipboard. |
| Ctrl + W | delete the last word of the command line. |
| Ctrl + X | Interrupt Scilab |
| Ctrl + LEFT | move left one word. |
| Ctrl + RIGHT | move right one word. |
| Shift + HOME | select from cursor to beginning of statement. |
| Shift + END | select from cursor to end of statement. |
| Double-click | select current word. |
console cli
Keyboard Shortcuts in NW/NWNI mode
Description
| UP or Ctrl+P | recall previous line. |
| DOWN or Ctrl+N | recall next line. |
| TAB | completion : Scilab displays a list of all names that start with somes characters. |
| Ctrl + A or HOME | move to beginning of current line. |
| Ctrl + B or LEFT | moves the cursor one character to the left. |
| Ctrl + D or DELETE | deletes the current character. |
| Ctrl + E or END | moves the cursor to the end of command line. |
| Ctrl + F or RIGHT | moves the cursor one character to the right. |
| Ctrl + H or BACKSPACE | deletes the previous character. |
| Ctrl + K | kills command line from cursor to the end. |
| Ctrl + U | kills command line from cursor to beginning. |
| Ctrl + W | delete the previous word from the cursor. |
| Alt+B or Ctrl+LEFT | move left one word. |
| Alt+F or Ctrl+RIGHT | move right one word. |
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