console

Description

A given key combination may have distinct actions according to the component having the focus: The console, a graphic figure, the history browser, etc. Herebelow, only shortcuts defined for the console's panel are considered.

Shortcut	STD	NW	NWNI	Action
Main actions
ALT	x			Sets / unsets the focus to the console menus. Then arrows or/and underlined activation keys of menus items allow to browse the menus.
Ctrl+space or TAB	x	x	x	completion : Scilab displays a list of all names that start with somes characters.
F1	x	x		opens the help browser or brings it to the foreground
F12	x			opens the console box terminal (Windows only)
F3 or Ctrl + F	x			Opens the search/Find dialog for the console's content
Ctrl + C	x			Copies the selection to the clipboard
Ctrl + C	x	x	x	Interrupts a running execution
Ctrl + V	x			Inserts the clipboard's content
Ctrl + V		x	x	Replaces the line's tail with the clipboard's content
Ctrl + X	x	x	x	(Interrupts Scilab)
History
UP	x	x	x	recalls the previous command line
Ctrl + P		x	x	recalls the Previous command line
abc + UP	x	x	x	recalls the previous command line starting with "abc". Pressing the UP or DOWN arrow again browses the history backward or forward for the previous/next "abc..." command.
DOWN	x	x	x	recalls the next command line
Ctrl + N		x	x	recalls the Next command line
!abc<enter>	x			recalls the last command line starting with 'abc' ('!' must be the very first character of the line)
Selection
Ctrl + S	x			Selects all the console's content
Shift + HOME	x			selects from cursor to the line's head
Shift + END	x			selects from cursor to the line's end
Double-click	x		x	selects the current word
Deletion
F2	x	x	x	clears the console, like clc
Ctrl + D or DELETE	x	x	x	Deletes the current character (or on the right)
Ctrl + H or BACKSPACE	x	x	x	deletes the previous character.
Ctrl + K	x	x	x	Kills the line's tail, from cursor to the end
Ctrl + U	x	x	x	deletes the whole command line
Ctrl + W	x			deletes the last space-separated Word of the line.
Ctrl + W		x	x	deletes the Word the cursor is on, and the line's tail
Cursor movements
Ctrl + A or HOME	x	x	x	moves the cursor to the head of current line
Ctrl + B or LEFT	x	x	x	moves the cursor one character Backward, to the left
Ctrl + LEFT		x	x	moves the cursor to the beginning of the current or previous word
Ctrl + E or END	x	x	x	moves the cursor to the End of command line
Ctrl + F		x	x	moves the cursor one character Forward, to the right
RIGHT	x	x	x	moves the cursor one character to the right
Ctrl + RIGHT		x	x	moves the cursor to the next word on the right.

Examples

jdeff org.scilab.modules.preferences.XConfigManager openPreferences prefs;
prefs general/shortcuts;

See Also

• editor shortcuts
• preferences — Open the Scilab Preferences window
• consolebox — shows or hides the MS Windows terminal running the Scilab session
• completion — returns files or variables names or reserved keywords starting as a given text
• history — Open the Scilab history browser
• getscilabmode — returns scilab mode
• scilab — run command or file in another Scilab