Editing

Fresh provides a powerful set of editing features with intuitive keybindings.

Platform Note

Some keybindings may not work or may differ on your system due to differences in keyboard layouts, terminal emulators, and operating systems. Terminals capture and report key events differently, and some key combinations may be intercepted by your OS or terminal before reaching Fresh. If a keybinding doesn't work, check the command palette (Ctrl+P) for alternative bindings or use the keyboard configuration to customize bindings.

Multiple Cursors

Edit multiple locations simultaneously:

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+D	Add cursor at next occurrence of selection
Ctrl+Alt+↑	Add cursor above
Ctrl+Alt+↓	Add cursor below
Esc	Remove secondary cursors

Selection

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+W	Select word under cursor
Ctrl+L	Select current line
Ctrl+A	Select all
Shift+Arrow	Extend selection in direction
Ctrl+Shift+←/→	Select word left/right
Shift+Home/End	Select to line start/end
Ctrl+Shift+Home/End	Select to document start/end
Shift+PgUp/PgDn	Select page up/down

Block Selection

Shortcut	Action
Alt+Shift+↑/↓	Block select up/down
Alt+Shift+←/→	Block select left/right

Basic Editing

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+C	Copy
Ctrl+X	Cut
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl+Z	Undo
Ctrl+Y	Redo
Tab	Indent
Shift+Tab	Dedent
Ctrl+/	Toggle comment
Ctrl+T	Transpose characters

Deletion

Shortcut	Action
Backspace	Delete backward
Del	Delete forward
Ctrl+Backspace	Delete word backward
Ctrl+Del	Delete word forward
Ctrl+K	Delete to end of line

Case Conversion

Shortcut	Action
Alt+U	Convert to uppercase
Alt+L	Convert to lowercase

Search and Replace

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+F	Search in buffer
Ctrl+R	Replace in buffer
Ctrl+Alt+R	Interactive replace (y/n/!/q for each match)
F3	Find next match
Shift+F3	Find previous match TODO - use command palette
Alt+N / Ctrl+F3	Find next occurrence of selection
Alt+P / Ctrl+Shift+F3	Find previous occurrence of selection TODO - use command palette

See Search and Replace for more details.

Macros

Record and replay sequences of keystrokes:

Shortcut	Action
Alt+Shift+0-9	Toggle macro recording for slot 0-9
Ctrl+0-9	Play macro from slot 0-9 TODO - use command palette
F5	Stop macro recording

Bookmarks

Jump quickly between locations in your code:

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Shift+0-9	Set bookmark 0-9
Alt+0-9	Jump to bookmark 0-9

Shell Integration

Run shell commands on your buffer or selection:

Shortcut	Action
Alt+|	Run shell command on buffer/selection (output shown)
Alt+Shift+|	Run shell command and replace selection with output

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+G	Go to line number
Ctrl+]	Go to matching bracket
F8	Jump to next error/diagnostic
Shift+F8	Jump to previous error/diagnostic
Alt+←	Navigate back in history
Alt+→	Navigate forward in history

See Navigation for more details.