Mouse and keyboard shortcuts

The following mouse actions and special keystrokes can be used to edit commands in the entry region of the Main window. They can also be used in editing the file displayed in the Source window and all Notepad windows (enter the notepad command within ModelSim to open the Notepad editor).

Mouse - UNIX	Mouse - Windows	Result
< left-button - click >		move the insertion cursor
< left-button - press > + drag		select
< shift - left-button - press >		extend selection
< left-button - double-click >		select word
< left-button - double-click > + drag		select word + word
< control - left-button - click >		move insertion cursor without changing the selection
< left-button - click > on previous ModelSim or VSIM prompt		copy and paste previous command string to current prompt
< middle-button - click >	none	paste clipboard
< middle-button - press > + drag	none	scroll the window

Keystrokes - UNIX	Keystrokes - Windows	Result
< left | right - arrow >		move cursor left | right one character
< control > < left | right - arrow >		move cursor left | right one word
< shift > < left | right | up | down - arrow >		extend selection of text
< control > < shift > < left | right - arrow >		extend selection of text by word
< up | down - arrow >		scroll through command history (in Source window, moves cursor one line up | down)
< control > < up | down >		moves cursor up | down one paragraph
< control > < home >		move cursor to the beginning of the text
< control > < end >		move cursor to the end of the text
< backspace >, < control-h >	< backspace >	delete character to the left
< delete >, < control-d >	< delete >	delete character to the right
none	esc	cancel
< alt >		activate or inactivate menu bar mode
< alt > < F4 >		close active window
< control - a >, < home >	< home >	move cursor to the beginning of the line
< control - b >		move cursor left
< control - d >		delete character to the right
< control - e >, < end >	< end >	move cursor to the end of the line
< control - f >		move cursor right one character
< control - k >		delete to the end of line
< control - n >		move cursor one line down (Source window only under Windows)
< control - o >	none	insert a newline character in front of the cursor
< control - p >		move cursor one line up (Source window only under Windows)
< control - s >	< control - f >	find
< F3 >		find next
< control - t >		reverse the order of the two characters to the right of the cursor
< control - u >		delete line
< control - v >	PageDn	move cursor down one screen
< control - w >	< control - x >	cut the selection
< control - x >, < control - s>	< control - s >	save
< control - y >, F18	< control - v >	paste the selection
none	< control - a >	select the entire contents of the widget
< control - \ >		clear any selection in the widget
< control - _>, < control - / >	< control - Z >	undoes previous edits in the Source window
< meta - "<" >	none	move cursor to the beginning of the file
< meta - ">" >	none	move cursor to the end of the file
< meta - v >	PageUp	move cursor up one screen
< Meta - w>	< control - c >	copy selection
< F8 >		search for the most recent command that matches the characters typed (Main window only)
< F9>		run simulation
< F10 >		continue simulation
< F11 >		single-step
< F12>		step-over

The Main window allows insertions or pastes only after the prompt; therefore, you don't need to set the cursor when copying strings to the command line.

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