When a key is pressed, the editor performs the action associated with it. Many keys have default actions, depending on the active editor profile.
In editor applications that provide preference pages, you can reassign keys or assign actions to new keys from the User Key Actions preference page. For example, to redefine the Backspace key so that it does not join lines of text:
backSpace
backSpaceInLine
You can also customize the keyboard with the set keyAction command. The setting will be in effect only in the current view during the current edit session. For example, the following command makes the Ctrl+T key scroll the text in a window up by one screen:
Use the updateProfile.userKeyActions parameter for persistent, global key customizations.set keyAction.c-t pageUp
Make sure you use the correct mixed-case sequence when defining both the key definition and the action name.
Your operating system or editor application may reserve certain keys, such as F1.
keyAction parameter
updateProfile.userKeyActions parameter
Default editor actions
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