Keyboard shortcuts The list of the common keyboard shortcuts
This list contains the key sequences associated to some common actions (e.g. selecting text). Since KVIrc 4.2 the shortcuts are dynamic: more shortcuts can trigger the same actions: Cut is both Ctrl+X and Shift+Del shortcuts can be adapted to the OS: Help is F1 under Windows and Linux, ⌘? on macOS A full list of available combinations is available at the Qt documentation
All the standard keys alphabetically ordered
F1: Help Index (Window) Ctrl+A: Select all Ctrl+B: Insert Bold control character Ctrl+C: Copy to clipboard Ctrl+F: Open Find Text dialog Ctrl+G: Activate spell-checker Ctrl+I: Insert italic control character Ctrl+L: Scroll to the last read line marker Ctrl+J: Open Join Channels dialog Ctrl+K: Open Insert Color dialog Ctrl+L: Scroll to the last read line Ctrl+N: Open new context Ctrl+O: Insert Reset control character Ctrl+P: Insert Plain text control character Ctrl+Q: Quit Ctrl+R: Insert Reverse control character Ctrl+S: Open Servers dialog Ctrl+T: Switch between Tree Window List and Classic Window List Ctrl+U: Insert Underline control character Ctrl+V: Paste clipboard contents Ctrl+W: Close current window Ctrl+X: Cut to clipboard Ctrl+Y: Toggle the commandline's KVS/User-friendly mode Ctrl+Z: Undo last action Ctrl+"+": Increase font size Ctrl+"-": Decrease font size Ctrl+0: Restore default font (and font size) Alt+E: Open Insert icon dialog Alt+U: Open Registered users dialog Ctrl+Shift+A: Go away/back Ctrl+Shift+B: Open Manage Toolbars dialog Ctrl+Shift+C: Connect/disconnect current irc context Ctrl+Shift+D: Open Class editor Ctrl+Shift+E: Open Event editor Ctrl+Shift+I: Open Identity options Ctrl+Shift+L: Open Alias editor Ctrl+Shift+M: Open Manage Themes dialog Ctrl+Shift+N: Open Manage Addons dialog Ctrl+Shift+O: Open Options dialog Ctrl+Shift+P: Open Popup editor Ctrl+Shift+Q: Open Action editor Ctrl+Shift+R: Open Raw events editor Ctrl+Shift+S: Open Script tester Ctrl+Shift+T: Open Theme Options dialog Ctrl+Shift+X: Open Execute Script dialog Ctrl+Shift+Z: Redo last action
Window handling related keys:
Alt+UpArrow: Previous window Alt+DownArrow: Next window Alt+Shift+UpArrow: Previous window in the same IRC context Alt+Shift+DownArrow: Next window in the same IRC context Alt+PageUp: Previous highlighted window Alt+PageDown: Next highlighted window Ctrl+UpArrow: Maximizes current window Ctrl+DownArrow: Minimizes current window PageUp: Scroll the output window up one page PageDown: Scroll the output window down one page Shift+PageUp: Scroll the output window up one line Shift+PageDown: Scroll the output window down one line Ctrl+L: Scroll to the last read line Ctrl+W: Close current window
Text editing related hotkeys:
Shift+LeftArrow: Select the previous character Shift+RightArrow: Select the next character Ctrl+LeftArrow: Move to the beginning of the previous word Ctrl+RightArrow: Move to the end of the next word Ctrl+Shift+LeftArrow: Select up to the beginning of the previous word Ctrl+Shift+RightArrow: Select up to the end of the next word Ctrl+Backspace: Delete last word Ctrl+<digit>: Script accelerators (see OnAccelKeyPressed) F2-F12, Shift+(F1-F12): Script accelerators (see OnAccelKeyPressed) Ctrl+B: Insert the 'bold' mIRC text control character Ctrl+I: Insert the 'italic' mIRC text control character Ctrl+K: Insert the 'color' mIRC text control character Ctrl+R: Insert the 'reverse' mIRC text control character Ctrl+U: Insert the 'underline' mIRC text control character Ctrl+O: Insert the 'reset' mIRC text control character Ctrl+P: Insert the 'non-crypt' (plain text) KVIrc control character used to disable encryption of the current text line Ctrl+C: Copy the selected text to clipboard Ctrl+X: Cut the selected text Ctrl+V: Paste the clipboard contents (same as middle mouse click) Ctrl+Alt+E: Insert the 'icon' control code and pops up the icon list box UpArrow: Move backward in the command history and in the history popup DownArrow: Move forward in the command history and in the history popup Ctrl+PageUp: Open the history popup LeftArrow: Move the cursor to the left :) RightArrow: Move the cursor to the right Shift+LeftArrow: Move the selection to the left Shift+RightArrow: Move the selection to the right Alt+Enter: Show/hide the multi-line editor Ctrl+Enter: Send message as plain text, ignoring / commands Shift+Enter: Send message as a kvs command Alt+<numeric_sequence>: Insert the character by ASCII/Unicode code
Alt+32: Inserts ASCII/Unicode character 32: ' ' (a space) Alt+00032: Same as above :) Alt+13: Inserts the Carriage Return (CR) control character Alt+77: Inserts ASCII/Unicode character 77: 'M' Alt+23566: Inserts Unicode character 23566 (an ideogram)
Completion hotkeys
Tab in the first word of input: Complete nicknames in the current channel or query Shift+Tab after the first word of input: Complete nicknames with full mask in the current channel or query Tab after a leading /: Complete commands Tab after a / in the middle of input: Complete directories Tab after a $: Complete function names

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