This is used to eliminate or reverse the most recent user action or operation.
This will reverse the most recent change (if any) made using Undo
This command deletes the current selection and places it on the clipboard. The clipboard is a feature of KDE that works invisibly to provide a way to transfer data between applications.
This copies the currently selected text to the clipboard so that it may be pasted elsewhere. The clipboard is a feature of KDE that works invisibly to provide a way to transfer data between applications.
This copies the currently selected text to the clipboard as HTML.
This will insert the contents of the clipboard at the cursor position. The clipboard is feature of KDE that works invisibly to provide a way to transfer data between applications.
This will select the entire document. This could be very useful for copying the entire file to another application.
Deselects the selected text in the editor if any.
Toggles Selection Mode. When the Selection Mode is “BLOCK”, you can make vertical selections, ie select column 5 to 10 in lines 9 to 15. The status bar shows the current state of the Selection Mode, either “NORM” or “BLK”.
Toggles the Insert/Overwrite modes. When the mode is "INS", you insert characters where the cursor is. When the mode is "OVR", writing characters will replace the current characters if your cursor is positioned before any character. The status bar shows the current state of the Overwrite Mode, either “INS” or “OVR”.
This opens the find dialog which is used to specify the Text to Find in the document. There is small text box for entering the search pattern which also doubles as a dropdown box. Clicking on the dropdown arrow at the side of the box makes available other recent search patterns. Other parameters are included to make the search more efficient. Selecting Case Sensitive will limit finds to entries that match the case (upper or lower) of each of the characters in the search pattern. Find Backwards directs the search to proceed in an upwardly direction. The Selected Text option keeps the search within currently selected text. Checking Whole Words Only prevents the search from stopping on words that contain the searched for pattern. The Search from Cursor option begins the search from the current position of the cursor within the document rather than from the beginning.
This repeats the last find operation, if any, without calling the find dialog box.
This repeats the last find operation, if any, without calling the find dialog box, and searching backwards instead of forwards through the document.
This command opens the replace dialog box. The replace dialog is almost identical to the above-mentioned find dialog. In addition to the features in the find dialog it contains a Replace With: text entry/dropdown box. Using this dialog the user can specify both the text to be found and text with which to replace it. The additional Prompt On Replace option allows the user to have KWrite ask for confirmation before each replacement.
This opens the goto line dialog box which is used to have the cursor jump to a particular line (specified by number) in the document. The line number may be entered directly into the text box or graphically by clicking on the up or down arrow spin controls at the side of the text box. The little up arrow will increase the line number and the down arrow decrease it. There is also a slide control to the right of the text box which allows the user to move the goto point in the document in an analog manner.
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