Keyboard Shortcuts
Keeper Connection Manager MySQL connections utilize EMACS-like commands for more powerful text editing. In order to utilize all of these commands, shortcuts are bound to specific Commands.
Note that some shortcuts may be captured by your browser, browser extensions, operating system, or other applications
Common Actions
Copy and Paste
To copy a region of text, first you need to select the text. The easiest way to do this is to highlight the text using your mouse curser.
To Copy
The copy command is Ctrl-c
or Meta-w
Hold the Ctrl
key and press the c
key or press and release the ESC
key then press and release the w
key.
To Paste
The Paste command is sometimes referred to as 'Yank' and is activated with Ctrl-v
or Ctrl-Y
Hold the Ctrl
key and press the v
key or press and hold Ctrl
the click the y
key.
Move to Beginning or End of Line
The cursor can be moved to the beginning or the end of the current line.
Move to Beginning
This command is done with Ctrl-A
or the Home
key
Click Home
or hold the Ctrl
key and hit the a
key
Move to End
This command is done with Ctrl-E
or the End
key
Click End
or hold the Ctrl
key and hit the e
key
Complete List of Shortcuts
See the complete list of available commands and shortcuts below.
In this table "Meta-" refers to hitting the ESC key followed by the shown key. For example to use Meta-B (ed-prev-word) hit ESC then release, then hit B and release. Optionally a Meta key can be setup on your keyboard.
Shortcut | Editor Command |
Ctrl-@, NUL | set cursor where the mouse is located |
Ctrl-A | move cursor to beginning of line |
Ctrl-B | move cursor back one character |
Ctrl-C | clear the terminal |
Ctrl-D | close the current connection |
Ctrl-E | move cursor to end of line |
Ctrl-F | move cursor one character forward |
Ctrl-H, Backspace | delete previous character |
Ctrl-J, LF | newline |
Ctrl-K | cut line |
Ctrl-L, FF | clear screen |
Ctrl-M, CR | newline |
Ctrl-N | next history |
Ctrl-O | tty flush output |
Ctrl-P | previous history |
Ctrl-Q | tty start output |
Ctrl-R | redisplay |
Ctrl-S | tty stop output |
Ctrl-T | transpose characters |
Ctrl-U | cut line |
Ctrl-V | quoted insert |
Ctrl-W | cut highlighted region |
Ctrl-X | sequence lead in |
Ctrl-Y | yank (paste) |
Ctrl-Z, TSTP | tty sigtstp |
Ctrl-[, ESC | move cursor forward |
Ctrl-\, QUIT | tty sigquit |
Ctrl-] | tty dsusp |
Ctrl-?, DEL | delete previous character |
Ctrl-Meta-H | delete previous word |
Ctrl-Meta-L | clear screen |
Ctrl-Meta-_ | copy the previous word |
Meta-0 to Meta-9 | argument digit |
Meta-B | previous word |
Meta-C | use capitol case |
Meta-D | delete next word |
Meta-F | move to next word |
Meta-L | lower case |
Meta-N | search next history |
Meta-O | sequence lead in |
Meta-P | search previous history |
Meta-U | upper case |
Meta-W | copy highlighted region |
Meta-X | command |
Meta-[ | sequence lead in |
Meta-p | search previous history |
Ctrl-Meta-? | delete previous word |
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