RichTextBox Control for Windows Forms

Edit rich text content with text formatting options, mail-merge, table, and floating objects, etc.

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KetticRichTextBox Keyboard Support in C#.NET

In addition to the various features support such as, search, selection, import and export, HTML support, and spell checking, the KetticRichTextBox allows the users build keyboard shortcuts for this control. The supported keyboard shortcuts by the KetticRichTextBox cover the most widely commands used in this control. By using the keyboard shortcuts, the end users of your application are able to trigger different commands of this KetticRichTextBox .NET component.

Supported Keyboard Shortcuts by KetticRichTextBox

Hotkey, the hot key allows the users to perform an action that is more quickly than by using a mouse or the input device
Home, this keys combination is used to move caret to the beginning of the line
Ctrl+Home, this keys combination is able to move caret to the beggining of the document
Ctrl+A, this keys combination is used to select all
Ctrl+C, this keys combination allows the users to copy the text that has been chosen
Ctrl+V, this keys combination is used to paste the text that has been chosen
Ctrl+X, the keys combination is able to cut the selected text from the original position
Delete, the Delete key is able to remove the text that has been chosen
Ctrl+Z, this keys combination is able to undo the action you did
Ctrl+Y, this keys combination is able to redo the action you just did
Shift+Enter, this keys combination is used to insert line break
Ctrl+Enter, this keys combination is used to insert page break
End, this keys combination is used to move caret to the end of the line
Ctrl+End, this keys combination is able to move caret to the end of the document
Ctrl+B or Ctrl+Shift+B, the two types of key combination are able to toggle bold
Ctrl+I or Ctrl+Shift+I, the two types of key combination are able to toggle italic
Ctrl+'+', this keys combination is used to toggle superscript
Ctrl+Shift+'+', this keys combination allows the users to toggle subscript
PageUp, this keys combination is able to scroll the page up
PageDown, this keys combination is used to scroll the page down
Ctrl+U, this keys combination is able to toggle underline
Ctrl+Space, this keys combination is used to clear formatting
Ctrl+J, this keys combination is able to change text alignment with the parameter KetticTextAlignment.Justify
Ctrl+R, this keys combination is able to change text alignment with the parameter KetticTextAlignment.Right
Ctrl+L, this keys combination is able to change text alignment with the parameter KetticTextAlignment.Left
Ctrl+E, this keys combination is able to change text alignment with the parameter KetticTextAlignment.Center
Ctrl+K, this keys combination is able to display insert hyperlink dialog
Left Arrow, this keys combination is able to move caret back
Right Arrow, this keys combination is used to move caret forward
Ctrl+Left Arrow, this keys combination is used to move caret to the previous word
Ctrl+Right Arrow, this keys combination is able to move caret to the next word
Upper Arrow, this keys combination is used to move caret up
Down Arrow, this keys combination is able to move caret down
Ctrl+Upper Arrow, this keys combination is used to move caret at the beginning of the paragraph
Ctrl+Down Arrow, this keys combination is able to move caret at the end of the paragraph

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