Shortcuts · jano

The keys you know from every other editor. Press F1 inside jano to see them at any time.

Files

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+S`	Save. A new file asks for a name first
`Ctrl+Q`	Quit. Asks first when there are unsaved changes
`Ctrl+R`	Recover unsaved files after a crash

Editing

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+Z` / `Ctrl+Y`	Undo / redo, the cursors come back too
`Ctrl+X` / `Ctrl+C` / `Ctrl+V`	Cut / copy / paste
`Ctrl+A`	Select all
`Ctrl+Backspace` / `Ctrl+Delete`	Delete the word before / after the cursor
`Alt+Up` / `Alt+Down`	Move the line up / down
`Tab`	Indent, with spaces or a tab depending on your settings

Moving and selecting

Keys	Action
Arrows, `Home` / `End`, `PgUp` / `PgDn`	Move the cursor
`Ctrl+Left` / `Ctrl+Right`	Jump word by word
`Shift` + any of the above	Select
`Ctrl+F`	Search, live results. `Tab` switches to the replace field
`Ctrl+G`	Go to a line number, or to the start or end

Multi-cursor

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+D`	Select the word, then each next match. Every match gets a cursor
`Ctrl+Shift+Up` / `Ctrl+Shift+Down`	Add a cursor above / below. On Windows: `Ctrl+Alt+Up` / `Ctrl+Alt+Down`
`Esc`	Back to one cursor

Typing, deleting, copy and paste and autocomplete work at every cursor. Copy with three cursors and paste with three cursors, and each one gets its own part.

Autocomplete

Keys	Action
`Ctrl+Space` or `Ctrl+N`	Show suggestions
`Tab` / `Enter`	Take the selected suggestion
`Esc`	Close the list

Suggestions come from the language plugin and from the words in the file. They also show up on their own while you type, you can turn that off in the settings.

Function keys

Key	Action
`F1`	Help with every shortcut
`F2`	History: every change of the session, jump back to any point
`F3`	Format the file (needs a plugin that can format)
`F4`	Diagnostics: errors and warnings the plugin found
`F9`	Settings

Mouse

Click to place the cursor, double-click selects a word, triple-click a line. Drag to select, the view scrolls along at the edges. The scroll wheel scrolls.

On a Mac

jano uses Ctrl on macOS too, not Cmd: the terminal keeps the Cmd key for itself. Cmd+V still pastes, because the terminal hands the text to jano.

For Alt+Up / Alt+Down, the Option key has to reach jano. In Terminal.app turn on Use Option as Meta key (Settings › Profiles › Keyboard), in iTerm2 set Left Option key to Esc+ (Settings › Profiles › Keys).