Edit Menu Commands

The Edit menu commands provide simple Editor functions. The selector for the Edit menu is grayed out and inactive unless the active window is an Editor window.

The Edit dropdown menu contains commands which operate on selected text. To select a block of text with a mouse, hold down the left mouse-button as you move the mouse cursor over the block. To select a block of text from the keyboard, hold down the SHIFT key as you move the cursor over the block with the arrow keys. In either case, selected text within the Framework editor is shown in reverse video.

• UndoThe Edit, Undo command undoes the last action taken in the Editor. Typically it is used to reverse complex operations such as Cut and Paste commands. You can use it to undo operations as simple as typing text into the editor. ALT+BKSP also performs the Undo function.
• CutThe Cut command is a typical Windows cut, similar to that found in other Windows programs. It is most often used to move text from one place to another. The selected text is deleted from the edit buffer and written to the Windows Clipboard. The previous Clipboard contents are lost. The text in the Clipboard can be pasted into a different location in the same file being edited. It can also be pasted in another file in a different editor, or can even be pasted into a different Windows application.
• CopyThe Copy command is a typical Windows copy, similar to that found in other Windows programs. It is most often used to duplicate text, saving the work of retyping. The selected text is written to the Windows Clipboard. The selected text is not changed within the current edit buffer. The previous Clipboard contents are lost. The text in the Clipboard can be pasted into a different location in the same file being edited. It can also be pasted in another file in a different editor, or can even be pasted into a different Windows application.
• PasteThe Paste command is a typical Windows paste, similar to that found in other Windows programs. It writes the text currently in the Windows Clipboard into the file being edited. The Clipboard must contain ASCII text, or the paste operation's results are unpredictable. The clipboard text's origin can be the file being edited, another file, or even another Windows application.
• ClearThe Clear command deletes a block of text from the editor. Unlike the Cut command, the deleted text is not saved.
• Find...The Find... command searches for specific text in the file being edited. When you select Edit, Find... a dialog box appears. Enter the text that you want to locate in the Find field. Ifyou activate the Case Sensitive checkbox, the text must be found exactly as typed, including capitalization. If it is not checked, each character in the string can be matched with either an upper- or lower-case character. Selecting either Next or Previous exits the dialog box and begins the text search. Next searches for the entered text starting at the current cursor location and proceeding toward the end of the file. Previous starts from the current cursor location and searches toward the beginning of the file. In either case the search ends as soon as the entered text is found. The text in the file that matches the entered search text is highlighted at the end of the search. A message box is output if the end (or beginning) of the file is reached without any matches for the entered text. The cursor position is undefined at the end of an unsuccessful search.
• NextThe Next command repeats a text search in the file being edited. The text searched for is the same as that entered into the last Edit > Find... dialog box. The search starts at the current cursor position and proceeds toward the end of the file. F3 also performs the Next function.
• PreviousThe Previous command repeats a text search in the file being edited. The text searched for is the same as that entered into the last Edit > Find... dialog box. The search starts at the current cursor position and proceeds toward the beginning of the file. F4 also performs the Previous function.
• Goto...The Goto... command moves the editor cursor to a selected line number in the file being edited. Typically, you use this command to jump to lines that create compilation errors or to return to a section of a script that you have previously edited. The Goto... command generates a dialog box asking for the line number that you want the cursor on.