Keyboard shortcuts
Consult the following lists, if you want to use keyboard shortcuts to speed up the operation of Neuron Power Engineer.
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Notes on the lists:
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The Windows keyboard shortcuts are valid for all Windows operating systems supported by Neuron Power Engineer.
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The Linux keyboard shortcuts are valid for the Linux operating system Ubuntu 12.10 with the graphical user interface GNOME 3. Other keyboard shortcuts might be valid for your Linux operating system and/or for your graphical user interface. Please inform Neuron about such cases (see Getting support and help for reporting feedback).
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The keyboard shortcuts are specified in capital letters (instead of lower case). You must press the Shift-key only if the list explicitly mentions Shift.
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If keys are separated by character "
+
", you must press the specified keys at the same time (or you must press and hold the keys first mentioned until pressing the key last mentioned and releasing all keys together).
Example: Ctrl+C indicates that you must press key Ctrl and key C at the same time. Or you must press and hold Ctrl until pressing key C and releasing both keys together. -
If keys are separated by character "
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", you must press the specified keys one after another.
Example: Alt+Shift+Q, L indicates that you must press keys Alt, Shift and Q at the same time. Then you must release them and press key L. -
Best practice is to use the Enter-key on the standard keyboard to trigger an action in Neuron Power Engineer. The Enter-key on the numeric keypad is not bound to be supported for all actions.
Basic actions of Neuron Power Engineer (in basic user interface)
Action |
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show system menu for view/editor |
Alt+- |
perform text search for text at cursor position |
Alt+Ctrl+G |
exit Neuron Power Engineer |
Alt+F4 |
Alt+F11 |
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start quick search |
Alt+Ctrl+Shift+L |
show Error Log view |
Alt+Shift+Q, L |
show Outline view |
Alt+Shift+Q, O |
show →view |
Alt+Shift+Q, Q |
show Search view |
Alt+Shift+Q, S |
show Problems view |
Alt+Shift+Q, X |
providing other views to display the selected resource |
Alt+Shift+W |
Ctrl+3 |
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next →editor |
Ctrl+F6 |
next view |
Ctrl+F7 |
next →perspective |
Ctrl+F8 |
show menu for view |
Ctrl+F10 |
opens dialog Search to perform a file or text search |
Ctrl+H |
toggle the current view or editor between its maximized and its restored state |
Ctrl+M |
switch to a certain editor |
Ctrl+Shift+E |
open dialog Open Model Element in order to quickly change to an element within the code |
Ctrl+Shift+F3 |
previous editor |
Ctrl+Shift+F6 |
previous view |
Ctrl+Shift+F7 |
previous perspective |
Ctrl+Shift+F8 |
showing a key assist |
Ctrl+Shift+L |
switch from view to current editor |
F12 |
Actions in project explorer and application navigator
Action |
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expand all |
"*" (multiplier character) on numeric keypad |
view details for the selected →resource (command Properties) |
Alt+Enter |
provide options to create new resources |
Alt+Shift+N |
copy selected resource to the clipboard |
Ctrl+C |
create new resource (via wizard) |
Ctrl+N |
collapse all |
Ctrl+Shift and key "/" (division character) on numeric keypad |
paste from clipboard |
Ctrl+V |
redo the most recent undone edit action in the project explorer |
Ctrl+Y (for Windows), |
undo the most recent edit action in the project explorer |
Ctrl+Z |
delete resource |
Delete |
go to last object |
End |
rename resource |
F2 |
change from the |
F3 |
refresh view of resource |
F5 |
go to first object |
Home |
select visible objects between current position until the last object |
Shift+End |
select visible objects between current position until the first object |
Shift+Home |
Actions in ST-editor
The following table lists shortcuts for actions often used within the ST-editor.
Action |
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reserved in an extended version of Neuron Power Engineer |
Alt+Ctrl+Space |
reserved in an extended version of Neuron Power Engineer |
Alt+Ctrl+Shift+L |
word completion
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Alt+Shift+7 |
Alt+Shift+R |
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Ctrl+1 |
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reserved in an extended version of Neuron Power Engineer |
Ctrl+4 |
go to previous error within editor |
Ctrl+, |
go to next error within editor |
Ctrl+. |
Ctrl+/ |
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copy selected code onto the clipboard |
Ctrl+C, |
quick switch to editor |
Ctrl+E |
open dialog Find/Replace to search for ST-code resp. replace it |
Ctrl+F |
close active editor |
Ctrl+F4, |
start the incremental search, search direction: forward |
Ctrl+J |
find next match of currently selected text |
Ctrl+K |
Ctrl+O |
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print the contents of active editor |
Ctrl+P |
save the contents of active editor |
Ctrl+S |
switch to editor |
Ctrl+Shift+E |
Ctrl+Shift+F |
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close all active editors |
Ctrl+Shift+F4, |
Ctrl+Shift+G |
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start the incremental search (search direction is backward) |
Ctrl+Shift+J |
find previous match of currently selected text |
Ctrl+Shift+K |
save the contents of all active editors |
Ctrl+Shift+S |
Ctrl+Space |
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paste text from the clipboard |
Ctrl+V, |
cut selected code (move it onto the clipboard) |
Ctrl+X, |
redo the most recent undone edit action in the editor |
Ctrl+Y (for Windows), |
undo the most recent edit action in the editor |
Ctrl+Z |
F1 |
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display a tooltip for the element over which you hover the mouse pointer |
F2 |
F3 |
More actions in ST-editor
The following table lists shortcuts for quickly changing, deleting or selected code within the ST-editor and for quickly navigating within the ST-editor. Moreover, it lists shortcuts for configuring the ST-editor.
Action |
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Alt+Ctrl+C |
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join lines |
Alt+Ctrl+J |
copy current line and paste it above |
Alt+Ctrl+↑ (cursor movement key "Up") |
copy current line and paste it below |
Alt+Ctrl+↓ (cursor movement key "Down") |
toggle block selection mode |
Alt+Shift+A |
Alt+Shift+Y |
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select previous element |
Alt+Shift+← (cursor movement key "Left") |
select next element |
Alt+Shift+→ (cursor movement key "Right") |
go to previous cursor position (back in history) |
Alt+← (cursor movement key "Left") |
move lines up |
Alt+↑ (cursor movement key "Up") |
go to previous cursor position (forward in history) |
Alt+→ (cursor movement key "Right") |
move lines down |
Alt+↓ (cursor movement key "Down") |
scroll line down |
Ctrl+↓ (cursor movement key "Down") |
expand all blocks (only possible, if code folding is enabled) |
Ctrl and key "*" (multiplier character) on numeric keypad |
expand current block (only possible, if code folding is enabled) |
Ctrl and key "+" (plus character) on numeric keypad |
Ctrl and key "+" (plus character) on the keyboard |
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collapse current block (only possible, if code folding is enabled) |
Ctrl and key "-" (minus character) on numeric keypad |
Ctrl and key "-" (minus character) on the keyboard |
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enable/disable code folding |
Ctrl and key "/" (division character) on numeric keypad |
select complete content (command Select All) |
Ctrl+A |
delete text until previous word |
Ctrl+Backspace |
delete lines |
Ctrl+D |
delete text until next word |
Ctrl+Del |
go to text end |
Ctrl+End |
go to text start |
Ctrl+Home |
Ctrl+L |
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Ctrl+Q |
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delete text to line end |
Ctrl+Shift+Del |
insert new line above current line |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
collapse all blocks (only possible, if code folding is enabled) |
Ctrl+Shift+key "/" (division character) on numeric keypad |
go to matching bracket |
Ctrl+Shift+P |
toggle quick difference |
Ctrl+Shift+Q |
convert text to upper case |
Ctrl+Shift+X |
convert text to lower case |
Ctrl+Shift+Y |
select next word |
Ctrl+Shift+→ (cursor movement key "Right") |
select previous word |
Ctrl+Shift+← (cursor movement key "Left") |
go to previous word |
Ctrl+← (cursor movement key "Left") |
go to next word |
Ctrl+→ (cursor movement key "Right") |
scroll line up |
Ctrl+↑ (cursor movement key "Up") |
delete text |
Del |
go to line end |
End |
go to line start |
Home |
toggle between overwrite and insert mode |
Ins |
decrement the level of indentation of the currently selected lines (shift them to the left) |
Shift+Tab |
select text to line end |
Shift+End |
insert new line below current line |
Shift+Enter |
select text to line start |
Shift+Home |
increment the level of indentation of the currently selected lines (shift them to the right) |
Tab |
Actions in ST-viewer
See Monitoring and changing values in viewer or editor for details on the ST-viewer.
Action |
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change the current value for the variable |
Enter-key |
F4 |
Actions in FBD-editor
Within an FBD-editor, the better part of the keyboard shortcuts as within an ST-editor is valid. This section lists the keyboard shortcuts that are of special interest when operating the FBD-editor:
Action |
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Ctrl and key "+" (plus character) on the keyboard or numeric keypad |
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Ctrl and key "-" (minus character) on the keyboard or numeric keypad |
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set the zoom factor to 100% |
Ctrl+0 |
the corresponding quick fix |
Ctrl+1, |
Ctrl+# |
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go to previous error within editor |
Ctrl+, |
go to next error within editor |
Ctrl+. |
copy selected FBD-elements onto the clipboard |
Ctrl+C |
Ctrl+D |
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delete the selected FBD-elements but keep the connected lines |
Ctrl+Del |
toggle the list of declared variables |
Ctrl+L |
Ctrl+Shift+A |
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Ctrl+Shift+B |
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Ctrl+Shift+D |
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Ctrl+Shift+F, A |
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Ctrl+Shift+F, I |
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Ctrl+Shift+F, S |
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Ctrl+Shift+F, T |
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Ctrl+Shift+H |
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Ctrl+Shift+K |
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Ctrl+Shift+M |
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Ctrl+Shift+N |
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Ctrl+Shift+O |
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Ctrl+Shift+T |
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Ctrl+Shift+V |
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Ctrl+Space |
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paste FBD-elements from the clipboard |
Ctrl+V |
cut selected FBD-elements (move it onto the clipboard) |
Ctrl+X |
Ctrl+←, Ctrl+→, Ctrl+↑ or Ctrl+↓ |
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delete the selected FBD-elements incl. the connected lines |
Del |
open declaration or go from the selected continuation to the connector and reverse |
F3 |
I-key (if in-/output is selected) |
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J-key (if cursor over a line) |
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N-key (if connector is selected) |
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O-key (if appropriate element is selected) |
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V-key (if the selected in-/output is not connected or negated) |
Actions in LD-editor
Action |
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delete the selected element |
Del |
edit the content of the active input field for an element (e.g. Entering/editing the description/tag of a contact or a coil) |
F2 |
move rung upwards by one position |
Ctrl+↑ (cursor movement key "Up") |
move rung downwards by one position |
Ctrl+↓ (cursor movement key "Down") |
select complete content (command Select All) |
Ctrl+A |
quick switch to editor |
Ctrl+E |
close active editor |
Ctrl+F4, |
Ctrl+L |
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save the contents of active editor |
Ctrl+S |
Ctrl+Space |
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switch to editor |
Ctrl+Shift+E |
close all active editors |
Ctrl+Shift+F4, |
redo the most recent undone edit action in the editor |
Ctrl+Y (for Windows), |
undo the most recent edit action in the editor |
Ctrl+Z |
Actions in the enum-editor
Action |
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add new element |
Ctrl+Shift and +-key |
select all elements |
Ctrl+A |
change the value of the selected element |
Ctrl+I |
redo the most recent undone edit action in the editor |
Ctrl+Y (for Windows), |
undo the most recent edit action in the editor |
Ctrl+Z |
delete the selected elements |
Del |
renaming the current element |
F2 |
Actions in the global-variables-editor
Action |
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add new element |
Ctrl and +-key |
select all elements |
Ctrl+A |
redo the most recent undone edit action in the editor |
Ctrl+Y (for Windows), |
undo the most recent edit action in the editor |
Ctrl+Z |
delete the selected elements |
Del |
renaming the current element |
F2 |
Actions in the list of declared variables
Action |
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expand all levels of the selected variables/instances |
→ (cursor movement key "Right") |
collapse all levels of the selected variables/instances |
← (cursor movement key "Left") |
Alt+Ctrl+E |
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Ctrl and +-key |
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select all of the content |
Ctrl+A |
copy selected variables/instances onto the clipboard |
Ctrl+C |
change the initial value of the selected variable |
Ctrl+I |
change the data type of the selected variable |
Ctrl+T |
create Boolean local variable |
Ctrl+Shift and +-key |
Ctrl+Shift+N |
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Ctrl+Shift+G |
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paste variables/instances from the clipboard |
Ctrl+V |
delete the selected variables and function block instances |
Del |
F2 |
Actions in the tab "Namespaces"
Action |
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add a namespace to the list of used namespaces |
Ctrl and +-key |
delete the selected items in list of used namespaces |
Del |
Actions in the interface editor
Within an interface editor, tab In-/Outputs, the better part of the keyboard shortcuts as within the list of the declared variables is valid. This section lists the keyboard shortcuts that are of special interest when operating the interface editor:
Action |
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save the contents of active editor |
Ctrl+S |
Ctrl+Shift+M |
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create the block image |
Ctrl+Shift+P |
undo the most recent edit action in the editor |
Ctrl+Z |
redo the most recent undone edit action in the editor |
Ctrl+Y (for Windows), |
delete the selected comment field |
Del |
Actions in editor for PLC-object
Within an editor for PLC-objects, the same keyboard shortcuts as within an ST-editor are valid.
Actions in Bookmarks view
Action |
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view details for the selected bookmark (command Properties) |
Alt+Enter |
select all of the content |
Ctrl+A |
copy the selected bookmark to the clipboard |
Ctrl+C |
delete the selected bookmark |
Delete |
Actions in Tasks view
Action |
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view details for the selected task (command Properties) |
Alt+Enter |
select all of the content |
Ctrl+A |
copy the selected task to the clipboard |
Ctrl+C |
delete the selected task |
Delete |
Actions in Search view
Action |
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show previous match |
Ctrl+, |
show next match |
Ctrl+. |
select all of the content |
Ctrl+A |
copy the selected match to the clipboard |
Ctrl+C |
delete the selected match |
Delete |
repeat the current search process |
F5 |
Actions in Team Monitor view
Action |
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discard changes |
Ctrl+D |
upload changes to server |
Ctrl+Enter |
lock selected files |
Ctrl+L |
unlock selected files |
Ctrl+U |
download changes from server |
Ctrl+W |
refresh |
F5 |
Actions in Instances view
Action |
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expand all To avoid blocking the subsequent user actions, this key combination is not supported if the levels are being expanded or if more than 50,000 objects have already been expanded. If more than 5,000 objects have been expanded, the key combination is supported, but the focus and selection in the Instances view is removed to improve the performance of the expansion. Also, to avoid blocking the subsequent user actions, Neuron recommends that you do not press this key combination repeatedly in succession and do not use this key combination at all if a larger project is open in the Instances view. In this case, the best practice is to use → (cursor movement key "Right"") to expand the next level for the selected object. |
"*" (multiplier character) on numeric keypad |
insert all selected variables into the Values of Variables view |
Ctrl+Shift+I |
searching for a sub-element |
Ctrl+F |
Ctrl+L |
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Ctrl+R |
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open function block or program with instance context:
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Ctrl+T or |
open function block or program with instance context:
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Enter or |
Ctrl+Shift+G |
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insert all selected variables in Values of Variables view |
Ctrl+Shift+I |
Actions in Resource Manager view
Action |
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expand all |
"*" (multiplier character) on numeric keypad |
collapse the current level |
"-" (minus character) on numeric keypad |
select all of the content |
Ctrl+A |
Actions in Values of Variables view
Action |
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select all of the content |
Ctrl+A |
deactivate forcing |
Ctrl+D |
force prepared values |
Ctrl+F |
open dialog to enter or change the prepared value for the selected variable |
Ctrl+Enter |
load variables from a file into the view |
Ctrl+O |
save the displayed variables into a file |
Ctrl+S |
delete the selected variable from the view |
Delete |
open dialog to change value for variable (to write value to PLC) |
Enter |
open dialog to change instance path and name for selected variable or to add a new variable to the view |
F2 or |
go to declaration of variable |
F3 |
refresh the values for the visible variables – in particular, if the displayed values are limited (see ""Values of Variables" view does not display all values because the limit has been reached" for details) |
F5 |
Actions in Force Markers view
Action |
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expand all |
"*" (multiplier character) on numeric keypad |
collapse the current level |
"-" (minus character) on numeric keypad |
go to the force marker |
F3 |
Actions in perspective Debug
Action |
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Ctrl+Alt+B |
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terminate the debugging session |
Ctrl+F2 |
command Step Into for the step operation |
F5 |
command Step Over for the step operation |
F6 |
command Step Return for the step operation |
F7 |
command Resume in order to resume the execution of the application |
F8 |
Actions in Error Log view
Action |
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copy selected event to the clipboard |
Ctrl+C |
Actions in Problems view
Action |
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view details for the selected message (command Properties) |
Alt+Enter |
quick fix the selected problem |
Ctrl+1 |
select all of the content |
Ctrl+A |
copy the selected message to the clipboard |
Ctrl+C |
delete the selected message |
Delete |