User Interface (UI) Elements > Rich Text Editor

Navigate through a Document

You can navigate through a document in the following ways:

Use the mouse device to click anywhere in the document;

Use the mouse device to drag the scroll box to move through the document; Rotate the wheel button to scroll up and down the document; Use keyboard shortcuts.

The following table lists the default keyboard shortcuts to navigate through a document.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUT	EFFECT
LEFT ARROW	Moves the cursor to the previous character.
RIGHT ARROW	Moves the cursor to the next character.
UP ARROW	Moves the cursor to the previous line.
DOWN ARROW	Moves the cursor to the next line.
HOME	Moves the cursor to the start of the current line.
END	Moves the cursor to the end of line.
PAGE UP	Moves the cursor backward by the number of lines in the current control's window, minus one.
PAGE DOWN	Moves the cursor forward by the number of lines in the current control's window, minus one.
CTRL+LEFT ARROW	Moves the cursor to the previous word.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW	Moves the cursor to the next word.
CTRL+UP ARROW	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
CTRL+DOWN ARROW	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph.
CTRL+HOME	Moves the cursor to the start of the document, and scrolls the document to show the cursor position.
CTRL+END	Moves the cursor to the end of the document, and scrolls the document to show the cursor position.
CTRL+PAGE UP	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous page.
CTRL+PAGE DOWN	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next page.