Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts The list of the common keyboard shortcuts
This list contains the key sequences associated to some common actions (e.g. selecting text). Since KVIrc 4.2 the shortcuts are dynamic: more shortcuts can trigger the same actions: Cut is both Ctrl+X and Shift+Del shortcuts can be adapted to the OS: Help is F1 under Windows and Linux, ⌘? on macOS A full list of available combinations is available at the Qt documentation
All the standard keys alphabetically ordered
F1: Help Index (Window) Ctrl+A: Select all Ctrl+B: Insert Bold control character Ctrl+C: Copy to clipboard Ctrl+F: Open Find Text dialog Ctrl+G: Activate spell-checker Ctrl+I: Insert italic control character Ctrl+L: Scroll to the last read line marker Ctrl+J: Open Join Channels dialog Ctrl+K: Open Insert Color dialog Ctrl+L: Scroll to the last read line Ctrl+N: Open new context Ctrl+O: Insert Reset control character Ctrl+P: Insert Plain text control character Ctrl+Q: Quit Ctrl+R: Insert Reverse control character Ctrl+S: Open Servers dialog Ctrl+T: Switch between Tree Window List and Classic Window List Ctrl+U: Insert Underline control character Ctrl+V: Paste clipboard contents Ctrl+W: Close current window Ctrl+X: Cut to clipboard Ctrl+Y: Toggle the commandline's KVS/User-friendly mode Ctrl+Z: Undo last action Ctrl+"+": Increase font size Ctrl+"-": Decrease font size Ctrl+0: Restore default font (and font size) Alt+E: Open Insert icon dialog Alt+U: Open Registered users dialog Ctrl+Shift+A: Go away/back Ctrl+Shift+B: Open Manage Toolbars dialog Ctrl+Shift+C: Connect/disconnect current irc context Ctrl+Shift+D: Open Class editor Ctrl+Shift+E: Open Event editor Ctrl+Shift+I: Open Identity options Ctrl+Shift+L: Open Alias editor Ctrl+Shift+M: Open Manage Themes dialog Ctrl+Shift+N: Open Manage Addons dialog Ctrl+Shift+O: Open Options dialog Ctrl+Shift+P: Open Popup editor Ctrl+Shift+Q: Open Action editor Ctrl+Shift+R: Open Raw events editor Ctrl+Shift+S: Open Script tester Ctrl+Shift+T: Open Theme Options dialog Ctrl+Shift+X: Open Execute Script dialog Ctrl+Shift+Z: Redo last action
Window handling related keys:
Alt+UpArrow: Previous window Alt+DownArrow: Next window Alt+Shift+UpArrow: Previous window in the same IRC context Alt+Shift+DownArrow: Next window in the same IRC context Alt+PageUp: Previous highlighted window Alt+PageDown: Next highlighted window Ctrl+UpArrow: Maximizes current window Ctrl+DownArrow: Minimizes current window PageUp: Scroll the output window up one page PageDown: Scroll the output window down one page Shift+PageUp: Scroll the output window up one line Shift+PageDown: Scroll the output window down one line Ctrl+L: Scroll to the last read line Ctrl+W: Close current window
Text editing related hotkeys:
Shift+LeftArrow: Select the previous character Shift+RightArrow: Select the next character Ctrl+LeftArrow: Move to the beginning of the previous word Ctrl+RightArrow: Move to the end of the next word Ctrl+Shift+LeftArrow: Select up to the beginning of the previous word Ctrl+Shift+RightArrow: Select up to the end of the next word Ctrl+Backspace: Delete last word Ctrl+<digit>: Script accelerators (see OnAccelKeyPressed) F2-F12, Shift+(F1-F12): Script accelerators (see OnAccelKeyPressed) Ctrl+B: Insert the 'bold' mIRC text control character Ctrl+I: Insert the 'italic' mIRC text control character Ctrl+K: Insert the 'color' mIRC text control character Ctrl+R: Insert the 'reverse' mIRC text control character Ctrl+U: Insert the 'underline' mIRC text control character Ctrl+O: Insert the 'reset' mIRC text control character Ctrl+P: Insert the 'non-crypt' (plain text) KVIrc control character used to disable encryption of the current text line Ctrl+C: Copy the selected text to clipboard Ctrl+X: Cut the selected text Ctrl+V: Paste the clipboard contents (same as middle mouse click) Ctrl+Alt+E: Insert the 'icon' control code and pops up the icon list box UpArrow: Move backward in the command history and in the history popup DownArrow: Move forward in the command history and in the history popup Ctrl+PageUp: Open the history popup LeftArrow: Move the cursor to the left :) RightArrow: Move the cursor to the right Shift+LeftArrow: Move the selection to the left Shift+RightArrow: Move the selection to the right Alt+Enter: Show/hide the multi-line editor Ctrl+Enter: Send message as plain text, ignoring / commands Shift+Enter: Send message as a kvs command Alt+<numeric_sequence>: Insert the character by ASCII/Unicode code
Alt+32: Inserts ASCII/Unicode character 32: ' ' (a space) Alt+00032: Same as above :) Alt+13: Inserts the Carriage Return (CR) control character Alt+77: Inserts ASCII/Unicode character 77: 'M' Alt+23566: Inserts Unicode character 23566 (an ideogram)
Completion hotkeys
Tab in the first word of input: Complete nicknames in the current channel or query Shift+Tab after the first word of input: Complete nicknames with full mask in the current channel or query Tab after a leading /: Complete commands Tab after a / in the middle of input: Complete directories Tab after a $: Complete function names

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