jEdit Shortcuts – HowTo
jEdit has a great feature where you can assign shortcuts to almost any action in the editor. And, if a plugin has been designed properly, you can assign shortcuts to most of the actions in a plugin as well. Here’s how to assign shortcuts in jEdit:
The first step is to decide on what shortcut you need. In “Using your tabs in FireFox” I mentioned the [CTRL]-[TAB] and [CTRL]-[SHIFT]-[TAB] shortcuts for changing tabs in FireFox. Well, lets do the same thing in jEdit.
The default shortcuts for this process are [CTRL]-[PAGE-UP] and [CTRL]-[PAGE-DOWN], but this is useful only if you use your right hand, or both hands. I use my right hand mainly for controlling my mouse, and my left hand for using shortcuts. So, [CTRL]-[TAB] is perfect for me.
1 – Click on “Utilities” – “”Global Options” and select “Shortcuts” on the left
2 – Ensure that “Built-in Commands” is selected at the top of the right hand section of the dialog box, and scroll down and click on “Go to next buffer”
3 – A dialog box should have popped up where you have to specify your shortcut. Practically any key you press will be assumed to be part of the shortcut, so if you make a mistake you will have to use your mouse to click on the “CLEAR” button on the right. Press the [CTRL] and [TAB] keys at the same time, and then click on the “OK” button
Repeat steps 1 – 3 for the shortcut [CTRL]-[SHIFT]-[TAB] for “Go to previous buffer”. Below is a screenshot showing you what this should look like now… Click on the image to see it in it’s resplendent glory…
