Solaris Common Desktop Environment: User's Guide

To Edit Text in a Field

Mouse

  1. Select the text in the field to edit:

    Characters--drag from the first character to the last character

    Word--double-click the word

    Line--triple-click the line

    Multiline--quadruple-click the field

    To deselect text, click an empty area in the window.

  2. Type the replacement text.

Keyboard

  1. Press Tab, Shift+Tab, or the arrow keys until you reach the field.

  2. Use the editing keys to edit the field's contents, then type the replacement text.

    Arrow key--move the text insertion cursor

    Backspace--delete the character to the left of the cursor

    Delete or Delete char--delete the character to the right of the cursor

    Control+Delete or

    Control+Delete char--delete from the cursor to the end of the line

  3. Press Control+Tab to move keyboard focus out of the text field.