Commands and Key Shortcuts

Commands

The ABNF editor supports the following commands and default key bindings:

Navigation
Goto Definition	F12	When the cursor is positioned on a local rule name, this command jumps the rule definition.
Move Forward	Alt+Ctrl+F	When the cursor is positioned right before an opening delimiter, this command moves the cursor past the corresponding closing delimiter (this command is not active within semantic tags).
Move Backward	Alt+Ctrl+B	When the cursor is positioned right after a closing delimiter, this command moves the cursor before the corresponding opening delimiter (this command is not active within semantic tags).
Selection
Select Forward	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+F	When the cursor is positioned right before an opening delimiter, this command selects the region up to the position right after the corresponding closing delimiter (this command is not active within semantic tags).
Select Backward	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+B	When the cursor is positioned right after a closing delimiter, this command selects the region up to the position before the corresponding opening delimiter (this command is not active within semantic tags).
Source
Collapse All		Collapses all the rule definitions.
Expand All		Expands all the rule definitions.
Toggle Comment	Ctrl+/	Comment/uncomment the selected lines.
Refactoring
Rename	Alt+Shift+R	When the cursor is positioned on a local rule name, this command renames the rule definition and all its references in the current grammar, as well as the references to the rule in the semantic tags. When positioned on a template variable, the variable definition and all its references are renamed. When positioned on a template macro name, the macro definition and all its references are renamed.
Extract	Alt+Shift+T	When an expansion is selected, this commands allows the author to create a new rule containing the selected text (and replacing the selection with a reference to the newly created rule). When the expansion contains dynamic directives, a new macro is created instead of a new rule.
Make Alternative	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+B	Takes a newline-separated list of phrases and make alternatives out of them.
Insertion
Paste Alternatives	Ctrl+Shift+V	Takes a newline-separated list of phrases from the clipboard and pastes them as alternatives at the cursor position.
Debugging
Interpret Grammar	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+I	Launches the sentence interpreter for the current grammar.
Debug Grammar	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+D	Launches the semantic stepper for the current grammar.
Explore Grammar	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+E	Launches the sentence explorer for the current grammar.
Analyze Grammar	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+A	Launches the grammar analyzer for the current grammar.
Instantiate Grammar	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+V	Launches the instantiation debugger for the current grammar.
Interpret Rule		Launches the sentence interpreter for the selected rule in the current grammar.
Debug Ruler		Launches the semantic stepper for the selected rule in the current grammar.
Explore Rule		Launches the sentence explorer for the selected rule in the current grammar.
Tools
Export to GrXML		Exports the current grammar to W3C's XML Form.
Export to GSL		Exports the current grammar to Nuance's GSL format.
Generate Sentences		Launches the sentence generation tool for the current grammar.
Export Vocabulary		Exports the grammar's vocabulary to a file.
Publish Grammar	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+P	Publishes the grammar on a Grammar Server.

All key bindings can be redefined using the General > Keys preference page.

Context menus

Most commands are also available through contextual menu items.