# 4.6. Key Bindings

By selecting this option, the user can view and change the key bindings (shortcuts) used to initiate various commands in KWrite. The sections that the preferences dialog displays to make this possible are described below.

Group

  This is a drop down box used to select which group of commands to display or change. The commands are grouped according to the type of action they entail such as Cursor Movement, Editing, and Bookmarking.

Commands:

  The commands belonging to the group selected in the above-mentioned drop down box are listed in this section. Clicking on a particular command causes any shortcuts associated with the command to be listed in the Current Keys display - detailed below.

Current Keys:

  In this box (located in the top right portion of the preferences dialog) the user can see a list of shortcut key combinations (if any) that are associated with the command selected above-mentioned Commands display. Clicking on any existing shortcut will select it and allow it to be eliminated with the Remove button just to the right.

Press New Shortcut Key:

  Located just below the list of current keys this entry is used to associate a new shortcut with the currently selected command. By clicking in this box and then pressing the desired key combination, the new shortcut can be easily chosen. If the combination happens to be associated with another command the pertinent details will be displayed just below this entry. If there are no conflicts, the user may click the Assign button (located just to the right) to associate the newly created key combination with the command being considered.

Defaults Button

  Located on the right side of the dialog box, this button will reset KWrite's key bindings to what they were when KWrite was first installed. This will also cause the loss of any previous changes.