Selecting with Keyboard and Mouse

Many commands in Amaya act on the current selection. You can make a selection using the keyboard or the mouse, as described below.

No matter how you make the current selection, Amaya displays the type of the first selected element at the bottom of the window, followed by the types of the enclosing elements in the structure. This may be helpful when the document structure is complex.

For example, selecting a word in this sentence means that the status bar reads

text \ p \ div \ body \ html

meaning that the thing selected is some text within a p element (which is within a div element, etc.)

Selecting this structure element (for example click on the word structure, then press f2 gives

strong \ p \ div \ body \ html

Selecting with the mouse

To move the insertion point, click with the left mouse button.
To select some text, drag across a region: hold down the left mouse button, move the mouse, and release the button when the desired text is selected.
To select an entire word, double-click on any character of a word.
To select a whole element such as a list item, click its bullet or number.
To extend the selection, click with the left mouse button while holding down the Shift key.
To select a structure element, click within the element you want and then select the desired structure level via the keyboard as described below

Selecting from the keyboard

To select structure elements using the keyboard:
- Press the F2 key to select the parent element in the document structure. Press that key several times to select ancestors (and everything in them) up the structure towards the root.
- Press Shift F2 to select the first child of the current element.
- Press F4 to select the next element at the same level (sibling), or at the level of the parent element if there is no next sibling at the current level.
- Press Shift-F4 to select the previous element at the same level (sibling), or at the level of the parent element if there is no previous sibling at the current level.
To move the insertion point in the four directions, use the four arrow keys (Left, Right, Up, and Down). If there is no visible selection in the document window, Amaya generates a new selection at the top left corner of the window.
To extend the current selection in one of these directions, hold down the Shift key while pressing the four arrow keys (Shift-Left, Shift-Right, Shift-Up, and Shift-Down).
To move the insertion point to the beginning of the line, press the Home key.
To move the insertion point to the end of the line, press the End Key.
To extend the current selection to the current word, press Alt-Enter. If the selection is within a link, Alt-Enter will activate the link instead of selecting the current word.
To move the current selection to the beginning of the previous word, press Control-Left.
To move the current selection to the beginning of the next word, press Control-Right.
To extend the current selection to the beginning of the previous word, press Shift-Control-Left.
To extend the current selection to the end of the next word, press Shift-Control-Right.
To scroll the document one line up, press Control-Up.
To scroll the document one line down, press Control-Down.
To scroll to the beginning of the document, press Control-Home.
To scroll to the end of the document, press Control-End.

You can also select elements using the Structure view or select images.