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Key bindings

Key combination Effect
Space Commit the preëdit string.
Escape Clear preëdit and discard contents.
Left (Arrow left) Move cursor one character left in the preëdit text.
Control+Left (Control+Arrow_Left) Move cursor to the left end of the preëdit text.
Right (Arrow right) Move cursor one characater right in preëdit text.
Control+Right (Control+Arrow_Right) Move cursor to the right end of the preëdit text.
Backspace Remove the character to the left of the cursor in the preëdit text.
Control+Backspace Remove everything left of the cursor in the preëdit text.
Delete Remove the character to the right of the cursor in the preëdit text.
Control+Delete Remove everything to the right of the cursor in the preëdit text.
Down (Arrow down) Select the next candidate.
Up (Arrow up) Select the previous candidate.
Page_Up Show next page of candidates.
Page_Down Show previous page of candidates.
- When not being used as a valid input key, same as Page_Up.
= When not being used as a valid input key, same as Page_Down.
1 … 9 Commit the candidate labelled with that number. Note that a table can define other keys than the numbers 1 … 9 as select keys to be able to use numbers as input. For example, the “latex” table needs number as input. Therefore, the “latex” table defines F1 … F9 as select keys.
Control+1 … Control+9 Commit the candidate labelled with that number to the preëdit.
Alt+1 … Alt+9 Remove the candidate labelled with that number from the database of learned user input.
Shift_L (Left Shift key)
  • When the preëdit is empty: toggle the input mode between direct input mode (e.g. “English”) and table mode (e.g. “Chinese”).
  • When the preëdit is not empty: commit the first candidate to the preëdit.
Shift_R (Right Shift key)
  • When in table mode: Toggle between pinyin mode and normal mode.
  • When in direct input mode: No function.
Shift+1 … Shift+5 (Right or Left Shift key) When in pinyin mode, input the tones. The tones are displayed in the aux area as ↑1, ↑2, ↑3, ↑4, ↑5. 1 is YinPin, 2 is YangPin, 3 is ShangSheng, 4 is QuSheng, 5 is QingSheng.
Control+, Toggle “one char mode”, i.e. toggle between showing only single characters and several characters at once in the candidate list.
Control+. Toggle between fullwidth and halfwidth punctuation.
Control+/ Toggle “autocommit mode”.
Control+; Toggle between the 5 Chinese modes:
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Simplified Chinese first
  • Traditional Chinese first
  • All Chinese characters
Shift+Space Toggle letter width between fullwidth and halfwidth