NOTE: For shortcuts bindings of ScIDE, please consult the menu and/or the shortcut configuration menu.
| Functions | macOS | GEdit (sced) | Vim (scvim) | Emacs (scel) |
| Interpret Selection | enter, ctl-c, ctl-return, shift-return | ctl-e | F5 | C-c C-d / C-c C-c |
| Interpret current line | enter, ctl-c, ctl-return, shift-return | ctl-e | F6 | C-c C-c |
| Interactively evaluate expression... | | | | C-c C-e |
| Evaluate defun or code-block | | | | C-M-x |
| Evaluate current document | | | | C-c C-f |
| Stop | cmd-. | escape | F12 | C-c C-s |
| TempoClock.default.clear | | | F7 | |
| s.freeAll | | | F8 | |
| Run Main-run | cmd-r | | | C-c C-r |
| Recompile library | cmd-k | | :SClangStart | C-c C-l |
| Stop interpreter | | | :SClangKill | M-x sclang-stop |
| Clear post window | cmd-sh-c | | | C-c < |
| Open Help File | cmd-d | ctl-u | K or :SChelp | C-c C-h |
| Open Class Definition (look up class file, either Class name or Class:method) e.g. Object, Object:dump | cmd-j | ctl-y | ^k or :SCdef | C-c : |
| Implementations of (which objects have code that defines methods, e.g. 'play') | cmd-y | | | C-c : |
| References to (where in the source files is e.g. the method 'play' used?) | cmd-sh-Y | | | C-c ; |
| Dump interface | | | | C-c [ |
| Dump full interface | | | | C-c { |
| Show method arguments | | | | C-c C-m / C-c RET |
| Autocomplete keyword | | | | C-c C-n / M-TAB |
| Show server panels | | | | C-c C-p p |
| Functions | macOS | GEdit (sced) | Vim (scvim) | Emacs (scel) |
| Open text document | cmd-o | ctl-o | :e | C-x C-f |
| New text document | cmd-n | ctl-n | :enew | (open non-existent file w. new name) |
| Close text document | cmd-w | ctl-w | :close | C-x k |
| Save text document | cmd-s | ctl-s | :w | C-x C-s |
| Save text document as | cmd-sh-s | ctl-sh-s | :sav | C-x C-w |
| HTML doc window => code win | | ctl-t | | E |
| Functions | macOS | GEdit (sced) | Vim (scvim) | Emacs (scel) |
| Undo | cmd-z | ctl-z | u | C-x u / C-_ |
| Redo | cmd-sh-Z | ctl-sh-z | ^R | C-x u / C-_ |
| Copy | cmd-c | ctl-c | "+y | M-w |
| Paste | cmd-v | ctl-v | "+gP | C-y |
| Cut | cmd-x | ctl-x | "+x | C-w |
| Select all | cmd-a | ctl-a | ggVG | C-x a |
| Select block | | | | |
| Goto line ... | cmd-, | ctl-i | (linenumber)G | M-g g |
| Find ... | cmd-f | ctl-f | / or * | C-s |
| Find next | cmd-g | ctl-g | * | C-s |
| Find previous | cmd-d | ctl-sh-g | # | C-r |
| Replace and find next | cmd-l | | | M-% |
| Replace | cmd-= | ctl-h | | M-, |
| Copy text style only | cmd-alt-c | | | |
| Paste text style only | cmd-alt-v | | | |
| Functions | macOS | GEdit (sced) | Vim (scvim) | Emacs (scel) |
| Syntax Colorise | cmd-' | auto | auto | auto |
| Balance (find next matched parens/curly braces and select everything enclosed) | cmd-sh-B | | | C-<space>, C-M-f |
| Balance backwards (find previous matched parens/curly braces and select everything enclosed) | | | | C-<space>, C-M-b |
| Paren match highlight | | | auto | auto with option Paren-Match-Highlighting |
| Comment (add // in front) | cmd-/ | | | (select text and) M-; |
| Uncomment (remove //s) | cmd-sh-/ | | | (select text and) M-; |
| Indent / Shift left (move selected text by one tab) | cmd-[ | | | TAB (auto-aligns tabs according to code) |
| Unindent / Shift right (by one tab) | cmd-] | | | |
| Insert (): enclose selected text with (txt) | cmd-( | | | |
| Insert []: enclose selected text with [txt] | cmd-alt-[ | | | |
| Insert {}: enclose selected text with {txt} | cmd-{ | | | |
| Insert /* */: enclose selected text with /*txt*/ | cmd-* | | | |