# Keyboard Shortcuts

**URL:** <https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/804>\
**Category:** Product Wishlist\
**Created:** [May 23, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/804 "2017-05-23T08:51:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![anon14624655](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@anon14624655](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon14624655)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/804/1 "2017-05-23T08:51:16Z")

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Add common keyboard shortcuts to speed up the robot programming.  
For example, enable the followings (or similar key bindings) for the selected element:

- copy: `ctrl+c`
- paste: `ctrl+v`
- cut: `ctrl+x`
- delete: `del`
- suppress: `ctrl+/`
- move up: `ctrl+uparrow`
- move down: `ctrl+downarrow`
- undo: `ctrl+z`
- redo: `ctrl+y` (or `ctrl+shift+z`)

Alessandro Tondo @qbrobotics

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**Author:** ![anon21401016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@anon21401016](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon21401016)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/804/2 "2021-09-16T07:35:01Z")

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Are there any news about it?

I have a big need fo ctrl+C, ctril+V 🙂

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**Author:** ![rafal.lach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@rafal.lach](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/rafal.lach)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/keyboard-shortcuts/804/3 "2022-05-06T12:40:40Z")

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Bump  
It’s really strange that ctrl+c/ctrl+v works in script editor and line editors (like folder or variable names), just not in expression editor (for example when adding a single-line script or variable assignment).  
I program the robot with external keyboard connected and even marking with shift+arrows and ctrl+shift+arrows for entire words works just fine. I can even paste text that was copied from the multi-line script editor. Only copying from expression editor doesn’t work.

So support for copying would be a really convenient addition.