Micro Cheat Sheet

This article holds my cheat notes for the Micro terminal based text editor.

Keybindings and Shortcuts

Source: https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/runtime/help/defaultkeys.md

General

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + e	Open command bar

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + f	Find
Ctrl + n	Find next occurence
Ctrl + p	Find previous occurence
Ctrl + l	Go to line

Tabs and Splits

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + t	Open new tab
Alt + ,	Previous tab
Alt + .	Next tab
Ctrl + q	Close tab
Ctrl + w	Switch between splits

Multiple cursors

Key	Description of function
Alt + n	Create new multiple cursor from selection (will select current word if no current selection)
Alt + Shift + Up	Spawn a new cursor on the line above the current one. Also see hint below.
Alt + Shift + Down	Spawn a new cursor on the line below the current one. Also see hint below.
Alt + p	Remove latest multiple cursor
Alt + c	Remove all multiple cursors (cancel)
Alt + x	Skip multiple cursor selection
Alt + m	Spawn a new cursor at the beginning of every line in the current selection
Ctrl + MouseLeft	Place a multiple cursor at any location

Hint: In Windows 11 terminal the key combinations Alt + Shift + Up and Alt + Shift + Down in Micro do not work by default as these key bindings are already occupied in Windows 11 terminal settings. To have them working in micro properly you need to go to Windows 11 terminal settings and remove these key bindings.

Commands

Every shortcut starting with > symbolizes, that command bar was opened first with Ctrl + e which leads to the command bar showing up in the bottom line of the editor represented by > .

Run Terminal Commands

Ctrl + b and type terminal command for single commands.

> term for a full terminal window. Do a hsplit or vsplit first to have them both side by side

Handling Windows

Shortcut	Action
> vsplit	Split

Configuration

Soft Word Wrap

> set softwrap on

Cliboard

> set clipboard terminal - I don't know what this does nor what the default value is