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The menu contains commands that launch tools for easier document navigation and code orientation. Depending on where this menu is called up, all commands are available, or only the text selection commands are available.

Go to...
Click to select the line, tab or other location you want to go to (default shortcut Ctrl+G).

Show document navigator
Click to show the Navigator tab on the right panel (default shortcut Ctrl+6). It contains a number of navigators to help you navigate documents in different languages.

Bookmark navigator
Click to access the bookmark navigator in the Document Information window.

Select the tag under the cursor
Click to select the entire tag on which the cursor is located with a selection (default shortcut Ctrl+Alt+T). Only works in languages such as HTML, XML etc.

Select all of the tag up to the closing tag
Click to select the entire contents of the tag on which the cursor is standing (it must be inside the tag (opening or closing) whose content is to be selected). The opening and closing tags will also be selected. This function only works for tags that have a closing tag (like TABLE or P).

Select inside tag up to its to closing
It works as above, except that the opening and closing tag will not be selected, but only the text between them.

Select text between tags
Click to include text between tags (i.e. to the left and right of the cursor to the nearest tag) in the selection. The default shortcut is Ctrl+Alt+D.

Go to opening/closing tag
Click to include the opening or closing tag that corresponds to the tag the cursor is located on (default shortcut Ctrl+Alt+G). Only works in markup languages such as HTML, XML, etc.

Go to next tag
Click to go to the beginning of the next tag (default shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Right). It only works in markup languages like HTML, XML, etc.

Go to previous tag
Click to go to the beginning of the previous tag (default shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Left). It only works in markup languages like HTML, XML, etc.

Select the next tag
Click to select the next tag (default shortcut Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Right). It only works in markup languages like HTML, XML, etc.

Select the previous tag
Click to select the previous tag (default shortcut Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Left). It only works in markup languages like HTML, XML, etc.

Select the selector under the cursor
Click to select the contents of the CSS selector the cursor is on (default shortcut Ctrl + ' ). Only works with CSS stylesheets.

Go to the next selector
Click to go to the next CSS selector (default shortcut Ctrl+]). It only works in CSS style sheets.

Go to the previous selector
Click to go to the previous CSS selector (the default shortcut Ctrl+[). It only works in CSS style sheets.

Go to corresponding bracket
Click to jump to the corresponding closing brace if the cursor is next to the opening brace, or vice versa, easy to remember as Ctrl + ( ). It is very useful e.g. for navigating through the content of functions in scripting languages like JavaScript or PHP.

Select text between brackets
Click to select text between the corresponding brackets. This is very useful when, for example, you want to copy a very extensive function in a script - after using this command, the entire body of the function will be selected.

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