Select, Copy And Paste

- The input windows don't show a cursor, so selections must be made - with the mouse by clicking with the left mouse button at the start, holding - down the mousebutton and moving to the end, where you release the mouse - button again. You can also select a word by double clicking it. In the merge - output editor you can also select via the keyboard by holding the "shift"-button - and navigation with the cursor keys. -

- If the selection exceeds the visible range you can move the mouse over the - window borders which causes KDiff3 to scroll in that direction. -

- For very large selections you can also use the navigation keys while holding down - the mouse. E.g. use page up and page down to quickly go to a certain position. At the - end position release the mouse button. -

- In order to select everything in the current window use menu "Edit"->"Select All" (Ctrl-A). -

- To copy to the clipboard you must press the "Copy"-button (Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Insert). - But there exists an option "Auto Copy Selection". If this is enabled, - then whatever you select is copied immediately and you don't need to explicitely - copy. But pay attention when using this because the contents of the clipboard - might then be destroyed accidentally. -

- "Cut" (Ctrl-X or Shift-Delete) copies to the clipboard and deletes the - selected text. -

- "Paste" (Ctrl-V or Shift-Insert) inserts the text in the clipboard at the - cursorposition or over the current selection. - If you paste to either diff input window the contents of the clipboard will - be shown in that window and the comparison will restart immediately. This is - useful if you want to quickly grab a piece of text from somewhere and - compare it with something else without first creating files. -