UltraEdit macro: go to next/previous white space
In UltraEdit, you can control what delimiter characters are used when you double click or use control+left/right - do it through the Advanced > Configuration dialog, as per below.
I got rid of the
However, sometimes I really just want to jump to the next white space character, ignoring all the delimiters. Most commonly I want this when I am editing something with/a/lot/of/paths. Instead of hitting
So, here are the two shortcuts I use for this. I map this one to
I got rid of the
underscore character so that my copy/cut/paste macros would work on variable names that include it.However, sometimes I really just want to jump to the next white space character, ignoring all the delimiters. Most commonly I want this when I am editing something with/a/lot/of/paths. Instead of hitting
control+right arrow nine times, I would much rather hit a keyboard shortcut once.So, here are the two shortcuts I use for this. I map this one to
Control+Alt Right Arrow.InsertMode ColumnModeOff HexOff PerlReOn Find RegExp " |\t| " Key RIGHT ARROW Key LEFT ARROWI map this one to
Control+Alt Left Arrow.InsertMode ColumnModeOff HexOff PerlReOn Find RegExp Up " |\t| " Key LEFT ARROW Key RIGHT ARROW