Command Editing
Enhanced Windows-like text editing behavior
PowerCmd supports standard generic text editing behavior. You can cut, copy and paste using the conventional Windows shortcuts, drag and drop text within PowerCmd. Pressing Ctrl+C will get two different behaviors in different situations. PowerCmd still supports traditional column selection mode of the prompt window when ALT key pressed.
Windows-like text editing
PowerCmd supports standard Windows text editing methods and shortcuts:
- Use mouse to select text as what you did in normal text editor
- Mouse left double clicking to select a word
- Mouse left triple clicking to select a line
- Mouse left clicking on line number margin to select a line
- Mouse left pressing and moving on line number margin to select multiple lines
- Ctrl+Left key to skip words
- Ctrl+Shift+Left key to select words
- and more...
Column Selection Mode
PowerCmd still supports traditional column selection mode of the prompt window. If you wish to select a column of text, just press ALT key and drag mouse on text window.
Smart Ctrl+C
- If there is any text selected, and press Ctrl+C, selected text will be copied to system clipboard.
- If there is no selection, and press Ctrl+C, it will send a CTRL+C signal to a console process group that shares the console.
Drag and Drop text
If you with to quickly input a command which has been outputted, just select words, drag and drop it anywhere. The selected text will be appended as command or its parameters.
Drag and Drop file or directory to cmd windows directly
All you to fill the command line and not to execute it if CTRL key is holding on.
History List
You can use the up and down arrows to recall commands from history buffer. F7 and F8, the undocumented command prompt tips, are better if you want to re-execute a particular command. F7 brings up a history window with numbers, a command can be selected by the arrow keys and then executed by pressing Enter or mouse double click. Ctrl+Enter or Ctrl + double click puts the command to current command line but not executes it. F8 brings up the history window with filter. The listed commands are all start with the filter.
The image left displays a command prompt commands history buffer window without filter. You can get this window by pressing F7.
The image right displays a command prompt commands history buffer window with filter "ping w". You can input "ping w" and press F8 to popup this window or input the filter after it has been displayed.
 
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