Throughout Surrealist you will encounter various SurrealQL editors. These editors support intelligent SurrealQL highlighting and provide a range of features to help you write queries and edit records.
Editors support an array of useful shortcuts to help you navigate and edit more efficiently.
| Shortcuts | Description |
|---|---|
tab | Indent the current line by 4 spaces. |
shift + tab | Unindent the current line by 4 spaces. |
ctrl/cmd + f | Open the search and replace panel |
ctrl/cmd + / | Toggles comments on the selected or active line(s) |
ctrl/cmd + left click | Place multiple cursors at the clicked locations |
ctrl/cmd + shift + L | Selects all occurrences of the currently selected text |
ctrl/cmd + d | Selects next occurrence of the currently selected text |
ctrl/cmd + enter | Execute the query query (only applied to the query editor) |
Some editors support record inspection, which allows you to open a record in the Record inspector drawer by holding ctrl/cmd and left-clicking on a record id.
Some editors, such as the record editor and query responses, support falling back to a JSON representation. This can be configured in the Settings dialog under Appearance > Value formatting mode.