Accessory View

Accessory View

Accessory view is a toolbar appears on your soft keyboard. It contains lots of common useful actions for easy access.

The buttons list in accessory view will dynamically change based on context, the buttons are different in editing mode, selection mode or search mode.

Some of the buttons will have different status based on context, they will be hidden or disabled in certain scenarios.


Accessory Actions in Editing Mode

While editing, you may see following action buttons in your accessory view:


Indent It can insert a simple tab character, but more important, it can trigger emmet function, please refer to Emmet Support for more details.
Undo Undo last modification.
Redo Redo last modification.
Search Search or replace certain text in current file.
Paste Paste text from system clipboard to current cursor. Only visible when there is text in clipboard.
Left Move current cursor to left position.
Right Move current cursor to right position.
Save Save modifications to current file location.
Execute Run current code, or preview current page if applicable.
Keyboard Hide soft keyboard from screen.

Accessory Actions in Selection Mode

While there are text selected, you may see following action buttons in your accessory view:


Select All Select all text in current file.
Cut Cut selected text to system clipboard.
Copy Copy selected text to system clipboard.
Paste Paste text from system clipboard to current cursor. Only visible when there is text in clipboard.
Share Share selected text content using other applications such as messages or mail.
Close Close selection mode and return to editing mode.