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. +