Add, delete, and manipulate lines
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Actions described in this topic (except Delete current line) can be also applied to multiple lines with multiple carets.
Normally you press to start a new line when the caret is at the end of that line, but you can also start a new line if the caret is in the middle of a line.
To add a new line below the current line, press .
To add a new line above the current line, press .
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If a line contains a string literal, you can press within the literal to split the string adding necessary syntax elements.
When you need to remove an unnecessary line break and join the next line to the current one, there is no need to place the caret at the end of the line and press . Instead, you can press when your caret is anywhere in the first line; this action will also make sure that the resulting line is formatted correctly.
Instead of starting an empty line, you can duplicate an existing line and edit it as required.
To duplicate the current line, press .
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Learn more about different ways of duplicating lines and selected blocks.
One way to delete a line is to select the whole line and press or , but a slightly more efficient way is to press when the caret is anywhere in that line.
You can move the line where the caret resides up and down using dedicated shortcuts: and .
If no shortcuts are assigned to these actions in the currently selected keymap, you can assign your own shortcuts to the Move Line Up and Move Line Down actions in the Keymap settings page .
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You can also move code elements and logical blocks up, down, left, and right.