robotframework · HelioGuilherme66 · Jun 6, 2025 · Jun 6, 2025
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html[Semantic Versioni
 == https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE[Unreleased]
 
 === Added
+- Added keyboard shortcuts ``Ctrl-Shift-Up`` and ``Ctrl-Shift-Down`` as alternatives to ``Alt-Up`` and ``Alt-Down`` to move rows in Grid and Text Editors.
 - Added Settings Editor button to Preferences dialog, to edit settings.cfg.
 - Created backup of settings.cfg to allow recovering some settings when broken upgrades.
 - Added current executing keyword and other statuses to TestRunner status bar.

diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Likewise, the current version of wxPython, is 4.2.3, but RIDE is known to work w
 
 `pip install -U robotframework-ride`
 
-(3.8 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.13) Install current development version (**2.2dev29**) with:
+(3.8 &lt;= python &lt;= 3.13) Install current development version (**2.2dev30**) with:
 
 `pip install -U https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/archive/develop.zip`
 

diff --git a/src/robotide/application/CHANGELOG.html b/src/robotide/application/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Changelog</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="docbook-xsl.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="article" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="id1337"></a>Changelog</h2></div></div><hr /></div><p>All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.</p><p>The format is based on <a class="ulink" href="http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/" target="_top">Keep a Changelog</a>
 and this project adheres to <a class="ulink" href="http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html" target="_top">Semantic Versioning</a>.</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_ulink_url_https_github_com_robotframework_ride_unreleased_ulink"></a>1. <a class="ulink" href="https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE" target="_top">Unreleased</a></h2></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="_added"></a>1.1. Added</h3></div></div></div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
+Added keyboard shortcuts ``Ctrl-Shift-Up`` and ``Ctrl-Shift-Down`` as alternatives to ``Alt-Up`` and ``Alt-Down`` to move rows in Grid and Text Editors.
+</li><li class="listitem">
 Added Settings Editor button to Preferences dialog, to edit settings.cfg.
 </li><li class="listitem">
 Created backup of settings.cfg to allow recovering some settings when broken upgrades.

diff --git a/src/robotide/application/releasenotes.py b/src/robotide/application/releasenotes.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 
 <p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE/">RIDE (Robot Framework IDE)</a>
  {VERSION} is a new release with some enhancements and bug fixes. The reference for valid arguments is
- <a class="reference external" href="https://robotframework.org/">Robot Framework</a> current version, 7.2.2. However, 
+ <a class="reference external" href="https://robotframework.org/">Robot Framework</a> current version, 7.3. However, 
  internal library code is originally based on version 3.1.2, but adapted for new versions.</p>
 <ul class="simple">
 <li>This version supports Python 3.8 up to 3.13 (and also tested on 3.14.a7 with wxPython 4.2.3).</li>
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 </ul>
 <p><strong>New Features and Fixes Highlights</strong></p>
 <ul class="simple">
+<li>Added keyboard shortcuts <b>Ctrl-Shift-Up</b> and <b>Ctrl-Shift-Down</b> as alternatives to <b>Alt-Up</b> and
+ <b>Alt-Down</b> to move rows in Grid and Text Editors.</li>
 <li>Improved vertical scroll in Grid Editor, by having main scroll bars out of cells.</li> 
 <li>Fixed Create Desktop Shortcut by pointing executable to <b>python -m robotide</b>.</li>
 <li>Changed arguments parser to allow <b>--version</b> and <b>--help</b> functional in Windows.</li>
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ def set_content(self, html_win, content):
 <pre class="literal-block">python -m robotide.postinstall -install</pre>
 <p>or</p>
 <pre class="literal-block">ride_postinstall.py -install</pre>
-<p>RIDE {VERSION} was released on 28/May/2025.</p>
+<p>RIDE {VERSION} was released on 06/June/2025.</p>
 <!-- <br/>
 <h3>May The Fourth Be With You!</h3>
 <h3>Celebrate the bank holiday, 10th June, Day of Portugal, Portuguese Communities and Camões!!</h3>

diff --git a/src/robotide/context/__init__.py b/src/robotide/context/__init__.py
@@ -258,11 +258,11 @@ def bind_keys_to_evt_menu(target, actions):
         <td>Uncomment row(s)</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
-        <td>Alt-Up</td>
+        <td>Alt-Up or Ctrl-Shift-Up</td>
         <td>Move row(s) up</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
-        <td>Alt-Down</td>
+        <td>Alt-Down or Ctrl-Shift-Down</td>
         <td>Move row(s) down</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
@@ -419,11 +419,11 @@ def bind_keys_to_evt_menu(target, actions):
         <td>Make dictionary variable body</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
-        <td>Alt-Up</td>
+        <td>Alt-Up or Ctrl-Shift-Up</td>
         <td>Move row(s) up</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
-        <td>Alt-Down</td>
+        <td>Alt-Down or Ctrl-Shift-Down</td>
         <td>Move row(s) down</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>

diff --git a/src/robotide/editor/__init__.py b/src/robotide/editor/__init__.py
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ def get_menudata():
     edit_13 = _("Delete Cells | Delete Cells | Ctrlcmd-Shift-D\n")
     edit_14 = _("Insert Rows | Insert Rows | Ctrlcmd-I\n")
     edit_15 = _("Delete Rows | Delete Rows | Ctrlcmd-D\n")
-    edit_16 = _("Move Rows Up | Move Rows Up | Alt-Up\n")
-    edit_17 = _("Move Rows Down | Move Rows Down | Alt-Down\n")
+    edit_16 = _("Move Rows Up (Alt-Up or Ctrl-Shift-Up) | Move Rows Up\n")
+    edit_17 = _("Move Rows Down (Alt-Down or Ctrl-Shift-Down) | Move Rows Down\n")
     tools_0 = _("[Tools]\n")
     tools_1 = _("Content Assistance (Ctrl-Space or Ctrl-Alt-Space) | Show possible keyword and variable completions"
                 " | | | POSITION-70\n")
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ def get_menudata():
 Delete Cells | Delete Cells | Ctrlcmd-Shift-D
 Insert Rows | Insert Rows | Ctrlcmd-I
 Delete Rows | Delete Rows | Ctrlcmd-D
-Move Rows Up | Move Rows Up | Alt-Up
-Move Rows Down | Move Rows Down | Alt-Down
+Move Rows Up (Alt-Up or Ctrl-Shift-Up) | Move Rows Up
+Move Rows Down (Alt-Down or Ctrl-Shift-Down) | Move Rows Down
 [Tools]
 Content Assistance (Ctrl-Space or Ctrl-Alt-Space) | Show possible keyword and variable completions | | | POSITION-70
 """

diff --git a/src/robotide/editor/kweditor.py b/src/robotide/editor/kweditor.py
@@ -794,6 +794,11 @@ def _call_ctrl_shift_function(self, event: object, keycode: int):
             self.on_json_editor(event)
         elif keycode == ord('D'):
             self.on_delete_cells()
+        elif keycode in (wx.WXK_UP, wx.WXK_DOWN):
+            if keycode == wx.WXK_UP:
+                self.on_move_rows_up(event)
+            else:
+                self.on_move_rows_down(event)
         """
         elif keycode == ord('3'):
             self._open_cell_editor_and_execute_sharp_comment()
@@ -869,6 +874,11 @@ def _call_alt_function(self, event, keycode: int):
             else:
                 self._move_cursor_down(event)
             return False  # event must not be skipped in this case
+        elif keycode in (wx.WXK_UP, wx.WXK_DOWN):
+            if keycode == wx.WXK_UP:
+                self.on_move_rows_up(event)
+            else:
+                self.on_move_rows_down(event)
         return True
 
     def on_key_down(self, event):

diff --git a/src/robotide/editor/texteditor.py b/src/robotide/editor/texteditor.py
@@ -1843,6 +1843,13 @@ def on_key_down(self, event):
                 self.indent_block()
             self.mark_file_dirty(self.source_editor.GetModify())
             return
+        elif (((event.ControlDown() and event.ShiftDown()) or event.AltDown()) and
+              event.GetKeyCode() in (wx.WXK_UP, wx.WXK_DOWN)):
+            if event.GetKeyCode() == wx.WXK_UP:
+                self.on_move_rows_up(event)
+            else:
+                self.on_move_rows_down(event)
+            return
         elif event.GetKeyCode() == wx.WXK_TAB and event.ShiftDown():
             selected = self.source_editor.GetSelection()
             if selected[0] == selected[1]: