--- key: mechanic/keyboard--family-editing type: mechanic id: keyboard--family-editing lang: en title: 'Editing, commands and automation' summary: >- The keyboard edits a document or program, invokes commands and combines actions into repeatable sequences. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/keyboard--family-editing/' jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/keyboard--family-editing.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/keyboard--family-editing.md aliases: - Editing and commands tags: - Physical keyboard interactions - Interface sourceIds: - source-76cfa0e9f5046b57 sources: - id: source-76cfa0e9f5046b57 title: GitHub / Visual Studio Code url: >- https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/how-tos/review-pull-requests/reviewing-proposed-changes-in-a-pull-request verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: keyboard id: family-editing title: Physical keyboard interactions url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/keyboard/#family-editing' categoryIds: - section-7 supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Editing and commands description: >- The keyboard edits a document or program, invokes commands and combines actions into repeatable sequences. image: src: images/mechanics/learning-github-suggestion.webp width: 1440 height: 803 crop: x: 641 'y': 181 width: 788 height: 530 game: GitHub / Visual Studio Code sourceUrl: >- https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/how-tos/review-pull-requests/reviewing-proposed-changes-in-a-pull-request originalUrl: >- https://docs.github.com/assets/cb-122600/images/help/codespaces/review-suggestion.png credit: GitHub documentation contributors rights: >- © GitHub documentation contributors. Screenshot from GitHub Docs. Third-party application imagery; excluded from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: 'GitHub in VS Code: feedback on a code line with a suggested replacement' alt: 'GitHub in VS Code: feedback on a code line with a suggested replacement' markers: - x: 68 'y': 56 label: The comment contains a specific suggested change tips: - Provide undo and preview for compound changes. examples: - title: GitHub / Visual Studio Code url: >- https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/how-tos/review-pull-requests/reviewing-proposed-changes-in-a-pull-request endsAt: null provenance: >- Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/keyboard --- # Editing, commands and automation id: keyboard--family-editing type: mechanic key: mechanic/keyboard--family-editing lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/keyboard--family-editing/ The keyboard edits a document or program, invokes commands and combines actions into repeatable sequences. ## At a glance ![GitHub in VS Code: feedback on a code line with a suggested replacement](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/learning-github-suggestion.webp) [GitHub / Visual Studio Code](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/how-tos/review-pull-requests/reviewing-proposed-changes-in-a-pull-request) · © GitHub documentation contributors. Screenshot from GitHub Docs. Third-party application imagery; excluded from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0. 1. The comment contains a specific suggested change - Provide undo and preview for compound changes. - [GitHub / Visual Studio Code](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/how-tos/review-pull-requests/reviewing-proposed-changes-in-a-pull-request) ## How it works Ways to manage compound activities, documents, and authoring tools. ## Variants ### Variants and applications - Cursor and text selection. Action: Move the insertion point, expand the selection, select words or blocks. Application: Text editor, console, puzzle for rearranging fragments. Conditions: Character-by-character and word-by-word movement must take into account the language and compound characters. Equipment: Regular keyboard. - Removal, insertion and replacement. Action: Backspace, Delete, replace mode and selection operations change the content. Application: Correcting documents, repairing code, creating a message from a blank. Conditions: Environment restrictions may apply for pasting from the clipboard. Equipment: Regular keyboard. - Undo and redo an action. Action: Move back and forth through operation history. Applications: Level editors, drawing, experimental puzzles, creative tools. Conditions: Reverting application history is different from canceling the current incomplete command. Equipment: Regular keyboard. - Numeric prefix. Action: The number in front of the command sets the number of repetitions or scale. Application: Take ten steps, duplicate the object several times, repeat the cursor movement. Conditions: You need number boundaries and a prefix ending rule. Equipment: A regular keyboard. - Operator and scope. Action: One command specifies an operation, the other selects an object or range. Application: Modal editor, mass deletion of cells, processing parts of a structure. Conditions: Combinations must obey a single grammar. Equipment: Regular keyboard. - Recording and executing a macro. Action: A sequence of user actions is saved and launched with one command. Application: Editor automation, robot training, production pipeline. Conditions: Specify whether events with timing or semantic commands are recorded. Equipment: Regular keyboard. - Registers and instruction sets. Action: Several saved fragments or macros are available on separate keys. Application: Cue buffer, musical phrases, code templates, programs for different robots. Conditions: Visibility of the contents of the selected register is required. Equipment: Regular keyboard. - Step by step execution and pause. Action: Keys start, stop and advance the process one step. Application: Debugging, animation, simulations, programming training and editing. Conditions: Separately determine what happens to the accumulated input after a pause. Equipment: Regular keyboard. ## Context and limits Author's working classification for designing games and interactions. Options can overlap and combine; the list is not a generally accepted standard or proven exhaustive list. Application examples are conditional unless a specific verifiable observation is indicated nearby. Sources support individual techniques and technical limitations. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review. - [GitHub / Visual Studio Code](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/how-tos/review-pull-requests/reviewing-proposed-changes-in-a-pull-request) (id: source-76cfa0e9f5046b57) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors