Editor Keyboard Shortcuts (macOS)

Use these keyboard shortcuts to work faster in the article editor on macOS. The shortcuts are available when the cursor is inside the editor.

Navigation

Shortcut	Description
Command + Up Arrow	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.
Command + Down Arrow	Moves the cursor to the end of the line.
Option + Down Arrow	Scrolls down the document, approximately by the length of the editing area.
Option + Up Arrow	Scrolls up the document, approximately by the length of the editing area.

Writing

Shortcut	Description
Return	Ends the current paragraph and starts a new one.
Shift + Return	Inserts a line break.
Delete	Deletes a character.

Undo and Redo

Shortcut	Description
Command + Z	Undoes the last action.
Command + Y, Shift + Command + Z	Redoes the last action.

Cut, Copy, and Paste

Shortcut	Description
Command + X	Cuts the selected text to the clipboard.
Command + C	Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
Command + V	Pastes text from the clipboard.
Shift + Command + V	Pastes clipboard content as plain text.

Text Selection

Shortcut	Description
Command + A	Selects all content in the document.
Shift + Arrow	Selects text one character at a time.
Command + Shift + Arrow	Selects text one word at a time.
Shift + Command + Up Arrow	Selects text from the cursor to the beginning of the line.
Shift + Command + Down Arrow	Selects text from the cursor to the end of the line.
Shift + Option + Down Arrow	Selects text approximately the length of the editing area, starting from the cursor and moving down.
Shift + Option + Up Arrow	Selects text approximately the length of the editing area, starting from the cursor and moving up.

Widget Selection

Shortcut	Description
Left Arrow, Right Arrow	Moves the selection before or after the widget.

Text Styling

Shortcut	Description
Command + B	Applies bold formatting to the selected text.
Command + I	Applies italic formatting to the selected text.
Command + U	Applies underline formatting to the selected text.

Copy Formatting

Shortcut	Description
Command + Shift + C	Copies inline formatting from the selected text and turns on sticky mode.
Esc	Turns off sticky mode.

Rich Text

Shortcut	Description
Command + L, Command + K	Opens the Link dialog box.
Tab	Indents a list item.
Shift + Tab	Outdents a list item.

Macros

Shortcut	Description
Command + M	Opens the macro dialog box to insert a macro.

Accessibility

Shortcut	Description
Option + F10	Moves focus to the toolbar or the tab list of the open dialog box.
Tab	Moves to the next toolbar button group, context menu suboption, elements path element, dialog box element, or dialog box tab in the tab list.
Right Arrow	Moves to the next toolbar button in the group, context menu suboption, elements path element, dialog box element, or dialog box tab in the tab list.
Tab, Down Arrow	Moves to the next drop-down list or context menu option.
Shift + Tab	Moves to the previous toolbar button group, context menu parent option, elements path element, dialog box element, or dialog box tab in the tab list.
Left Arrow	Moves to the previous toolbar button in the group, context menu parent option, elements path element, dialog box element, or dialog box tab in the tab list.
Shift + Tab, Up Arrow	Moves to the previous drop-down list or context menu option.
Space, Return	Activates the selected toolbar button, context menu option, drop-down list option, elements path element, or dialog box tab. Also opens a context menu submenu, if available.

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