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Keyboard shortcut functions

The following tables list keyboard shortcut functions you can use in the rich-text editor. You can also review the shortcut keyboard functions from the reference page in Sitefinity CMS. To access it, from the Dashboard click User menu » Keyboard shortcuts.

Shortcuts available in the Rich-text editor

General functions

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+Enter	Confirms the main, highlighted action in the window
Ctrl+Z	Undo the last action
Ctrl+Y	Redo the last action
Ctrl+K	Opens the Insert a link dialog
Ctrl+J	Opens the Select an image dialog
Ctrl+L	Opens the Select a document dialog
Esc	Clear selection
F11	Maximizes the editor window to full screen or vice versa
F10	Focuses on the toolbar functions
Tab or Right arrow	Focuses next icon in the toolbar when toolbar is on focus
Shift+Tab or Shift+Left arrow	Focuses previous icon in the toolbar when toolbar is on focus

Move text

Shortcut	Description
Left or Right arrow	Move cursor one character to the left or right
Ctrl+Left or Ctrl+Right arrows	Move one word to the left or right
Up or Down arrows	Move up or down one line
Ctrl+Up or Ctrl+Down arrows	Move up or down one paragraph
End	Move to the end of the current line
Home	Move to the beginning of the current line
Ctrl+End	Move to the end of the text
Ctrl+Home	Move to the beginning of the text

Select text

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+A	Select all content
Shift+Left or Shift+Right arrows	Extend selection by one character to the left or right
Ctrl+Shift+Left or Ctrl+Shift+Right arrows	Extend selection by one word to the left or right
Shift+Up or Shift+Down arrows	Extend selection up or down one line
Shift+End	Extend selection to the end of the line
Shift+Home	Extend selection to the beginning of the line
Ctrl+Shift+Home or Ctrl+Shift+End	Extend selection to the beginning or end of the text

Edit text

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+C	Copy selected text or graphics to the clipboard
Ctrl+X	Cut selected text or graphics to the clipboard
Ctrl+V	Paste the contents of the clipboard
Enter	New paragraph
Shift +Enter	New line
Backspace	Delete one character to the left
Ctrl+Backspace	Delete one word to the left
Delete	Delete one character to the right
Ctrl+Delete	Delete one word to the right

Apply character formatting

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl+B	Apply bold formatting to selected text
Ctrl+I	Apply italic formatting to selected text
Ctrl+U	Apply underline formatting to selected text

Shortcuts available in content and media pages

These shortcuts are applicable to News, Events, Images, Document & Files, and dynamic content item pages. To access these pages, open the Content menu in the toolbar.

Shortcut	Description	Applicable to
Alt+N	Create content item or upload a media item	New interface content and media pages
Alt+P	Publish the selected items	New interface content and media pages
Alt+U	Unpublish the selected items	New interface content and media pages
Alt+S	Schedule publish or unpublish the selected items	New interface content and media pages
Alt+Del	Delete the selected items	New interface content and media pages
Shift+Alt+A	Select all items on the current page	New interface content and media pages

Shortcuts available when content and media items are created or edited

These shortcuts are available when News, Events, Images, Document & Files, and dynamic content items are created or when they are edited through their properties page.

Shortcut	Description	Applicable to
Alt+N	Create a new content item	Editing content items in the New interface
Alt+P	Upload and/or publish the current item	Create, upload, and edit content and media item pages in the New interface
Ctrl+S	Save item as draft or continue	Create, upload, and edit content and media item pages in the New interface
Alt+F2	Preview the current item	Edit blog posts page in the New interface
Alt+U	Unpublish the current item	Create, upload, and edit content and media item pages in the New interface
Alt+S	Schedule publish or unpublish the current item	Create, upload, and edit content and media item pages in the New interface
Alt+Del	Delete the current item	Create, upload, and edit content and media item pages in the New interface

Shortcuts available in the Pages screen

These shortcuts are used in the Pages screen. To access it click Pages in the toolbar.

Shortcut	Description	Applicable to
Alt+N	Create a page	Pages screen
Alt+P	Publish the selected pages	Pages screen
Alt+U	Unpublish the selected pages	Pages screen
Alt+S	Schedule publish or unpublish the selected pages	Pages screen
Alt+Del	Delete the selected pages	Pages screen

Shortcuts available when Pages are created or edit

These shortcuts are available when a page is created or edited.

Shortcut	Description	Applicable to
Alt+N	Create another page	Page edit screen
Alt+P	Publish the current page	Page edit screen
Ctrl+S	Save page as draft or continue	Create page screen, page edit screen
Alt+F2	Preview the current page in the page edit screen	Page edit screen
Alt+U	Unpublish the current page	Page edit screen
Alt+S	Schedule publish or unpublish the current page	Page edit screen
Alt+Del	Delete the current page	Page edit screen

Shortcuts available in non-lifecycle content items and classification pages

These shortcuts are applicable to the classifications pages – Tags, Categories, and All classifications – and to the Blogs and Lists pages. To access these pages, open the Content menu in the toolbar.

Shortcut	Description	Applicable to
Alt+N	Create a new item or classification	New interface non-lifecycle content pages
Alt+Del	Delete selected items	New interface non-lifecycle content pages
Shift+Alt+A	Select all items on the current page	New interface non-lifecycle content pages

Shortcuts available when non-lifecycle content items and classification are created or edited

Shortcut	Description	Applicable to
Ctrl+S	Save the content item or classification or continue	Create a non-lifecycle content item or classification or edit their properties pages

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