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Editing Shortcut Keys   (link)


The list below contains available keyboard shortcuts grouped by problem areas.

Working with a Document

  • Esc – closes a CKEditor dialog window, drop-down list, or context menu. Also moves from the context menu submenu to the parent option.
  • Enter – selects a CKEditor function from the toolbar, drop-down list, or context menu. Equivalent to the OK button in a dialog window.
  • Shift+F10, Menu/Application key – opens the element's context menu.

Navigation

  • Home – jumps to the beginning of the line.
  • Ctrl+Home – jumps to the beginning of the document.
  • End – jumps to the end of the line.
  • Ctrl+End – jumps to the end of the document.
  • PgDn – scrolls down the document, approximately by the length of the editing area.
  • PgUp – scrolls up the document, approximately by the length of the editing area.

Writing

  • Enter (Return) – ends a paragraph and starts a new one.
  • Shift+Enter – adds a line break.
  • Backspace, Del – deletes a character.
  • Ctrl+Backspace, Ctrl+Del – deletes a word.

Undo and Redo

  • Ctrl+Z – performs the undo operation.
  • Ctrl+Y – performs the redo operation.

Cut, Copy and Paste

  • Ctrl+X, Shift+Del – cuts a text fragment to clipboard.
  • Ctrl+C – copies a text fragment to clipboard.
  • Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert – pastes a text fragment from clipboard.

Text Selection

  • Ctrl+A – selects all document contents.
  • Shift+Arrow – selects a text fragment by letters.
  • Ctrl+Shift+Arrow – selects a text fragment by words.
  • Shift+Home – selects a text fragment from the cursor to the beginning of the line.
  • Shift+End – selects a text fragment from the cursor to the end of the line.
  • Ctrl+Shift+Home – selects a text fragment from the cursor to the beginning of the document.
  • Ctrl+Shift+End – selects a text fragment from the cursor to the end of the document.
  • Shift+PgDn – selects a text fragment of approximately the length of the editing area starting from the cursor and going down.
  • Shift+PgUp – selects a text fragment of approximately the length of the editing area starting from the cursor and going up.

Text Styling

  • Ctrl+B – applies bold formatting to a text fragment.
  • Ctrl+I – applies italics formatting to a text fragment.
  • Ctrl+U – applies underline formatting to a text fragment.

Rich Text

  • Ctrl+L – opens the Link dialog window.

Accessibility

  • Alt+0 – opens Help.
  • Alt+- (minus) – collapses and restores the toolbar.
  • Alt+F10 – enters the toolbar or the tab list of the currently open dialog window.
  • Alt+F11 – enters the elements path.
  • Tab – moves to the next toolbar button group, context menu suboption, elements path element, dialog window element, or dialog window tab while in the tab list.
  • Right Arrow – moves to the next toolbar button within the group, context menu suboption, elements path element, dialog window element, or dialog window tab while in the tab list.
  • Tab or 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 window element, or dialog window tab while in the tab list.
  • Left Arrow – moves to the previous toolbar button within the group, context menu parent option, elements path element, dialog window element, or dialog window tab while in the tab list.
  • Shift+Tab or Up Arrow – moves to the previous drop-down list or context menu option.
  • Space or Enter – activates a toolbar button, a context menu option, a drop-down list option, an elements path element, or a dialog window tab once selected. Also enters a context menu submenu, if it is available.

SOURCE: http://docs.cksource.com/CKEditor_3.x/Users_Guide/Keyboard_Shortcuts


Added 12/28/2011 by tpollak, Modified 12/28/2011 by tpollak

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