View source for Help:VisualEditor shortcuts

{{See also|Help:Keyboard Shortcuts}}


This page outlines the various mouse and keyboard commands supported by VisualEditor.


{{Tip|To see a list of shortcuts keys while in edit mode press {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|/}} or {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|/}} }}


==  Text Styling ==

{| style="text-align:center; margin:auto;" cellpadding="8"
|-
!  PC shortcut
!  Action
!  Icon
!  Mac shortcut
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|B}}
|  {{int|visualeditor-annotationbutton-bold-tooltip}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon bold-b.svg]]
|  {{Key press|Cmd|B}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|I}}
|  {{int|visualeditor-annotationbutton-italic-tooltip}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon italic-i.svg]]
|  {{Key press|Cmd|I}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|K}}
| rowspan="2" |{{int|visualeditor-annotationbutton-link-tooltip}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:OOjs_UI_icon_link-ltr.svg]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Key press|Cmd|K}}
|-
|  ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code>[[</code>
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|6}}
| {{int|visualeditor-annotationbutton-code-tooltip}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon code.svg]]
| {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|6}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|5}}
| {{int|visualeditor-annotationbutton-strikethrough-tooltip}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon strikethrough-s.svg]]
| {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|5}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|,}}
| {{int|visualeditor-annotationbutton-subscript-tooltip}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon superscript-ltr.svg]]
| {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|,}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|.}}
| {{int|visualeditor-annotationbutton-superscript-tooltip}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon subscript-ltr.svg]]
| {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|.}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|U}}
| {{int|visualeditor-annotationbutton-underline-tooltip}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon underline-u.svg]]
| {{Key press|Cmd|U}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|M}}
| rowspan="2" |{{int|visualeditor-clearbutton-tooltip}}
| rowspan="2" | [[File:OOjs_UI_icon_cancel.svg]]
|  {{Key press|Cmd|M}}
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|\}}
|  {{Key press|Cmd|\}}
|}

== {{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-clipboard}} ==

{| style="text-align:center; margin:auto;" cellpadding="8"
|-
!  PC shortcut
!  Action
!  Icon
!  Mac shortcut
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|X}}
|  {{int|visualeditor-clipboard-cut}}
|
|  {{Key press|Cmd|X}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|C}}
|  {{int|visualeditor-clipboard-copy}}
|
|  {{Key press|Cmd|C}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|V}}
|  {{int|visualeditor-clipboard-paste}}
|
|  {{Key press|Cmd|V}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|V}}
|  {{int|visualeditor-clipboard-paste-special}}
|
|  {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|V}}
|-
|}

== {{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-formatting}} ==

{| style="text-align:center; margin:auto;" cellpadding="8"
|-
!  PC shortcut
!  Action
!  Icon
!  Mac shortcut
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|0}}
| {{int|visualeditor-formatdropdown-format-paragraph}}
| 
| {{Key press|Cmd|0}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|7}}
| {{int|visualeditor-formatdropdown-format-preformatted}}
| 
| {{Key press|Cmd|7}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|8}}
| rowspan="2" |{{int|visualeditor-formatdropdown-format-blockquote}}
| rowspan="2" | 
| rowspan="2" |{{Key press|Cmd|8}}
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code>:</code>
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code>==</code>
| {{int|visualeditor-formatdropdown-format-heading2}}
| 
| 
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|1-6}}
| {{int|visualeditor-formatdropdown-format-heading-label}}
| 
| {{Key press|Cmd|1-6}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Tab}}
| rowspan="2" |{{int|visualeditor-indentationbutton-indent-tooltip}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:OOjs_UI_icon_indent-ltr.svg]]
| {{Key press|Tab}}
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|]}}
| {{Key press|Cmd|]}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Shift|Tab}}
| rowspan="2" |{{int|visualeditor-indentationbutton-outdent-tooltip}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:OOjs_UI_icon_outdent-ltr.svg]]
| {{Key press|Shift|Tab}}
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|[}}
| {{Key press|Cmd|[}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code>*</code>{{Key press|Space}}
| {{int|visualeditor-listbutton-bullet-tooltip}}
| 
|  
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code>#</code>{{Key press|Space}}
| rowspan="2" | {{int|visualeditor-listbutton-number-tooltip}}
| rowspan="2" |
| 
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code>1.</code>{{Key press|Space}}
| 
|-
|}

== {{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-history}} ==

{| style="text-align:center; margin:auto;" cellpadding="8"
|-
!  PC shortcut
!  Action
!  Icon
!  Mac shortcut
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|Z}}
| {{int|visualeditor-historybutton-undo-tooltip}}
| [[File:OOjs_UI_icon_arched-arrow-rtl.svg]]
| {{Key press|Cmd|Z}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|Z}}
| rowspan="2" | {{int|visualeditor-historybutton-redo-tooltip}}
| rowspan="2" | [[File:OOjs_UI_icon_arched-arrow-ltr.svg]]
|  {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|Z}}
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Y}}
|  {{Key press|Cmd|Y}}
|-
|}


== {{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-insert}} ==

{| style="text-align:center; margin:auto;" cellpadding="8"
|-
!  PC shortcut
!  Action
!  Icon
!  Mac shortcut
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki></code>
| {{int|visualeditor-dialog-template-title}}
| [[File:OOjs_UI_icon_puzzle-ltr.svg]]
| 
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code><nowiki>{|</nowiki></code>
| {{int|visualeditor-table-insert-table}}
| [[File:OOjs_UI_icon_table.svg]]
| 
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code><nowiki><!--</nowiki></code>
| {{int|visualeditor-commentinspector-title}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon notice.svg]]
| 
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code><math</code>
| {{int|math-visualeditor-mwmathdialog-title}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon math.svg]]
| 
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code><chem</code>
| {{int|math-visualeditor-mwchemdialog-title}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon chem.svg]]
| 
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code><score</code>
| Score
| [[File:OOjs_UI_icon_score.svg]]
| 
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code><nowiki><syntax</nowiki></code>
| rowspan="2" | {{int|syntaxhighlight-visualeditor-mwsyntaxhighlightinspector-title}}
| rowspan="2" | [[File:OOjs UI icon markup.svg]]
| 
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code><nowiki><source</nowiki></code>
| 
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code><nowiki><pre</nowiki></code>
|  {{int|visualeditor-formatdropdown-format-preformatted}}
| 
| 
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|K}}
| rowspan="2" |{{int|cite-ve-dialog-reference-title}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:OOjs_UI_icon_quotes-ltr.svg]] {{int|citoid-citoidtool-title}}
| rowspan="2" | {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|K}}
|-
| ''{{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-sequence-notice}}'' <code><ref</code>
|}

==  {{int|visualeditor-shortcuts-other}} ==

{| style="text-align:center; margin:auto;" cellpadding="8"
|-
!  PC shortcut
!  Action
!  Icon
!  Mac shortcut
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Alt|Shift|S}}
|  Save
| {{Clickable button|{{int|savechanges-start}}|color=blue}}
| {{Key press|Ctrl|Option|S}}
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Alt|Shift|E}}
|  Switch to Source Editor
| [[File:OOjs UI icon wikiText.svg]]
| {{Key press|Ctrl|Option|E}}
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Key press|Alt|Shift|V}}
| Start Visual Editor / 
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |{{Key press|Ctrl|Option|V}}
|-
|-
|   Review your changes
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Alt|Shift|I}}
|  Mark this as a minor edit
| 
| {{Key press|Ctrl|Option|I}}
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Alt|Shift|W}}
|  Add this page to your watchlist
| 
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Option|W}}
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|F}}
| {{int|visualeditor-find-and-replace-title}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon articleSearch-ltr.svg]]
| {{Key press|Cmd|F}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|G}}
| rowspan="2" | {{int|visualeditor-find-and-replace-next-button}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:OOjs UI icon next-ltr.svg]]
| rowspan="2" | {{Key press|Cmd|G}}
|-
| {{Key press|F3}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|G}}
| rowspan="2" | {{int|visualeditor-find-and-replace-previous-button}}
| rowspan="2" |[[File:OOjs UI icon previous-ltr.svg]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Key press|Cmd|Shift|G}}
|-
| {{Key press|Shift|F3}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|X}}
| {{int|visualeditor-changedir}}
| [[File:OOjs UI icon text-dir-righttoleft.svg]]
| {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|X}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|A}}
| {{int|visualeditor-content-select-all}}
|
| {{Key press|Cmd|A}}
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|/}}
| rowspan="2" | {{int|visualeditor-dialog-command-help-title}}
| rowspan="2" | [[File:OOjs UI icon help-ltr.svg]]
| {{Key press|Cmd|/}}
|-
| {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|/}}
| {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|/}}
|}

== Template editor dialog == 

These shortcuts only apply when editing a template instance in the pop-up dialog.
Those marked with a * only apply in the cases of multi-part template content.
The shortcuts can be used to turn a single template into multi-part template content by adding another template or a wikitext part.

{| style="text-align:center; margin:auto;" cellpadding="8"
!  PC shortcut
! style="width:20em" |  Action
!  Icon
!  Mac shortcut
|-
| colspan=4 | <hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Spacebar}}
|  Toggle a checkbox, adding or removing a parameter
|
|  {{Key press|Spacebar}}
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Enter}}
|  Add a parameter and immediately switch the focus to the input to start adding a value
|
|  {{Key press|Enter}}
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|D}}
|  Add an undocumented parameter
|
|  {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|D}}
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|D}}
|  Add a template* (linked, not nested)
| [[File:OOjs UI icon puzzle-ltr.svg|20px]]
|  {{Key press|Cmd|D}}
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|Y}}
|  Add a wikitext part*
| [[File:OOjs UI icon wikiText.svg|20px]]
|  {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|Y}}
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Del}}
|  Delete a part (template or wikitext) when selected in the sidebar*
| [[File:OOjs UI icon trash.svg|20px]]
|  {{Key press|Cmd|Del}}
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|Up}}
|  Move a part up when selected in the sidebar*
| [[File:OOjs UI icon upTriangle.svg|20px]]
|  {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|Up}}
|-
| colspan="4" |<hr />
|-
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|Down}}
|  Move a part down when selected in the sidebar*
| [[File:OOjs UI icon downTriangle.svg|20px]]
|  {{Key press|Cmd|Shift|Down}}
|}

==  Full list of mouse and keyboard interactions ==

{| class="wikitable"
!  Feature
! colspan="2" |  Action
|-
|  Move cursor with mouse
| colspan="2" |  Clicking
|-
|  Move cursor with keyboard
| colspan="2" |  Direction keys: Up, down, left, right, home, end, page-up and page-down
|-
|  Select content with mouse
| colspan="2" |  Dragging
|-
|  Select content with mouse
| colspan="2" |  Double and triple clicking
|-
|  Select content with keyboard
| colspan="2" |  Shift + (Direction keys)
|-
|  Select word with mouse
| colspan="2" |  Double click word
|-
|  Select block with mouse
| colspan="2" |  Triple click block
|-
|  Adjust selection with mouse
| colspan="2" |  Shift + Click
|-
|  Load insertion formatting from content
| colspan="2" |  Move cursor
|-
|  Insert text with keyboard
| colspan="2" |  Character and number keys
|-
|  Insert special characters with keyboard
| colspan="2" |  Multiple character or number keys using an input method editor
|-
|  Delete with keyboard
| colspan="2" | {{Key press|BackSpace}}{{int|and}}{{int|word-separator}}{{Key press|Delete}}
|-
|  Delete word with keyboard
| {{Key press|Alt|BackSpace}}{{int|and}}{{int|word-separator}}{{Key press|Alt|Delete}}
| {{Key press|Option|BackSpace}}{{int|and}}{{int|word-separator}}{{Key press|Option|Delete}}
|-
|  Delete line with keyboard
| {{Key press|Ctrl|BackSpace}}{{int|and}}{{int|word-separator}}{{Key press|Ctrl|Delete}}
| {{Key press|Command|BackSpace}}{{int|and}}{{int|word-separator}}{{Key press|Command|Delete}}
|-
|  Undo with keyboard
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Z}}
|  {{Key press|Command|Z}}
|-
|  Redo with keyboard
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|Z}}
|  {{Key press|Command|Shift|Z}}
|-
|  Copy selection with keyboard
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|C}}
|  {{Key press|Command|C}}
|-
|  Cut selection with keyboard
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|X}}
|  {{Key press|Command|X}}
|-
|  Paste selection with keyboard
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|V}}
|  {{Key press|Command|V}}
|-
|  Copy selection from menu
| colspan="2" |  "Copy" in context or browser menu
|-
|  Cut selection from menu
| colspan="2" |  "Cut" in context or browser menu
|-
|  Paste selection from menu
| colspan="2" |  "Paste" in context or browser menu
|-
|  Highlight object with mouse
| colspan="2" |  Clicking
|-
|  Toggle bold on selected content and in insertion formatting with mouse
| colspan="2" |  Click bold tool in toolbar
|-
|  Toggle italic on selected content and in insertion formatting with mouse
| colspan="2" |  Click italic tool in toolbar
|-
|  Toggle bold on selected content and in insertion formatting with keyboard
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|B}}
|  {{Key press|Command|B}}
|-
|  Toggle italic on selected content and in insertion formatting with keyboard
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|I}}
|  {{Key press|Command|I}}
|-
|  Split block with keyboard
| colspan="2" |  {{Key press|Enter}}
|-
|  Merge blocks with keyboard
| colspan="2" |  BackSpace at beginning or delete at end of block boundary
|-
|  Switch the direction you write in between right-to-left and left-to-right
|  {{Key press|Ctrl|Shift|X}}
| < {{Key press|Command|Shift|X}}
|}