Keyboard Shortcuts

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.