By now you may be familiar with the comments/text editor:
The majority of the functionality we create is on the 'insert' menu, but you may be more comfortable without taking your hands off the keyboard, and want to know some keyboard shortcuts to help you create content.
Thanks to:
https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/advanced/keyboard-shortcuts/
There are some available:
Editor keyboard shortcuts
This is a list of available keyboard shortcuts within the editor body.
| Action | PC | Mac | Core/Plugin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bold | Ctrl+B | Command+B | core |
| Italic | Ctrl+I | Command+I | core |
| Underline | Ctrl+U | Command+U | core |
| Select All | Ctrl+A | Command+A | core |
| Redo | Ctrl+Y / Ctrl+Shift+Z | Command+Y / Command+Shift+Z | core |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z | Command+Z | core |
| Header 1 | Alt+Shift+1 | Ctrl+Option+1 | core |
| Header 2 | Alt+Shift+2 | Ctrl+Option+2 | core |
| Header 3 | Alt+Shift+3 | Ctrl+Option+3 | core |
| Header 4 | Alt+Shift+4 | Ctrl+Option+4 | core |
| Header 5 | Alt+Shift+5 | Ctrl+Option+5 | core |
| Header 6 | Alt+Shift+6 | Ctrl+Option+6 | core |
| Paragraph | Alt+Shift+7 | Ctrl+Option+7 | core |
| Div | Alt+Shift+8 | Ctrl+Option+8 | core |
| Address | Alt+Shift+9 | Ctrl+Option+9 | core |
| Focus to menu bar | Alt+F9 | Option+F9 | core |
| Focus to toolbar | Alt+F10 | Option+F10 | core |
| Focus to element path | Alt+F11 | Option+F11 | core |
| Focus to contextual toolbar | Ctrl+F9 | Ctrl+F9 | core |
| Insert link | Ctrl+K | Command+K | link |
| Toggle Fullscreen | Ctrl+Shift+F | Command+Shift+F | fullscreen |
| Find | Ctrl+F | Command+F | searchreplace |
Accessibility keyboard shortcuts
This is a list of available keyboard shortcuts within the editor user interface.
| Action | PC | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Execute command | Enter / Spacebar | Enter / Spacebar |
| Focus on next UI Element (such as: Menu bar, Toolbar, Toolbar Group, Status Bar Item) |
Tab | Tab |
| Focus on previous UI Element (such as: Menu bar, Toolbar, Toolbar Group, Status Bar Item) |
Shift+Tab | Shift+Tab |
| Focus next Control (such as: toolbar button, menu, or menu item) |
Right Arrow / Down Arrow | Right Arrow / Down Arrow |
| Focus previous Control (such as: toolbar button, menu, or menu item) |
Left Arrow / Up Arrow | Left Arrow / Up Arrow |
| Open menu or toolbar menu button | Down Arrow / Spacebar | Down Arrow / Spacebar |
| Open group toolbar button | Spacebar | Spacebar |
| Open split toolbar button | Down Arrow | Down Arrow |
| Open the popup menu on split toolbar buttons | Shift+Enter | Shift+Enter |
| Open submenu | Right Arrow | Right Arrow |
| Close submenu | Left Arrow / Esc | Left Arrow / Esc |
| Close dialog | Esc | Esc |
| Close menu | Esc | Esc |
| Move focus back to editor body | Esc | Esc |
Note: Browsers and Screen Readers provide additional shortcuts within the editor context.