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Does Composer have any keyboard shortcuts?

Question

What Keyboard Shortcuts are available in Composer?

Answer

The following shortcuts are supported in composer. For Mac computers replace the Ctrl with Cmd key. Available shortcuts may also be viewed in composer by clicking the small keyboard icon in the bottom right corner of the Compose tab.

Action

Keyboard Shortcut

Bold

Ctrl + B

Italic

Ctrl + I

Underline

Ctrl + U

Open special character map

Ctrl + K

Add inline comment

Ctrl + Alt + N or Ctrl + /

Cut

Ctrl + X

Copy

Ctrl + C

Paste

Ctrl + V

Find

Ctrl + F

Print

Ctrl + P

Save

Ctrl + S

Add a space between characters

Spacebar

Move one character to the left

Left arrow

Select one character to the left

Shift + left arrow

Move one word to the left

Ctrl + left arrow

Select one word to the left

Ctrl + Shift + left arrow

Move one character to the right

Right arrow

Select one character to the right

Shift + right arrow

Select one word to the right

Ctrl + right arrow

Select one word to the right

Ctrl + Shift + right arrow

Move up one line

Up arrow

Select previous line

Shift + up arrow

Move to start of graph

Ctrl + up arrow

Select to start of graph

Ctrl + Shift + up arrow

Move down one line

Down arrow

Select next line

Shift + down arrow

Move to start of next graph

Ctrl + down arrow

Select to end of graph

Ctrl + Shift + down arrow

Move up one screen full

Page Up

Select up one screen full

Shift + Page Up

Move down one screen full

Page Down

Select down one screen full

Shift + Page Down

Move to start of line

Home

Select to start of line

Shift + Home

Move to end of line

End

Select to end of line

Shift + End

Move to end of file

Ctrl + End

Select to end of file

Ctrl + Shift + End

Delete character

Backspace

Delete word

Ctrl + backspace