Shortcut keys

Various operations in Fonto Editor can be activated using only the keyboard. This page lists the pre-configured shortcut keys for common actions provided by Fonto Editor and add-ons.

Shortcut	Mac OSX shortcut	Description	Operation	Remarks
`Ctrl`+`C`	`Cmd`+`C`	Copy the selected content to the clipboard	copy
`Ctrl`+`X`	`Cmd`+`X`	Cut the selected content to the clipboard, removing it from the document	cut
`Ctrl`+`V`	`Cmd`+`V`	Insert content from the clipboard at the current cursor position	(not applicable)	Due to browser security restrictions, this may not be invoked as an operation. The paste operation provided by the fontoxml-clipboard-instruction-modal add-on can be used in the toolbar to explain this situation to the author.
`Ctrl`+`Z`	`Cmd`+`Z`	Undo the last operation in the current document	undo
`Ctrl`+`Y`	`Cmd`+`Y`	Redo the operation that was previously undone	redo
`Ctrl`+`F` / `F3`/ `Shift`+`F3`	`Cmd`+`F` / `F3` / `Shift`+`F3`	Open the Find and Replace modal		Provided by the fontoxml-find-and-replace add-on.
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`F` / `Ctrl`+`H`	`Cmd`+`Shift`+`F` / `Cmd`+`H`	Open the Find and Replace modal and highlight the replace field		Provided by the fontoxml-find-and-replace add-on.
`Left`		Move the cursor one position to the left, across characters and / or element boundaries.	move-caret-left
`Right`		Move the cursor one position to the right, across characters and / or element boundaries.	move-caret-right
`Shift`+`Left`		Move the cursor one position to the left, extending or shrinking the selection depending on its current direction.	extend-selection-left
`Shift`+`Right`		Move the cursor one position to the right, extending or shrinking the selection depending on its current direction.	extend-selection-right
`Ctrl`+`Left`	`Alt`+`Left`	Move the cursor to the previous word.	move-caret-to-previous-word-boundary
`Ctrl`+`Right`	`Alt`+`Right`	Move the cursor to the next word.	move-caret-to-next-word-boundary
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Left`	`Alt`+`Shift`+`Left`	Move the cursor to the previous word, extending or shrinking the selection depending on its current direction.	extend-selection-to-previous-word-boundary
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Right`	`Alt`+`Shift`+`Right`	Move the cursor to the next word, extending or shrinking the selection depending on its current direction.	extend-selection-to-next-word-boundary
`Ctrl`+`Up`	`Alt`+`Up`	Move the cursor to the previous block.	move-caret-to-previous-block-boundary
`Ctrl`+`Down`	`Alt`+`Down`	Move the cursor to the next block.	move-caret-to-next-block-boundary
`Ctrl`+`Shift` +`Up`	`Alt`+`Shift`+`Up`	Move the cursor to the previous block, extending or shrinking the selection depending on its current direction.	extend-selection-to-previous-block-boundary
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Down`	`Alt`+`Shift`+`Down`	Move the cursor to the next block, extending or shrinking the selection depending on its current direction.	extend-selection-to-next-block-boundary
`Enter`		Split the current paragraph or other block. Repeated presses can often be used to split or exit blocks higher up in the hierarchy of elements.	hard-return
`Shift`+`Enter`		Split the current line, by either inserting a break element or token or by splitting the element configured as line. If no such option is available, split the block instead.	soft-return	See configureAsLine, configureAsGroupWithLine.
`Backspace` / `Shift`+`Backspace`		Remove content before the cursor position, or merge elements when the cursor is at their boundaries.	backspace
`Delete`		Remove content after the cursor position, or merge elements when the cursor is at their boundaries.	delete
`Ctrl`+`Backspace`	`Alt`+`Backspace`	Remove the previous word.	backspace-word
`Ctrl`+`Delete`	`Alt`+`Delete`	Remove the next word.	delete-word
`Alt`+`Shift`+`Up`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Up`	Move the element containing the cursor up in its sequence. Applies to the DITA `dlentry`, `li`, `row`, `sli` and `strow` elements and their specializations.	move-sequence-item-up	Provided by the fontoxml-dita add-on.
`Alt`+`Shift`+ `Down`	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Down`	Move the element containing the cursor down in its sequence. Applies to the DITA `dlentry`, `li`, `row`, `sli` and `strow` elements and their specializations.	move-sequence-item-down	Provided by the fontoxml-dita add-on.
`Ctrl`+`S`	`Cmd`+`S`	Save all documents that were modified since the last save.	start-saving-all-documents
`F10`	`Cmd`+`F2`	Move keyboard focus to the masthead. After this, use the tab key to navigate to different tabs and toolbar buttons, and enter to activate them.	focus-editor-masthead
`Tab`		Handles the tab keybinding using operation alternatives which are indent-list-item, insert-row-on-tab and navigate-to-next-item-in-tab-context registered to the 'tab' group.	tab	You can add other operations to this shortcut key using OperationsManager.addAlternativeOperation with the 'tab' key.
`Shift`+`Tab`		Handles the shift-tab keybinding using operation alternatives which are outdent-list-item and navigate-to-previous-item-in-tab-context registered to the 'shift-tab' group.	shift-tab	You can add other operations to this shortcut key using OperationsManager.addAlternativeOperation with the 'shift-tab' key.
`Ctrl`+`G`	`Cmd`+`G`	Open the quick navigation modal.	open-quick-navigation
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`C`		Inserts copy-right symbol
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`.`		Inserts ellipsis
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`T`		Inserts trademark symbol
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`R`		Inserts registered trademark symbol
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`-`	`Cmd`+`Shift`+`-`	Inserts non-breaking hyphen
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Space`		Inserts non-breaking space
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`-`		Inserts -em dash
`Ctrl`+`-`		Inserts -en dash

Any Operation can use the keyBinding and osxKeyBinding properties to configure a keyboard shortcut ("hotkey") to listen for. If any of the shortcuts in this table is assigned to an operation at the application level, that operation will be invoked instead of the platform-provided one.