In Design view, the HTML Editor provides shortcut keys for a variety of operations. The following tables list the editor-specific shortcut keys, divided by function:
Note Some keyboard shortcuts for Design view differ from those used in Source view.
To | Press |
Move left one character. | LEFT ARROW |
Move right one character. | RIGHT ARROW |
Move left to the beginning of a word. | CTRL+LEFT ARROW |
Move right to the beginning of a word. | CTRL+RIGHT ARROW |
Move to the beginning of the line. | HOME |
Move to the end of the line. | END |
Move up one line. | UP ARROW |
Move down one line. | DOWN ARROW |
Scroll text up one line. | CTRL+UP ARROW |
Scroll text down one line. | CTRL+DOWN ARROW |
Move up one page (the number of lines visible in the current window). | PAGE UP |
Move down one page (the number of lines visible in the current window). | PAGE DOWN |
Move to the beginning of the document. | CTRL+HOME |
Move to the end of the document. | CTRL+END |
To | Press |
Extend selection one character left. | SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
Extend selection one character right. | SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
Extend the selection one word to the left. | CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
Extend selection right one word. | CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
Extend the selection to either the start of the current line or the start of the text on that line. | SHIFT+HOME |
Extend selection to the end of the line. | SHIFT+END |
Extend selection up one line. | SHIFT+UP ARROW |
Extend selection down one line. | SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
Extend selection up one page. | SHIFT+PAGE UP |
Extend selection down one page. | SHIFT+PAGE DOWN |
Extend the selection to the beginning of the document. | CTRL+SHIFT+HOME |
Extend the selection to the end of the document. | CTRL+SHIFT+END |
Select the current word. | CTRL+W |
Select the entire document. | CTRL+A |
Move selection to next block-level element. | SHIFT+TAB* |
Move selection to previous block-level element. | TAB* |
* Differs in Source view.
To | Press |
Toggle between inserting and replacing text. | INSERT |
Delete the selection or, if there is no selection, the character to the left of the cursor. | BACKSPACE |
Delete the selected text without placing it on the Clipboard. | DELETE |
Delete the word to the right of the insertion point. | CTRL+DELETE |
Delete the word to the left of the insertion point. | CTRL+BACKSPACE |
Cut the selected text to the Clipboard. | CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE |
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard. | CTRL+C or CTRL+INS |
Insert the Clipboard contents at the insertion point. | CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT |
Undo the last editing action in the current line. | CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE |
Restore the previously undone actions. | CTRL+Y or ALT+SHIFT+BACKSPACE |
Indent selected lines right one tab stop. You can change tab stop settings in the Tabs Options dialog box. | CTRL+T* |
Move selected lines left one tab stop. | CTRL+SHIFT+TAB* |
Edit script for the selected element. | F7 |
Display the Property Pages window for the selected element. | SHIFT+F4, ALT+ENTER |
Display right-click menu. | SHIFT+F10 |
* Differs in Source view.
To | Press |
Toggle boldface for the current selection. | CTRL+B |
Toggle italics for the current selection. | CTRL+ I |
Toggle underline for the current selection. | CTRL+U |
Display a dialog box to insert an HTML bookmark. | CTRL+SHIFT+L |
Display a dialog box to insert an HTML link. | CTRL+L |
Display a dialog box to insert an HTML image tag. | CTRL+SHIFT+W |
Toggle absolute positioning for the selected element. | CTRL+K |
Toggle absolute mode. | CTRL+G* |
Lock or unlock the selected element (if absolutely positioned). | CTRL+SHIFT+K |
Toggle snap to grid. | CTRL+SHIFT+G |
Put the selected elements into a division. | CTRL+J* |
Toggle details for the selected element. | CTRL+SHIFT+Q* |
Toggle visible borders. | CTRL+Q* |
* Differs in Source view.