HTML Editor Keyboard Shortcuts (Design View)

See Also   Tasks

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.

Navigation

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

Selection

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.

Edit

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.

HTML Formatting and Positioning

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.