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.