Help:Structured Discussions/Keyboard shortcuts

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This page outlines the various keyboard commands supported by the visual editor mode on Structured Discussions. They are based on VisualEditor shortcuts.

The shortcuts shown below are for PC, and may be different on Mac (usually replacing Ctrl with ⌘ Cmd). You can press Ctrl+/ (⌘ Cmd+/ on Mac) from within Structured Discussions to see the latest available shortcuts on your device.

If you have ideas for new useful commands, or have noticed problems with the existing ones, please let us know on the Feedback Page.

Text styling
`Ctrl`+`B`	Bold
`Ctrl`+`I`	Italic
`Ctrl`+`K`	Link
Type `[[`	Link
`Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`6`	Computer code
`Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`5`	Strikethrough
`Ctrl`+`,`	Subscript
`Ctrl`+`.`	Superscript
`Ctrl`+`U`	Underline
`Ctrl`+`M`	Remove
`Ctrl`+`\`	Remove

Clipboard
`Ctrl`+`C`	Copy
`Ctrl`+`X`	Cut
`Ctrl`+`V`	Paste
`Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`V`	Paste as plain text

Paragraph formatting
`Ctrl`+`0`	Paragraph
`Ctrl`+`7`	Preformatted
`Ctrl`+`8`	Block quote
Type `:`	Block quote
`Ctrl`+`1-6`	Heading (1-6)
Type `==`	Heading 2
`Tab ↹`	Increase indentation
`Ctrl`+`]`	Increase indentation
`⇧ Shift`+`Tab ↹`	Decrease indentation
`Ctrl`+`[`	Decrease indentation
Type `*`+`SPACE`	Bullet list
Type `#`+`SPACE`	Numbered list
Type `1.`+`SPACE`	Numbered list

History
`Ctrl`+`Z`	Undo
`Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`Z`	Redo
`Ctrl`+`Y`	Redo

Other
`Ctrl`+`↵ Enter`	Save changes
`Ctrl`+`F`	Find and replace
`Ctrl`+`G`	Find next
`F3`	Find next
`Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`G`	Find previous
`⇧ Shift`+`F3`	Find previous
`Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`X`	Change directionality
`Ctrl`+`A`	Select all
`Ctrl`+`/`	Keyboard shortcuts
`Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`/`	Keyboard shortcuts

Insert
Type `<!--`	Comment
Type `<hiero`	Hieroglyphs
Type `<math`	Math formula
Type `<chem`	Chemical formula
`Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`K`	Reference
Type `<ref`	Reference
Type `<score`	⧼score-visualeditor-mwscoreinspector-title⧽
Type `<syntax`	Code block
Type `<source`	Code block
Type `{ \|`	Table
Type `{ {`	Template

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