VisualEditor/Portal/Keyboard shortcuts/om

This page outlines the various mouse and keyboard commands supported by VisualEditor. If you have ideas for new useful commands, or have noticed problems with the existing ones, please let us know on the Feedback Page.

For the full list of Wikipedia shortcuts, see: w:WP:Keyboard shortcuts.

Qaxxaamura Kiyiboordii yeroo baayyee itti fayyadamnu

Qaxxaamura PC	Hojii	Icon	Qaxxaamura Mac
Ctrl+B	Yabbuu		⌘ Cmd+B
Ctrl+I	Mirgada		⌘ Cmd+I
Ctrl+K	Liinkii Galchuu		⌘ Cmd+K
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+K	Insert citation	Eeri	⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+K
Ctrl+X	Muruu		⌘ Cmd+X
Ctrl+C	Garagalchuu		⌘ Cmd+C
Ctrl+V	Maxxansuu		⌘ Cmd+V
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+V	Paste as plain text		⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+V
Ctrl+Z	Gaabbii		⌘ Cmd+Z
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Z	Irra deebi'i		⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+Z
Tab ↹	Tarree galchuu		Tab ↹
⇧ Shift+Tab ↹	Outdent list		⇧ Shift+Tab ↹
Ctrl+\ or Ctrl+M	Dhangii balleessi		⌘ Cmd+\ or ⌘ Cmd+M
Alt+s	Save	Publish changes…	Ctrl+⌥ Option+s

Template editor dialog shortcuts and keyboard interactions

These shortcuts only apply when editing a template instance in the pop-up dialog. Those marked with a * only apply in the cases of multi-part template content. The shortcuts can be used to turn a single template into multi-part template content by adding another template or a wikitext part.

PC shortcut	Action	Icon	Mac shortcut
Spacebar	Toggle a checkbox, adding or removing a parameter		Spacebar
↵ Enter	Add a parameter and immediately switch the focus to the input to start adding a value		↵ Enter
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+D	Add an undocumented parameter		⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+D
Ctrl+D	Add a template* (linked, not nested)		⌘ Cmd+D
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Y	Add a wikitext part*		⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+Y
Ctrl+Del	Delete a part (template or wikitext) when selected in the sidebar*		⌘ Cmd+Del
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+↑	Move a part up when selected in the sidebar*		⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+↑
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+↓	Move a part down when selected in the sidebar*		⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+↓

Full list of mouse and keyboard interactions

Feature	Hojii
Qaree hantuutteen hoofi	Cuqaasuuu
Qaree hantuuttee kiyiboordin hoofi	Qubee kallattii
Qabiyyee hantuuttedhaan filadhu	Harkisuu
Qabiyyee hantuuttedhaan filadhu	Lamaa fi sadi'i cuqaasuu
Qabiyyee kiyiiboordidhaan filadhu	Shift + (Direction keys)
Jecha hantuutteen filadhu	Jecharratti lama cuqaasi
Garee hantuuttedhaan filadhu	Gareerratti si'a sadi'i cuqaasi
Filannoo hantuutteen sirreessi	Shift + Cuqaasuu
Load insertion formatting from content	Qaree hoofi
Barreeffama kiyiiboordirraa galchi	Character and number keys
Qubee addaa Kiyiiboordirraa galchi	Multiple character or number keys using an input method editor
Kiyiiboordidhaan haqi	← Backspace fi Delete
Jecha kiyiboordidhaan balleessi	Alt+← Backspace fi Alt+Delete	⌥ Option+← Backspace fi ⌥ Option+Delete
Sarara kana kiyiboordidhaan balleessi	Ctrl+← Backspace fi Ctrl+Delete	⌘ Command+← Backspace fi ⌘ Command+Delete
Kiyiiboordidhaan gaabii hojjadhu	Ctrl+Z	⌘ Command+Z
Gabatee cuqootin irra deebi'i	Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Z	⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+Z
Filannoo gabatee cuqootin garagalchi	Ctrl+C	⌘ Command+C
Filannoo gabatee cuqootin muri	Ctrl+X	⌘ Command+X
Filannoo gabatee cuqootin maxxansi	Ctrl+V	⌘ Command+V
Filannoo baafataan garagalchi	"Copy" in context or browser menu
Cut selection from menu	"Cut" in context or browser menu
Paste selection from menu	"Paste" in context or browser menu
Highlight object with mouse	Cuqaasuu
Toggle bold on selected content and in insertion formatting with mouse	Kamshaarraa Yabbuu irratti cuqaasi
Toggle italic on selected content and in insertion formatting with mouse	Kamshaarraa mirgada irratti cuqaasi
Toggle bold on selected content and in insertion formatting with keyboard	Ctrl+B	⌘ Command+B
Toggle italic on selected content and in insertion formatting with keyboard	Ctrl+I	⌘ Command+I
Split block with keyboard	↵ Enter
Merge blocks with keyboard	Backspace at beginning or delete at end of block boundary
Switch the direction you write in between right-to-left and left-to-right	Ctrl+⇧ Shift+X	⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+X

Notes