VeesualEediter/Portal/Keybuird shortcuts

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

Commynlie-uised shortcuts

The PC shortcut	The Action	Icon	The Mac shortcut
Ctrl+B	Baud		⌘ Cmd+B
Ctrl+I	Italeecs		⌘ Cmd+I
Ctrl+K	Insert aen airtin		⌘ Cmd+K
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+K	Insert citation	Soorce	⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+K
Ctrl+X	Cut		⌘ Cmd+X
Ctrl+C	Copie		⌘ Cmd+C
Ctrl+V	Paste		⌘ Cmd+V
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+V	Paste as plain text		⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+V
Ctrl+Z	Ondae		⌘ Cmd+Z
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Z	Redae		⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+Z
Tab ↹	Indent the leet		Tab ↹
⇧ Shift+Tab ↹	Ootdent the leet		⇧ Shift+Tab ↹
Ctrl+\ or Ctrl+M	Clear the formattin		⌘ 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+↓

The ful leet o the mouse n keybuird interactions

The Featur	The Action
Muiv the curser wi the mouse	Clapin
Muiv the curser wi the keybuird	Direction keys
Select content wi the mouse	Draggin
Select content wi the mouse	Dooble n treeple clapin
Select content wi the keybuird	Shift + (Direction keys)
Select ae waird wi the mouse	Dooble clap the waird
Select ae block wi the mouse	Triple clap the block
Adjust ae selection wi the mouse	Shift + Clap
Laid the insertion formattin fae the content	Muiv the curser
Insert tex wi the keybuird	Chairacter n nummer keys
Insert some byordinair chairacters wi the keybuird	Monie chairacter or nummer keys uisin aen input methid eediter
Delyte wi the keybuird	← Backspace n Delete
Delyte the waird wi the keybuird	Alt+← Backspace n Alt+Delete	⌥ Option+← Backspace n ⌥ Option+Delete
Delyte the line wi the keybuird	Ctrl+← Backspace n Ctrl+Delete	⌘ Command+← Backspace n ⌘ Command+Delete
Ondae wi the keybuird	Ctrl+Z	⌘ Command+Z
Redae wi the keybuird	Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Z	⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+Z
Copie the selection wi the keybuird	Ctrl+C	⌘ Command+C
Cut the selection wi the keybuird	Ctrl+X	⌘ Command+X
Paste the selection wi the keybuird	Ctrl+V	⌘ Command+V
Copie the selection fae the menu	"Copie" in context or the brouser menu
Cut the selection fae the menu	"Cut" in context or the brouser menu
Paste the selection fae the menu	"Paste" in context or the brouser menu
Heilicht the object wi the mouse	Clapin
Toggle baud oan the selectit content n in insertion formattin wi the mouse	Clap the baud tuil in the tuilbaur
Toggle italeec oan the selectit content n in insertion formattin wi the mouse	Clap the italeec tuil in the tuilbaur
Toggle baud oan the selectit content n in insertion formattin wi the keybuird	Ctrl+B	⌘ Command+B
Toggle italeec oan the selectit content n in insertion formattin wi the keybuird	Ctrl+I	⌘ Command+I
Split the block wi the keybuird	↵ Enter
Merge the blocks wi the keybuird	Backspace at the beginnin or delyte at the end o the block boondrie
Switch the direction you write in between right-to-left and left-to-right	Ctrl+⇧ Shift+X	⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+X

Notes