VisualEditor/Design/Features

Content Types

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Type Contains Attributes
Paragraph Annotated-text content None
Heading Annotated-text content Level
Preformatted Annotated-text content None
List Items Content nodes Style (bullet, number, term and definition)
Tables Rows and cells HTML attributes
Comment Plain-text content None
Horizontal Rule No content None

Mouse and keyboard interaction

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Feature Action
Move cursor with mouse Clicking
Move cursor with keyboard Direction keys[1]
Select content with mouse Dragging
Select content with mouse Double and triple clicking
Select content with keyboard Shift + (Direction keys[1])
Select word with mouse Double click word
Select block with mouse Triple click block
Adjust selection with mouse Shift + Click
Load insertion formatting from content Move cursor
Insert text with keyboard Character and number keys
Insert special characters with keyboard Multiple character or number keys using an input method editor
Delete with with keyboard Backspace and delete keys
Delete word with keyboard (Option or Alt) + Backspace and delete keys
Delete line with keyboard (Command or Control) + Backspace and delete keys
Undo with keyboard (Command or Control) + Z
Redo with keyboard (Command or Control) + Shift + Z
Copy selection with keyboard (Command or Control) + C
Cut selection with keyboard (Command or Control) + X
Paste selection with keyboard (Command or Control) + V
Copy selection from menu "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 Clicking
Toggle bold on selected content and in insertion formatting with mouse Click bold tool in toolbar
Toggle italic on selected content and in insertion formatting with mouse Click italic tool in toolbar
Toggle bold on selected content and in insertion formatting with keyboard (Command or Control) + B
Toggle italic on selected content and in insertion formatting with keyboard (Command or Control) + I
Split block with keyboard Enter
Merge blocks with keyboard Backspace at beginning or delete at end of block boundary
  1. 1.0 1.1 Direction keys: Up, down, left, right, home, end, page-up and page-down

Formatting Types

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Format Data
Bold None
Italic None
Strong None
Emphasize None
Big None
Small None
Super-script None
Sub-script None
Internal link Page title
External link URL
Template object HTML output and parameters
Hook object HTML output and parameters