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Keyboard shortcuts

Kontent.ai team

4 minutes

Speed up your work and use shortcuts to perform common actions.

Kontent.ai allows power users to perform the most common actions without lifting their hands off the keyboard. When composing content in the rich text editor, you can use the following shortcuts:

Action	Windows	Mac
Undo	Ctrl + Z	⌘ + Z
Redo	Ctrl + Y	⌘ + Shift + Z
Copy	Ctrl + C

⌘ + C

Paste

Ctrl + V

⌘ + V

Paste text without formatting

Ctrl + Shift + V

⌘ + Shift + V

Insert a line break

Shift + Enter

Insert a non-breaking space

Ctrl + Shift + Space

⌥ + Space

Move through the text by blocks

Ctrl + ↑↓ arrows

Styling

Make text bold

Ctrl + B

⌘ + B

Italicize text

Ctrl + I

⌘ + I

Make text monospaced

Ctrl + Shift + M

⌘ + Shift + M

Type text in superscript

Ctrl + Shift + .

⌘ + Shift + .

Type text in subscript

Ctrl + Shift + ,

⌘ + Shift + ,

Headings and paragraphs

Add an H1 heading

Ctrl + Alt + 1

⌥ + ⌘ + 1

Add an H2 heading

Ctrl + Alt + 2

⌥ + ⌘ + 2

Add an H3 heading

Ctrl + Alt + 3

⌥ + ⌘ + 3

Add an H4 heading

Ctrl + Alt + 4

⌥ + ⌘ + 4

Add an H5 heading

Ctrl + Alt + 5

⌥ + ⌘ + 5

Add an H6 heading

Ctrl + Alt + 6

⌥ + ⌘ + 6

Add a paragraph

Ctrl + Alt + 0

⌥ + ⌘ + 0

Switch between H1-H6 headings and a paragraph

Ctrl + Alt + H

⌥ + ⌘ + H

Lists

Create an unordered list

Ctrl + Alt + U

⌥ + ⌘ + U

Create an ordered list

Ctrl + Alt + O

⌥ + ⌘ + O

Indent a nested list

Tab

Unindent a nested list

Shift + Tab

Insert...

Comment

Ctrl + Alt + M

⌥ + ⌘ + M

Suggestion

Ctrl + Alt + S

⌥ + ⌘ + S

Component

Ctrl + Alt + C

⌥ + ⌘ + C

Existing item

Ctrl + Alt + I

⌥ + ⌘ + I

Insert/Remove a weblink

Ctrl + K

⌘ + K

Table

Ctrl + Alt + T

⌥ + ⌘ + T

Asset

Ctrl + Alt + A

⌥ + ⌘ + A

In addition to using keyboard shortcuts, you can also use markdown-like shorthands to quickly create headings or list items.

When you type the following markdown shorthands at the beginning of a line of text, the line of text will change its formatting according to these rules:

Shorthand	Changes formatting to…
`#`	H1 Heading
`##`	H2 Heading
`###`	H3 Heading
`####`	H4 Heading
`#####`	H5 Heading

When you type the following markdown shorthands around a part of your text, the text inside the shorthand characters gets formatted according to these rules:

Shorthand	Changes formatting to…
`your text`	Bold
`_your text_`	Italic
`your text`	`Monospaced`

These format changes can be undone by Ctrl + Z (⌘ + Z on Mac).

When editing content items or content types, you can use the following shortcuts:

Action	Windows	Mac
Select element below	Tab	Tab
Select element above	Shift + Tab	Shift + Tab
Start editing Rich text element	Enter	Enter
Stop editing Rich text element	Esc	Esc

When editing comments, you can use:

Action	Windows	Mac
Post comment	Ctrl + Enter	⌘ + Enter
Discard comment	Esc	Esc

Action	Windows	Mac
Confirm	Enter	Enter
Cancel	Esc	Esc

When inserting assets or inserting content items, you can use:

Action	Windows	Mac
Confirm selection	Enter	Enter
Cancel	Esc	Esc
Insert asset or item	Single-click	Single-click

###### H6 Heading

`1.`	Numbered list item

`1)`	Numbered list item

`-`	Unordered list item

`*`	Unordered list item

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