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This article lists the keyboard shortcuts that can be used with Adaptive Form Editor, Theme Editor, Content Browser, and Correspondence Management for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Adaptive Form Editor adaptiveformeditor
Action
Shortcut on Windows
Shortcut on Mac OS
Open Properties browser for the selected adaptive form component
Alt+Enter
Alt+Return
Close Properties browser for the selected adaptive form component
Ctrl+Alt+W
Command+Alt+W
Save changes in the Properties browser for the selected adaptive form component
Ctrl+S
Command+S
Edit rule for the selected adaptive form component
Ctrl+Alt+Enter
Command+Alt+Return
Toggle between Preview and the currently selected mode (for example, Edit, Scaffolding, etc.)
Ctrl+Shift+M
Ctrl+Shift+M*
Undo last change
Ctrl+Z
Ctrl+Z*
Redo last change
Ctrl+Y
Ctrl+Y*
Select multiple components
Shift+Click
Shift+Click
Copy selected component
Ctrl-C
Ctrl-C*
Cut selected component(s). The cut component does not disappear until it is pasted to the new location.
Ctrl-X
Ctrl-X*
Paste component(s)
Ctrl+V
Ctrl+V
Delete selected component(s)
Ctrl+Del
Ctrl+Del*
Delete selected component(s)
Ctrl+Backspace
Ctrl+Backspace*
Make text bold while using Rich Text Editor component in Preview mode
Ctrl+B
Ctrl+B*
Italicize text while using Rich Text Editor component in Preview mode
Ctrl+I
Ctrl+I*
Make text bold while using Rich Text Editor component in Preview mode
Ctrl+U
Ctrl+U*
NOTE
Shortcuts marked with a ‘*’ work both with the Ctrl and Command keys on Mac OS.
NOTE
Multi-select on a desktop device:
- Windows: Ctrl+Click on required components.
- MAC OS: Command+Click on required components.
Theme Editor themeeditor
Action
Shortcut on Windows
Shortcut on Mac OS
Open properties browser for the selected component in a theme
Alt+Enter
Alt+Return
Close properties browser for the selected component in a theme
Ctrl+Alt+W
Command+Alt+W
Undo last change
Ctrl+Z
Ctrl+Z*
Redo last change
Ctrl+Y
Ctrl+Y*
Save changes in the Properties browser for the selected component in a theme
Ctrl+S
Ctrl+S*
NOTE
Shortcuts marked with a ‘*’ work both with the Ctrl and Command keys on Mac OS.
Content Browser contentbrowser
Action
Shortcut on Windows
Shortcut on Mac OS
Expand all accordions in the Form Objects tree of the Content browser when in focus
Ctrl+A to select all accordions followed by Right Arrow to expand
Command+A to select all accordions followed by Right Arrow to expand
Collapse all accordions in the Form Objects tree of the Content browser when in focus
Ctrl+A to select all accordions followed by Left Arrow to collapse
Command+A to select all accordions followed by Left Arrow to collapse
Expand the selected accordion in the Form Objects tree
Right Arrow
Right Arrow
Collapse selected accordion in the Form Objects tree
Left Arrow
Left Arrow
Select the next item in the Forms Objects tree
Down Arrow
Down Arrow
Select the previous item in the Forms Objects tree
Up Arrow
Up Arrow
[1] Replaces Ctrl + Right Arrow for Windows and Command + Right Arrow for Mac OS.
[2] Replaces Ctrl + Left Arrow for Windows and Command + Left Arrow for Mac OS.
Correspondence Management correspondence-management
This section lists various keyboards and accessibility shortcuts that you can use in Correspondence Management text editor. You can use these shortcuts while you are:
- Creating or editing a Text asset
- Editing a text module after tapping the relevant Edit icon (
Text selection and moving the cursor around text-selection-and-moving-the-cursor-around
Text alignment text-alignment
Undo and redo actions undo-and-redo-actions
Changing font size changing-font-size
Deleting a word deleting-a-word
Copy and paste copy-and-paste
Formatting formatting
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