AEM Forms Keyboard Shortcuts

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

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

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

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

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:

Text selection and moving the cursor around

Operation Shortcut on Windows Shortcut on Mac OS

Select current word

Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow

Command+Shift+Right Arrow

Select previous word

Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow

Command+Shift+Left Arrow

Extend a selection to the beginning of a paragraph

Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow

Command+Shift+Up Arrow

Extend a selection to the end of a paragraph

Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow

Command+Shift+Down Arrow

Select all the text in the text editor

Ctrl+A

Command+A

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word

Ctrl+Right Arrow

Option+Right Arrow [1]

Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word

Ctrl+Left Arrow

Option+Left Arrow

Move the cursor to the next paragraph.

Ctrl+Down Arrow

Option+Down Arrow

Move the cursor to the previous paragraph.

Ctrl+Up Arrow

Option+Up Arrow

Select text one by one character in back direction

Shift+Left Arrow

Shift+Left Arrow

Select text one by one character in forward direction

Shift+Right Arrow

Shift+Right Arrow

Select text one by one paragraph in back direction

Shift+Up Key

Shift+Up Key

Select text one by one paragraph in forward direction

Shift+Down key

Shift+Down Key

Select text until starting from current position of page

Shift+Page Up

Fn+Shift+Up Arrow

Select text until ending from end position of page

Shift+Page Down

Fn+Shift+Down Arrow

Move cursor to end of page

Page Down

Fn+Down Arrow

Move cursor to the start of page

Page Up

Fn+Up Arrow

Select text from current position to the end (of the module)

Shift+Ctrl+End

Command+Shift+Down Arrow

Select text from current position to the start (of the module)

Shift+Ctrl+Home

Command+Shift+Up Arrow

Move cursor to the starting position

Ctrl+Home

Command+Up Arrow

Move cursor to the ending position

Ctrl+End

Command+Down Arrow

Text alignment

Operation

Shortcut on Windows

Shortcut on Mac OS

Make a paragraph center aligned

Ctrl+E

Ctrl+Command+E

Make a paragraph left aligned

Ctrl+L

Ctrl+Command+L

Make a paragraph right aligned

Ctrl+R

Ctrl+Command+R

Make a paragraph justified

Ctrl+J

Ctrl+Command+J

Undo and redo actions

Operation Shortcut on Windows Shortcut on Mac OS

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Command+Z / Ctrl+Command+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Y

Command+Y

Changing font size

Operation

Shortcut on Windows

Shortcut on Mac OS

Increase the font size

Ctrl+Shift+>

Ctrl+Shift+>

Decrease the font size

Ctrl+Shift+<

Ctrl+Shift+<

Deleting a word

Operation Shortcut on Windows Shortcut on Mac OS

Delete word to left of cursor

Ctrl+Backspace

Option+Delete

Delete word to right of cursor

Ctrl+Delete

Ctrl+Delete

Copy and paste

Operation Shortcut on Windows
Shortcut on Mac OS

Paste text

Ctrl+V / Shift + Insert

Command+V

Cut the selected text

Ctrl+X

Command+X

Copy the selected text

Ctrl+C

Command+C

Formatting

Operation Shortcut on Windows Shortcut on Mac OS

Make letters bold

Ctrl+Alt+B / Ctrl+B

Command+B

Make letters italic

Ctrl+Alt+I / Ctrl+I

Command+I

Underline letters

Ctrl+Alt+U / Ctrl+U

Command+U

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