Keyboard Shortcuts for Consoles

Last update: March 5, 2025

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Various keyboard shortcuts are available throughout AEM. Some apply to the use of consoles, others to page editing.

NOTE

The modifier keys required for AEM keyboard shortcuts vary depending on operating system.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The following shortcuts are available for the Sites, Commerce, Screens, Assets, Users, Groups, Projects, and Experience Fragments consoles.

Location	Shortcut	Description
General	`Ctrl+Click`	Multi-select on a desktop device
Console - Column View & Content View	`Right Arrow`	Navigate down into the structure of your website / expand tree node
	`Left Arrow`	Navigate up the tree structure / collapse tree node
	`Down Arrow`	Move down a list of pages at the same level
	`Up Arrow`	Move up a list of pages at the same level
Console - Column View	`Shift-Up/Down Arrow`	Move up a list of pages at the same level
	`Esc`	Move up a list of pages at the same level
Consoles	`?`	Keyboard shortcut help
	`/`	Invoke search
	`Alt+`<`Number`>	Toggle which rail selector option to view
	`	Hide rail
	`e`	Edit
	`p`	Properties
	`m`	Move
	`Ctrl+c`	Copy
	`Ctrl+v`	Paste
	`Backspace`	Delete
Property Pages	`Ctrl+s`	Save

The key combinations are listed with the Windows modifier keys.

Various keyboard shortcuts are also available for desktop users when using the page editor to author pages.

The modfier keys used for the keyboard shortcuts vary depending on the operating system used by the client.

Windows/Linux	macOS
`Alt`	`Option`
`Ctrl`	`Command`

AEM avoids common shortcuts already used by popular browsers, however default browser behavior is not overridden by AEM shortcuts.

In addition keyboard shortcuts are the same for all locales and keyboard layouts.

NOTE

AEM shortcuts do not override default browser behavior.

In the case that conflicts should occur between AEM and browser shortcuts, AEM shortcuts will not function, yielding to browser functionality.

CAUTION

AEM keyboard shortcuts could interfere with screen readers, some browser features, and other accessibility tools.

Adobe recommends disabling AEM keyboard shortcuts when using a screen reader.

AEM provides keyboard shortcuts for some of the commonly used features (edit, properties, copy / paste, showing various side-rail menus, and so on).

For users that do not use keyboard shortcuts or have certain accessibility requirements, all keyboard shortcuts can be disabled.

You can deactivate keyboard shortcuts in two locations:

NOTE

The navigation shortcut keys for the column view and content tree are always active.

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