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This page outlines the various mouse and keyboard commands supported by VisualEditor. If you have ideas for new useful commands, or have noticed problems with the existing ones, please let us know on the Feedback Page.

For the full list of Wikipedia shortcuts, see: w:WP:Keyboard shortcuts

Commonly-used shortcuts

PC shortcut	Action	Symbol	Mac shortcut
Ctrl+B	Bold		⌘ Cmd+B
Ctrl+I	Italic		⌘ Cmd+I
Ctrl+K	Insert link		⌘ Cmd+K
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+K	Insert citation		⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+K
Ctrl+X	Cut		⌘ Cmd+X
Ctrl+C	Copy		⌘ Cmd+C
Ctrl+V	Paste		⌘ Cmd+V
Ctrl+Z	Undo		⌘ Cmd+Z
Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Z	Redo		⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+Z
Tab ↹	Indent list		Tab ↹
⇧ Shift+Tab ↹	Outdent list		⇧ Shift+Tab ↹
Ctrl+\	Clear formatting		⌘ Cmd+\
Alt+s	Save		Ctrl+⌥ Option+s

Full list of mouse and keyboard interactions

Feature	Action
Move cursor with mouse	Clicking
Move cursor with keyboard	Direction keys
Select content with mouse	Dragging
Select content with mouse	Double and triple clicking
Select content with keyboard	Shift + (Direction keys)
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 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
Switch the direction you write in between right-to-left and left-to-right	(Command or Control) + Shift + X