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Shortcut keys

The following shortcut keys are supported by Content Editor :

Table 1. Text editing
Keyboard ShortcutDefinitionAction
Ctrl+BBoldChange font to bold
Ctrl+CCopyCopy the selection
Ctrl+EToggle IME mode on/offEnables/disables IME mode for entering non-Western characters such as Japanese
Ctrl+IItalicChange font to italics
Ctrl+KInsert linkOpen the link insert panel
Ctrl+PPrintPrint the topic
Ctrl+SSaveSave the topic and keep the editor open
Ctrl+UUnderlineChange font to underline
Ctrl+VPastePaste the copied selection
Ctrl+XCutCut the selection
Ctrl+YRedoReverse the last undone edit
Ctrl+ZUndoReverse the last edit performed
Ctrl+Shift+.SuperscriptChange font to superscript
Ctrl+Shift+,SubscriptChange font to subscript
Table 2. Editor-specific
Keyboard ShortcutDefinitionAction
Ctrl+Backspace Delete an elementAllow user to delete an element using backspace over an inline element marked as an inline-object
Ctrl+Enter Opens quick-insert menuSDL Xopus works with XML, and this shortcut can be used to open option menu on the status bar for the specific element in the XML.
Shift+Tab Increase indentMove focus one step up
Table 3. Development and debugging
Keyboard ShortcutDefinitionAction
Ctrl+Shift+HCopy the current HTML to the clipboardOnly in Internet Explorer
Ctrl+Shift+XCopy the resolved XML to the clipboardOnly in Internet Explorer
Ctrl+Shift+YCopy the resolved XSL to the clipboardOnly in Internet Explorer
Ctrl+Shift+SCopy the resolved schema XML to the clipboardOnly in Internet Explorer
Ctrl+RReload the document and clear cacheReloads the document and clears the cache of documents, stylesheets, schemas and roles. (debugMode only)
Ctrl+Shift+RSend reproducer case to SDLThe reproducer is a tool that you can access to send a package of files, as a reproducer case, to SDL Support. To use the reproducer, you should first have an open SDL Support ticket (https://gateway.sdl.com) and know your case number. Then open the editor, get as close to the error as possible and use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+R. This will open a dialog where you can enter your SDL case number and click on Upload data to send the package. The reproducer package is a zip archive of all the files that were loaded in Content Editor at the time of the error and can be used to reproduce the state of the editor the time of an error.