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Last update: Fri Dec 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Adobe recommends using the modern and extensible data capture Core Componentsfor creating new Adaptive Formsor adding Adaptive Forms to AEM Sites pages. These components represent a significant advancement in Adaptive Forms creation, ensuring impressive user experiences. This article describes an older approach to authoring Adaptive Forms using foundation components.

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 macOS

Open the Properties browser for the selected adaptive form component

Alt+Enter

Alt+Return

Close the 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 and Scaffolding)

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

Copy selected component

Ctrl-C

Ctrl-C*

Cut selected components. The cut component does not disappear until it is pasted to the new location.

Ctrl-X

Ctrl-X*

Paste components

Ctrl+V

Delete selected components

Ctrl+Del

Ctrl+Del*

Delete selected components

Ctrl+Backspace

Ctrl+Backspace*

Make text bold while using the Rich Text Editor component in Preview mode

Ctrl+B

Ctrl+B*

Italicize text while using the Rich Text Editor component in Preview mode

Ctrl+I

Ctrl+I*

Make text bold while using the 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 macOS.

NOTE

Multi-select on a desktop device:

Windows: Ctrl+Click on required components.
macOS: Command+Click on required components.

Theme Editor themeeditor

Action

Shortcut on Windows

Shortcut on macOS

Open the Properties browser for the selected component in a theme

Alt+Enter

Alt+Return

Close the 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 macOS.

Content Browser contentbrowser

Action

Shortcut on Windows

Shortcut on macOS

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

Collapse selected accordion in the Form Objects tree

Left Arrow

Select the next item in the Forms Objects tree

Down Arrow

Select the previous item in the Forms Objects tree

Up Arrow

[1] Replaces Ctrl + Right Arrow for Windows and Command + Right Arrow for macOS.
[2] Replaces Ctrl + Left Arrow for Windows and Command + Left Arrow for macOS.

Correspondence Management correspondence-management

This section lists various keyboards and accessibility shortcuts that you can use in the 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 ( ) when creating a correspondence.

Text selection and moving the cursor around text-selection-and-moving-the-cursor-around

Operation

Shortcut on Windows

Shortcut on macOS

Select the current word

Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow

Command+Shift+Right Arrow

Select the 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 the back direction

Shift+Left Arrow

Select text one by one character in the forward direction

Shift+Right Arrow

Select text one by one paragraph in the back direction

Shift+Up Key

Select text one by one paragraph in the forward direction

Shift+Down key

Shift+Down Key

Select text until starting from the current position of the page

Shift+Page Up

Fn+Shift+Up Arrow

Select text until ending from the end position of the page

Shift+Page Down

Fn+Shift+Down Arrow

Move the cursor to the end of the page

Page Down

Fn+Down Arrow

Move the cursor to the start of the 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 the cursor to the starting position

Ctrl+Home

Command+Up Arrow

Move the cursor to the ending position

Ctrl+End

Command+Down Arrow

Text alignment text-alignment

Operation

Shortcut on Windows

Shortcut on macOS

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 undo-and-redo-actions

Operation

Shortcut on Windows

Shortcut on macOS

Undo

Ctrl+Z

Command+Z / Ctrl+Command+Z

Redo

Ctrl+Y

Command+Y

Changing font size changing-font-size

Operation

Shortcut on Windows

Shortcut on macOS

Increase the font size

Ctrl+Shift+>

Decrease the font size

Ctrl+Shift+<

Deleting a word deleting-a-word

Operation

Shortcut on Windows

Shortcut on macOS

Delete word to left of cursor

Ctrl+Backspace

Option+Delete

Delete word to right of cursor

Ctrl+Delete

Copy and paste copy-and-paste

Operation

Shortcut on Windows

Shortcut on macOS

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 formatting

Operation

Shortcut on Windows

Shortcut on macOS

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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