Keyboard Shortcuts when Editing Pages keyboard-shortcuts-when-editing-pages

Last update: Mon Dec 04 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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

NOTE

In the following tables, for the key combinations in the Shortcut column, both Ctrl and Command keys work on macOS.

NOTE

Multi-select on a desktop device:

Windows: Ctrl+click required components.
Mac: Cmd+click required components.

Editing Keyboard Shortcuts editing-keyboard-shortcuts

Location

Shortcut

Description

Edit Mode

Ctrl-z

Undo last change.

Ctrl-y

Redo last change.

Shift-Click

Select multiple paragraphs.

Ctrl-Click

Select multiple paragraphs.

Ctrl-C

Copy selected paragraphs.

Ctrl-X

Cut selected paragraphs.Note: The cut paragraph will not disappear until it has been pasted to the new location.

Ctrl-V

Paste paragraphs from clipboard.

Alt-Ctrl-V

Paste as reference.

Super-Del (fn-delete)

Delete selected paragraphs.

Cmd-Backspace

Delete selected paragraphs.

Alt-right-click

Force default (browser) context menu.
Note: AEM context menus only occur in the classic UI.

Ctrl-Alt-c

Shows the client context.

Rich Text Editor

Ctrl-B

Bold

Ctrl-I

Italic

Ctrl-U

Underline

Content Finder - Search box

down-arrow

Trigger a suggestions list. Needed when too few characters have been entered to trigger the list automatically (this happens when 2 or more characters have been entered).

right-arrow
(on a suggested path)

Select item and trigger suggestions for the selected path.

left-arrow
(on a suggested path)

Select item and trigger suggestions for its ancestors (as in siblings of parent).

Enter
(on a suggested path)

Select item and trigger search.

Esc

Close suggestions layer.

Content Finder

Alt+drag

Drag assets, drop on destination.

The drop action produces a new paragraph; instead of replacing the asset in the destination.

Various keyboard shortcuts are also available for desktop users when using the consoles.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Development keyboard-shortcuts-for-development

Additional keyboard shortcuts are available for desktop developers when using the page editor.

Location

Shortcut

Description

Edit mode

Set the following suffix in the URL:
?debugClientLibs=true
Then use:
Ctrl-Shift-U

To see timing statistics for page loading.

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