Keyboard shortcuts for the article source code editor


You can use keyboard shortcuts in the article source code editor to help format your knowledge base articles. Below are the available source code editor shortcuts and their functions.
For information about editing source code, see Editing the source code of help center articles.
This article contains the following sections:

Standard editing
Search and multi-cursors
Folding

Standard editing
The following table lists the standard source code editor shortcuts for OS X and Windows.









Description
OS X
Windows


Select all
Cmd-a
Ctrl-a


Forward word
Opt-arrow-right
Alt-arrow-right


Backwards word
Opt-arrow-left
Alt-arrow-left


Move line up
Opt-arrow-up
Alt-arrow-up


Move line down
Opt-arrow-down
Alt-arrow-down


Copy line up
Shift-Opt-arrow-up
Shift-Alt-arrow-up


Copy line down
Shift-Opt-arrow-down
Shift-Alt-arrow-down


Blur editor
Escape
Escape


Insert blank line
Cmd-Enter
Ctrl-Enter


Select line
Ctrl-l
Alt-l


Expand selection
Cmd-i
Ctrl-i


Indent
Cmd-[
Ctrl-[


Unindent
Cmd-]
Ctrl-]


Indent selection
Cmd-Opt-\
Ctrl-Alt-\


Delete line
Shift-Cmd-k
Shift-Ctrl-k


Move to matching bracket
Shift-Cmd-\
Shift-Ctrl-\


Toggle comment
Cmd-/
Ctrl-/


Toggle block comment
Shift-Opt-a
Shift-Alt-a



Search and multi-cursors
The following table lists the search and multi-cursor source code shortcuts for OS X and Windows.









Description
OS X
Windows


Open search panel
Cmd-f
Ctrl-f


Find next
Cmd-g
F3


Find previous
Cmd-Shift-g
Shift-F3


Go to line
Opt-g
Alt-g


Select next occurrence
Cmd-d
Ctrl-d


Undo selection
Cmd-u
Ctrl-u


Redo selection
Cmd-Shift-u
Alt-u




Folding
The following table lists the folding source code shortcuts for OS X and Windows.









Description
OS X
Windows


Collapse fold
Cmd-Opt-[
Ctrl-Shift-[


Expand fold
Cmd-Opt-]
Ctrl-Shift-]


Collapse all folds
Ctrl-Opt-[
Ctrl-Alt-[


Expand all folds
Ctrl-Opt-]
Ctrl-Alt-]






