Key combinations in the text editor

Not all formatting and content options are always available in the text editor. In different use cases, the text editor is adapted for the respective context.

General keyboard shortcuts

  • Focus toolbar: Alt + F10
  • Back to the editor: Escape
  • Paragraphs
    • convert current paragraph into a 2nd to 4th level heading:
      Alt + Shift + [2-4]
    • convert current paragraph into a normal text paragraph: 
      Alt + Shift + 0
    • convert current paragraph into a code block: 
      Ctrl + Shift + M
  • Formatting
    • set selected text to bold: Ctrl + B
    • set selected text in italics: Ctrl + I
    • set selected text in fixed-width font (monospace): 
      Ctrl + M
      To distinguish source code information in continuous text, the display in fixed-width font is often used.
  • Lists
    • Convert the current paragraph into an unsorted list item: Ctrl + .
    • Convert the current paragraph into a numbered list item: Ctrl + ,
    • Indent list item: Tab
    • Indent list item: Shift + Tab
  • Open the "Insert Link" dialogue: Ctrl + K

If a URL is pasted from the clipboard, the URL is inserted as a link. Undoing the action removes the link in the first step and the text in the second step.

If text is selected when inserting, this text is linked. 

Alternatively, links can be inserted or edited via the "Insert Link" dialogue Ctrl + K .