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Rich Text Editor Keyboard Shortcuts for Accessibility
Updated 9 months ago

Overview

The NovoEd platform utilizes Froala Rich Text Editor (RTE). With Froala RTE, users can utilize keyboard shortcuts for navigation and editing. Below you will find a list of keyboard shorts. Additional shortcuts may be found on Froala's Shortcuts page.

 

Keyboard Shortcuts

Inline Editor

PC Shortcut

Mac Shortcut

Description

Ctrl + E 

⌘Cmd + E

Shows the editor when inline mode is set to true.
 
 

Common Actions

PC Shortcut

Mac Shortcut

Description

Ctrl + C

⌘Cmd + C

Copies selection from the editable are to clipboard.

Ctrl + X

⌘Cmd + X

Cuts the selection from the editor to clipboard.

Ctrl + V

⌘Cmd + V

Pastes from clipboard.

Ctrl + Z 

⌘Cmd + Z

Same effect as clicking on the Undo
button in the editor.

Ctrl + Y

⌘Cmd + ⇧Shift + Z

Same effect as clicking on the Redo button in the editor.

Ctrl + K

⌘Cmd + K

Opens the insert link popup to insert a link in the editable area.

Ctrl + P 

⌘Cmd + P

Opens the insert image popup to insert an image in the Javascript rich text editor.

 

Basic Formatting

PC Shortcut

Mac Shortcut

Description

Ctrl + A

⌘Cmd + A

Selects all text in the editable area of the Froala Rich Text Editor.

Ctrl + B

⌘Cmd + B 

Same effect as clicking on the Bold button in the editor. 

Ctrl + I

⌘Cmd + I 

Same effect as clicking on the Itallic button in the editor.

Ctrl + U

⌘Cmd + U

Same effect as clicking on the Underline button in the editor.

Ctrl + S

⌘Cmd + S 

Same effect as clicking on the Strikethrough button in the editor. 

Ctrl + ]

⌘Cmd + ] 

Indents the current paragraph. 

Ctrl + [

⌘Cmd + [ 

Outdents the current paragraph.

 

Quote

PC Shortcut

Mac Shortcut

Description

Ctrl + '

⌘ Cmd + '

Increases the quote level. Same effect as selecting Quote > Increase from the rich text editor's toolbar.

Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + '

⌘Cmd + ⇧Shift + '

Decreases the quote level. Same effect as selecting Quote > Decrease from the rich text editor's toolbar.

 

Image/Video

PC Shortcut

Mac Shortcut

Description

Ctrl + +

⌘Cmd + +

Resizes larger the current selected image or video.

Ctrl + -

⌘Cmd + -

Resizes smaller the current selected image or video.

 

Table

PC Shortcut

Mac Shortcut

Description

Ctrl + Alt + Space

 

Selects table cell in which the cursor pointer is.

⇧Shift + Left / Right arrow

⇧Shift + Left / Right arrow

Extend table cell selection with one cell to the left or to the right.

⇧Shift + Up / Down arrow

⇧Shift + Up / Down arrow

Extend table cell selection with one cell up or down.

 

Navigation

PC Shortcut

Mac Shortcut

Description

Ctrl + / or 

⌘Cmd + /

Show shortcuts modal in the editor.

Alt + F10

 

Focus the opened popup or toolbar of the Javascript rich text editor.

Esc

Esc

Return focus to the previous position.

 

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