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Commonly-used shortcuts Template editor dialog shortcuts and keyboard interactionsThese shortcuts only apply when editing a template instance in the pop-up dialog. Those marked with a * only apply in the cases of multi-part template content. The shortcuts can be used to turn a single template into multi-part template content by adding another template or a wikitext part.
Full list of mouse and keyboard interactions Feature Action Move cursor with mouse Clicking Move cursor with keyboard Direction keys[1] Select content with mouse Dragging Select content with mouse Double and triple clicking Select content with keyboard Shift + (Direction keys)[1] Select word with mouse Double click word Select block with mouse Triple click block Adjust selection with mouse Shift + Click Load insertion formatting from content Move cursor Insert text with keyboard Character and number keys Insert special characters with keyboard Multiple character or number keys using an input method editor Delete with keyboard ← Backspace and Delete Delete word with keyboard Alt+← Backspace and Alt+Delete ⌥ Option+← Backspace and ⌥ Option+Delete Delete line with keyboard Ctrl+← Backspace and Ctrl+Delete ⌘ Command+← Backspace and ⌘ Command+Delete Undo with keyboard Ctrl+Z ⌘ Command+Z Redo with keyboard Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Z ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+Z Copy selection with keyboard Ctrl+C ⌘ Command+C Cut selection with keyboard Ctrl+X ⌘ Command+X Paste selection with keyboard Ctrl+V ⌘ Command+V Copy selection from menu "Copy" in context or browser menu Cut selection from menu "Cut" in context or browser menu Paste selection from menu "Paste" in context or browser menu Highlight object with mouse Clicking Toggle bold on selected content and in insertion formatting with mouse Click bold tool in toolbar Toggle italic on selected content and in insertion formatting with mouse Click italic tool in toolbar Toggle bold on selected content and in insertion formatting with keyboard Ctrl+B ⌘ Command+B Toggle italic on selected content and in insertion formatting with keyboard Ctrl+I ⌘ Command+I Split block with keyboard ↵ Enter Merge blocks with keyboard Backspace at beginning or delete at end of block boundary Switch the direction you write in between right-to-left and left-to-right Ctrl+⇧ Shift+X ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+X NotesRetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue
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