In addition to the help center article editor toolbar, you can use keyboard shortcuts to help format your knowledge base articles.
This article includes the following sections:
Keyboard shortcuts for the new article editor
The following table lists the PC and Mac keyboard shortcuts available for the new article
editor.
| Shortcut | PC | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Bold | Ctrl+B | Command+B |
| Italic | Ctrl+I | Command+I |
| Underline | Ctrl+U | Command+U |
| Select All | Ctrl+A | Command+A |
| Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Command+Shift+Z Command+Shift+Z |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z | Command+Z |
| Focus to menubar | Alt+F9 | Alt+F9 |
| Focus to toolbar | Alt+F10 | Alt+F10 |
| Find | Ctrl+F+Query | Command+F+Query |
| Copy selected content | Ctrl+C | Command+C |
| Paste content | Ctrl+V | Command+V |
| Paste content as plain text | Ctrl+Shift+V | Command+Shift+V |
Keyboard shortcuts for the legacy article editor
The following table lists the PC and Mac keyboard shortcuts available for the legacy
article editor.
| Shortcut | PC | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Bold | Ctrl+B | Command+B |
| Italic | Ctrl+I | Command+I |
| Underline | Ctrl+U | Command+U |
| Select All | Ctrl+A | Command+A |
| Redo | Ctrl+Shift+Z Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Command+Shift+Z Command+Shift+Z |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z | Command+Z |
| Header 1 | Alt+Shift+1 | Ctrl+Alt+1 |
| Header 2 | Alt+Shift+2 | Ctrl+Alt+2 |
| Header 3 | Alt+Shift+3 | Ctrl+Alt+3 |
| Header 4 | Alt+Shift+4 | Ctrl+Alt+4 |
| Header 5 | Alt+Shift+5 | Ctrl+Alt+5 |
| Header 6 | Alt+Shift+6 | Ctrl+Alt+6 |
| Paragraph | Alt+Shift+7 | Ctrl+Alt+7 |
| Div | Alt+Shift+8 | Ctrl+Alt+8 |
| Address | Alt+Shift+9 | Ctrl+Alt+9 |
| Focus to menubar | Alt+F9 | Alt+F9 |
| Focus to toolbar | Alt+F10 | Alt+F10 |
| Focus to element path | Alt+F11 | Alt+F11 |
| Focus to contextual toolbar | Ctrl+Shift+E Ctrl+Shift+P |
Ctrl+Shift+E Ctrl+Shift+P |
| Insert link | Ctrl+K | Command+K |
| Toggle Fullscreen | Ctrl+Shift+F | Ctrl+Shift+F |
| Save | Ctrl+S | Command+S |
| Find | Ctrl+F+Query | Command+F+Query |