In addition to the help center article editor toolbar, you can use keyboard shortcuts to help format your knowledge base articles.
This article describes the keyboard shortcuts available with both the new article editor and the legacy editor. For more information about transitioning from the legacy editor to the new article editor, see Transitioning to the new article editor: Phase overview.
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 |