Did you know that WordPress has a keyboard shortcuts that you can use with the Gutenberg editor on a windows or linux computer? If you didn’t here’s a list of all the shortcut keys that you can use:
- Display these keyboard shortcuts. Shift+Alt+H
Global shortcuts
- Switch between visual editor and code editor. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+M
- Toggle fullscreen mode. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F
- Open the block navigation menu. Shift+Alt+O
- Show or hide the settings sidebar. Ctrl+Shift+,
- Navigate to the next part of the editor. Ctrl+`Shift+Alt+N
- Navigate to the previous part of the editor. Ctrl+Shift+`Shift+Alt+P
- Navigate to the nearest toolbar. Alt+F10
- Save your changes. Ctrl+S
- Undo your last changes. Ctrl+Z
- Redo your last undo. Ctrl+Shift+Z
Selection shortcuts
- Select all text when typing. Press again to select all blocks. Ctrl+A
- Clear selection. escape
Block shortcuts
- Duplicate the selected block(s). Ctrl+Shift+D
- Remove the selected block(s). Shift+Alt+Z
- Insert a new block before the selected block(s). Ctrl+Alt+T
- Insert a new block after the selected block(s). Ctrl+Alt+Y
- Remove multiple selected blocks. delbackspace
- Move the selected block(s) up. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T
- Move the selected block(s) down. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Y
- Change the block type after adding a new paragraph. /
Text formatting
- Make the selected text bold. Ctrl+B
- Make the selected text italic. Ctrl+I
- Convert the selected text into a link. Ctrl+K
- Remove a link. Ctrl+Shift+K
- Underline the selected text. Ctrl+U
Why not give these a try the next time you use the Gutenberg editor on Windows or Linux computer. Alternatively if you use a mac a guide to the short cut keys avaliable can be found here.