Macromedia DREAMWEAVER 8-KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR MACINTOSH User Manual

Keyboard Shortcuts for Macintosh

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FILE MENU

Action Shortcut

New document Command+N

Open an HTML file Command+O

Open in frame Command+Shift+O

Close Command+W

Close all Command+Shift+W

Save Command+S

Save as Command+Shift+S

Exit/Quit Command+Q or

Option+F4

EDIT MENU

Action Shortcut

Undo Command+Z or

Redo Command+Y or

Cut Command+X or

Copy Command+C

Paste Command+V or

Paste Special Command+Shift+V

Clear Delete

Select all Command+A

Select parent tag Command+[

Select child Command+]

Find and replace Command+F

Find next Command+G

Show Code Hints Control+Spacebar

Go to line Command+,

Indent code Command+Shift+>

Outdent code Command+Shift+<

Balance braces Command+’

Preferences Command+U

Option+Backspace

Command+Shift+Z

Shift+Delete

Shift+Insert

PAGE VIEWS

To toggle the display of

Layout mode Command+F6

Expanded Tables mode

Live Data mode Command+R

Live Data Command+Shift+R

Switch between Design and Code views

Head content Command+Shift+H

Server debug n/a

Refresh Design view F5

Shortcut

Command+`

To toggle the display of

Switch to previous document

Switch to next document

Close window Command+W

Shortcut

Command+Shift+Tab

Command+Tab

VIEWING PAGE ELEMENTS

To toggle the display of

Visual aids Command+Shift+I

Rulers Command+Option+R

Guides Command+;

Lock guides Command+Alt+;

Snap to guides Command+Shift+;

Guides snap to elements

Grid Command+Option+G Snap to grid Command+Option+

Page properties Command+J

Shortcut

Command+Shift+/

Shift+G

EDITING TEXT

Action Shortcut

Create a new paragraph

Insert a line break <BR> Shift+Return

Insert a nonbreaking space

Move text or object to another place in the page

Copy text or object to another place in the page

Select a word Double-click

Go to next word Command+Right

Go to previous word Command+Left

Go to previous paragraph

Go to next paragraph Command+Down

Select until next word Command+Shift+Right

Select from previous word

Select until next paragraph

Select from previous paragraph

Open and close the Property inspector

Check spelling Shift+F7

Return

Command+Shift+ Spacebar

Drag selected item to new location

Option-drag selected item to new location

Command+Up

Command+Shift+Left

Command+Shift+Down

Command+Shift+Up

Command+F3

FORMATTING TEXT

Action Shortcut

Indent Command+Option+]

Outdent Command+Option+[

Format > None Command+0 (zero)

Paragraph format Command+Shift+P

Apply Headings 1 through 6 to a paragraph

Align > Left Command+Option+

Align > Center Command+Option+

Align > Right Command+Option+

Align > Justify Command+Option+

Make selected text bold

Make selected text italic

Note: Some text formatting shortcuts have no effect when working in the code editors.

Command+1 through 6

Shift+L

Shift+Option+C

Shift+R

Shift+J

Command+B

Command+I

FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT

Action Shortcut

Find Command+F

Find next/Find again Command+G

Find selection Command+Shift+G

CODE EDITING

Action Shortcut

Switch to Design view Option+`

Print code Command+P

Validate markup Shift+F6

Edit tag Command+F5

Open Quick Tag Editor Command+T

Open Snippets panel Shift+F9

Show code hints Control+Spacebar

Insert tag Command+E

Surround with # n/a

Select parent tag Command+[

Balance braces Command+’

Select all Command+A

Bold Command+B

Italic Command+I

Copy Command+C

Find and replace Command+F

Find next Command+G

Find selection Command+Shift+G

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Action Shortcut

Paste Command+V

Paste Special n/a

Cut Command+X

Redo Command+Y

Undo Command+Z

Delete word left Command+Backspace

Delete word right Command+Delete

Go to line Control+,

Select line up Shift+Up

Select line down Shift+Down

Character select left Shift+Left

Character select right Shift+Right

Move to page up Page Up

Move to page down Page Down

Select to page up Shift+Page Up

Select to page down Shift+Page Down

Move word left Command+Left

Move word right Command+Right

Select word left Command+Shift+Left

Select word right Command+Shift+Right

Move to start of line Home

Move to end of line End

Select to start of line Shift+Home

Select to end of line Shift+End

Move to top of code Command+Home

Move to end of code Command+End

Select to top of code Command+Shift+Home

Select to end of code Command+Shift+End

Collapse selection Command+Shift+C

Collapse outside selection

Expand selection Command+Shift+E

Collapse full tag Command+Shift+J

Collapse outside full tag

Expand All Command+Option+E

Command+Option+C

Command+Option+J

WORKING IN TABLES

Action Shortcut

Select table (with insertion point inside the table)

Move to the next cell Tab

Move to the previous cell

Insert a row (before current)

Add a row at end of table

Delete the current row Command+Shift+M

Insert a column Command+Shift+A

Delete a column Command+Shift+ -

Command+A (+A, +A)

Shift+Tab

Command+M

Tab in the last cell

(hyphen)

Action Shortcut

Merge selected table cells

Split table cells Command+Option+S

Increase column span Command+Shift+]

Decrease column span Command+Shift+[

Note: Some table shortcuts do not work in

view.

Layout

Command+Option+M

WORKING IN FRAMES

Action Shortcut

Select a frame Shift+Option-click

Select next frame or frameset

Select previous frame or frameset

Select parent frameset Command+Up Arrow

Select first child frame or frameset

Add a new frame to frameset

Add a new frame to frameset using push method

in frame

Command+Right Arrow

Command+Left Arrow

Command+Down Arrow

Option-drag frame border

Command+Optiondrag frame border

WORKING WITH TEMPLATES

Action Shortcut

Create new editable region

Command+Option+V

WORKING WITH LAYERS

Action Shortcut

Select a layer Command+Shift-click

Select and move layer Command+Shift-drag

Add or remove layer from selection

Move selected layer by pixels

Move selected layer by snapping increment

Resize selected layer by pixels

Resize selected layer by snapping increment

Align layers left Command+Shift+1

Align layers right Command+Shift+3

Align layers top Command+Shift+4

Align layers bottom Command+Shift+6

Make same width Command+Shift+7

Make same height Command+Shift+9

Shift-click layer

Arrow keys

Shift+arrow keys

Option+arrow keys

Option+Shift+arrow keys

WORKING WITH THE TIMELINE

Action Shortcut

Display Timeline Alt+F9

Add object to Timeline Command+Alt+Shift+T

WORKING WITH IMAGES

Action Shortcut

Change image source attribute

Edit image in external editor

Double-click image

Command–doubleclick image

ZOOMING

Action

Zoom in Command+=

Zoom out Command+-

Magnify 50% Command+Alt+5

Magnify 100% Command+Alt+1

Magnify 200% Command+Alt+2

Magnify 300% Command+Alt+3

Magnify 400% Command+Alt+4

Magnify 800% Command+Alt+8

Magnify 1600% Command+Alt+6

Fit selection Command+Alt+0

Fit all Command+Shift+0

Fit width Command+Shift+Alt+0

Switch to Zoom mode from Regular mode

Switch to Regular mode from Zoom mode

Switch to Hand mode from Regular mode

Switch to Hand mode from Zoom mode

Shortcut

Shift+Command+Alt+Z

V+O

Shift+Command+Alt+H

H+Spacebar

MANAGING HYPERLINKS

Action Shortcut

Check links Shift+F8

Create hyperlink (select text)

Remove hyperlink Command+Shift+L

Drag and drop to create a hyperlink from a document

Drag and drop to create a hyperlink using the Property inspector

Open the linked-to document in Dreamweaver

Check links in the entire site

Command+L

Select the text, image, or object, then Shiftdrag the selection to a file in the Files panel

Select the text, image, or object, then drag the point-to-file icon in Property inspector to a file in the Files panel

Command– double-click link

Command+F8

GETTING HELP

Action Shortcut

Using Dreamweaver Help topics

Using ColdFusion Help topics

Reference Shift+F1

Command+F1

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