Macromedia DREAMWEAVER 8-KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR WINDOWS User Manual

Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

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FILE MENU

Action Shortcut

New document Control+N

Open an HTML file Control+O, or drag the

Open in frame Control+Shift+O

Close Control+W

Close all Control+Shift+W

Save Control+S

Save as Control+Shift+S

Exit/Quit Control+Q or Alt+F4

file from the Explorer or
Files panel to the
Document window

EDIT MENU

Action Shortcut

Undo Control+Z or

Redo Control+Y or

Cut Control+X or

Copy Control+C or

Paste Control+V or

Paste Special Control+Shift+V

Clear Delete

Select all Control+A

Select parent tag Control+[

Select child Control+]

Find and replace Control+F

Find next F3

Show Code Hints Control+Spacebar

Go to line Control+G

Indent code Control+Shift+>

Outdent code Control+Shift+<

Balance braces Control+’

Preferences Control+U

Alt+Backspace

Control+Shift+Z

Shift+Delete

Control+Insert

Shift+Insert

PAGE VIEWS

To toggle the
display of

Layout mode Control+F6

Expanded Tables
mode

Live Data mode Control+R

Live Data Control+Shift+R

Switch between
Design and Code
views

Head content Control+Shift+H

Shortcut

F6

Control+`

To toggle the
display of

Server debug Control+Shift+G

Refresh Design view F5

Switch to next
document

Switch to previous
document

Close window Control+F4

Shortcut

Control+Tab

Control+Shift+Tab

VIEWING PAGE ELEMENTS

To toggle the
display of

Visual aids Control+Shift+I

Rulers Control+Alt+R

Guides Control+;

Lock guides Control+Alt+;

Snap to guides Control+Shift+;

Guides snap to
elements

Grid Control+Alt+G

Snap to grid Control+Alt+Shift+G

Page properties Control+J

Shortcut

Control+Shift+/

EDITING TEXT

Action Shortcut

Create a new
paragraph

Insert a line break <BR> Shift+Enter

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 Control+Right

Go to previous word Control+Left

Go to previous
paragraph

Go to next paragraph Control+Down

Select until next word Control+Shift+Right

Select from previous
word

Select until next
paragraph

Select from previous
paragraph

Open and close the
Property inspector

Check spelling Shift+F7

Enter

Control+Shift+
Spacebar

Drag selected item
to new location

Control-drag selected
item to new location

Control+Up

Control+Shift+Left

Control+Shift+Down

Control+Shift+Up

Control+F3

FORMATTING TEXT

Action Shortcut

Indent Control+Alt+]

Outdent Control+Alt+[

Format > None Control+0 (zero)

Paragraph Format Control+Shift+P

Apply Headings 1
through 6 to a
paragraph

Align > Left Control+Alt+Shift+L

Align > Center Control+Alt+Shift+C

Align > Right Control+Alt+Shift+R

Align > Justify Control+Alt+Shift+J

Make selected text
bold

Make selected text
italic

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

Control+1 through 6

Control+B

Control+I

FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT

Action Shortcut

Find Control+F

Find next/Find again F3

Find selection Shift+F3

CODE EDITING

Action Shortcut

Switch to Design view Control+`

Print code Control+P

Validate markup Shift+F6

Edit tag Shift+F5

Open Quick Tag Editor Control+T

Open Snippets panel Shift+F9

Show code hints Control+Spacebar

Insert tag Control+E

Surround with # Control+Shift+3

Select parent tag Control+[

Balance braces Control+’

Select all Control+A

Bold Control+B

Italic Control+I

Copy Control+C

Find and replace Control+F

Find selection Shift+F3

Find next F3

Paste Control+V

Paste Special n/a

Cut Control+X

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Action Shortcut

Redo Control+Y

Undo Control+Z

Delete word left Control+Backspace

Delete word right Control+Delete

Go to line Control+G

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 Control+Left

Move word right Control+Right

Select word left Control+Shift+Left

Select word right Control+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 Control+Home

Move to end of code Control+End

Select to top of code Control+Shift+Home

Select to end of code Control+Shift+End

Collapse selection Control+Shift+C

Collapse outside

Control+Alt+C

selection

Expand selection Control+Shift+E

Collapse full tag Control+Shift+J

Collapse outside full

Control+Alt+J

tag

Expand All Control+Alt+E

WORKING IN TABLES

Action Shortcut

Select table (with

Control+A (+A, +A)
insertion point
inside the table)

Move to the next cell Tab

Move to the previous

Shift+Tab
cell

Insert a row (before

Control+M
current)

Add a row at end of

Tab in the last cell
table

Delete the current row Control+Shift+M

Insert a column Control+Shift+A

Action Shortcut

Delete a column Control+Shift+ -

(hyphen)

Merge selected table

Control+Alt+M

cells

Split table cell Control+Alt+S

Increase column span Control+Shift+]

Decrease column span Control+Shift+[

Note: Some table shortcuts do not work in
Layout view.

WORKING IN FRAMES

Action Shortcut

Select a frame Alt-click in frame

Select next frame or

Alt+Right Arrow

frameset
Select previous

Alt+Left Arrow

frame or frameset

Select parent frameset Alt+Up Arrow

Select first child frame

Alt+Down Arrow

or frameset

Add a new frame to

Alt-drag frame border

frameset

Add a new frame to
frameset using push

Alt+Control-drag
frame border

method

WORKING WITH TEMPLATES

Action Shortcut

Create new editable

Control+Alt+V

region

WORKING WITH LAYERS

Action Shortcut

Select a layer Control+Shift-click

Select and move layer Shift+Control-drag

Add or remove layer

Shift-click layer border

from selection

Move selected layer

Arrow keys

by pixels

Move selected layer by

Shift+arrow keys

snapping increment

Resize selected layer

Control+arrow keys

by pixels

Resize selected layer
by snapping increment

Control+Shift+arrow
keys

Align layers left Control+Shift+1

Align layers right Control+Shift+3

Align layers top Control+Shift+4

Align layers bottom Control+Shift+6

Make same width Control+Shift+7

Make same height Control+Shift+9

WORKING WITH THE TIMELINE

Action Shortcut

Display Timeline Alt+F9

Add object to Timeline Control+Alt+Shift+T

WORKING WITH IMAGES

Action Shortcut

Change image source

Double-click image

attribute

Edit image in external
editor

Control–double-click
image

ZOOMING

Action

Shortcut

Zoom in Control+=

Zoom out Control+-

Magnify 50% Control+Alt+5

Magnify 100% Control+Alt+1

Magnify 200% Control+Alt+2

Magnify 300% Control+Alt+3

Magnify 400% Control+Alt+4

Magnify 800% Control+Alt+8

Magnify 1600% Control+Alt+6

Fit selection Control+Alt+0

Fit all Control+Shift+0

Fit width Control+Shift+Alt+0

Switch to Zoom mode

Shift+Control+Alt+Z

from Regular mode

Switch to Regular

V+O
mode from Zoom
mode

Switch to Hand mode

Shift+Control+Alt+H
from Regular mode

Switch to Hand mode

H+Spacebar
from Zoom mode

MANAGING HYPERLINKS

Action Shortcut

Check links Shift+F8

Create hyperlink

Control+L
(select text)

Remove hyperlink Control+Shift+L

Drag and drop to
create a hyperlink
from a document

Select the text, image,

or object, then Shift-

drag the selection to a

file in the Files panel

Drag and drop to
create a hyperlink
using the
Property inspector

Select the text, image,

or object, then drag the

point-to-file icon in

Property inspector to a

file in the Files panel

Open the linked-to
document

Control–double-click

link
in Dreamweaver

Check links in the

Control+F8
entire site