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Keyboard Shortcuts

TypeMetal was designed to be fully keyboard-navigable. Learning the shortcuts that are summarized below, and pointed out throughout this Help guide, will help you breeze through writing and editing tasks with ease and agility.

You needn’t feel obliged to memorize these in one sitting. The important thing is to be aware of the kinds of handy shortcuts that are available. You can summon this cheat sheet anytime, by choosing TypeMetal Keyboard Shortcuts from the Help menu.

The shortcuts listed below are for the original English keyboard localization. If you are using TypeMetal in another language, please refer to TypeMetal’s menus to discover the corresponding keyboard shortcuts, until this help page can be localized.

Modifier Key Notation

Key labeling varies. The modifier key symbols in these tables have the following equivalents:

Modifier Key Equivalents
Symbol	Modifier Key Name
⌘	Command
⌥	Option
⌃	Control
⇧	Shift

Keyboard Shortcut Tables

Toggling User Interface Features
Keystroke	Command
⇧⌘B	Show/Hide Toolbar
⌥⌘T	Show/Hide Title and Properties
⌥⌘]	Show/Hide Block Mode
⌥⌘U	Show/Hide Source Loupe

Changing Text Magnification
Keystroke	Command
⌘=	Show Text Larger
⌘-	Show Text Smaller
⌘0	Show Text Normal Size

Positioning the Insertion Point in Normal Mode
Keystroke	Command
←	Move left one character
→	Move right one character
↑	Move up one line
↓	Move down one line

Positioning the Insertion Point in Block Mode
Keystroke	Command
↑	Move up one line, or to previous inter-block gap, or out of block
↓	Move down one line, or to next inter-block gap, or out of block

Selecting Content in Normal Mode
Keystroke	Command
⇧←	Grow selection left one character
⇧→	Grow selection right one character
⇧↑	Grow selection up one line
⇧↓	Grow selection down one line
⌘A	Select All
⌘D	Select None
⌘⌥G or ⌘⌥↑	Grow Selection (to Enclosing Element)
⌘⌥↓	Select first child node
⌘⌥←	Select previous sibling node in current element
⌘⌥→	Select next sibling node in current element

Selecting Content in Block Mode
Keystroke	Command
↑	Grow selection up one line, or to previous inter-block gap, or out of block
↓	Grow selection down one line, or to next inter-block gap, or out of block

Typing Special Content
Keystroke	Command
return	Split paragraph or start a new paragraph. In a list item, split the list item or start a new one. In a table, advance to next row, adding a new row if necessary. In `<pre>`formatted text, insert a line break.
⌘return	Insert a line break
⌥spacebar	Insert a Non-Breaking Space

Undo/Redo
Keystroke	Command
⌘Z	Undo
⇧⌘Z	Redo

Cut, Copy, and Paste
Keystroke	Command
⌘X	Cut
⌘C	Copy
⌥⌘C	Copy as HTML Source Code
⌃⌥⌘C	Copy Interior as HTML Source Code
⌘V	Paste
⌥⇧⌘V	Paste as Plain Text

Working With HTML Elements and Snippets
Keystroke	Command
⌃/	Show Element/Snippet Completion Popover
<	Show Element/Snippet Completion Popover (Type < again to cancel completion and insert a < character instead.)
⌃⇧/	Unwrap Element
⌃⌥⇧/	Remove All Elements from Selection
⌃⌘/	Create a New Simple Snippet from the Selected Element
⌃⌥⌘/	Create a New General Snippet from the Selection
⌘K	Insert or wrap in a link (<a> element)
⌘⌥K	Insert or wrap in a link (<a> element) to a local file (shows file chooser sheet)
⌘L	Show/Hide Element Attribute Editor Popover
tab	Exit Element (and Insert a Space)
esc	Exit Element

General Inline Styling
Keystroke	Command
⌘I	Toggle `<em>` (or `<i>`)
⌘B	Toggle `<strong>` (or `<b>`)
⇧⌘C	Toggle `<code>`
⇧⌘K	Toggle `<kbd>`
⇧⌘M	Toggle `<mark>`
⌥⇧⌘S	Toggle `<samp>`
⇧⌘V	Toggle `<var>`
⌃⌘=	Toggle `<sup>`
⌃⌘-	Toggle `<sub>`

In the Attribute Editor
Keystroke	Command
Esc	Exit attribute module to search field, or exit search field and close attribute editor
return	Accept value in attribute module and return to search field, or accept completion in search field and create/edit the named attribute
⌥return	In search field, suppress completion and add an attribute with exactly the name you typed (“Allow user-defined attributes” must be enabled in TypeMetal’s General settings)
↓	Move down to next attribute module
↑	Move up to previous attribute module
⌘delete	In an attribute module, delete the attribute from the element and return to the search field (same as clicking the (-) button on the left side of the attribute module)
⌘⌥↑	Jump to parent element
⌘⌥←	Jump to previous sibling element
⌘⌥→	Jump to next sibling element
⌘⌥↓	Jump to first child element
⌘↓	Show URL completion list (if you’re editing a URL-valued attribute — e.g. an <a> element’s “href” attribute)

Note that typing-completion in the attribute editor isn’t just for adding new attributes. It’s just as handy for quickly jumping to an existing attribute module.

Checking Spelling and Grammar
Keystroke	Command
⌘;	Check Spelling (and, optionally, Grammar)
⌘:	Show/Hide the Spelling and Grammar panel

Find and Replace
Keystroke	Command
⌘F	Find…
⌥⌘F	Find and Replace…
⌘G	Find Next
⇧⌘G	Find Previous
⌘E	Use Selection for Find
⌘J	Jump to Selection

Working With Headings
Keystroke	Command
⌘1	Convert to `<h1>`
⌘2	Convert to `<h2>`
⌘3	Convert to `<h3>`
⌘4	Convert to `<h4>`
⌘5	Convert to `<h5>`
⌘6	Convert to `<h6>`
⇧⌘0	Convert to `<p>`

Working With Lists
Keystroke	Command
⌘] or ⌘⌥ ]	Indent List Level
⌘[ or ⌘⌥ [	Outdent List Level
⌃⌘↑	Move List Item Up
⌃⌘↓	Move List Item Down
⌘\	Toggle `<ol>`/`<ul>`

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