Keyboard shortcuts
Useful keyboard shortcuts when working the the Editor. Including: inserting special characters, inserting provisions, navigating around the document and accessing functions.
Special characters
Type in | Summary |
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-- (dash dash) | creates an em-dash (–) |
Inserting provisions and paragraphs
Keyboard shortcut | Summary |
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Enter | Brings up the Content Completion Assistant (CCA) which will contain a list of valid elements that can be insertable according to the element/provision you are currently in (see ‘Valid elements’ for explanation of what has been implemented). The Editor will insert your selected provision/element at the next correct place making sure the XML is correctly structured |
Ctrl + Enter | Inserts the next default provision from the CCA (same as pressing Enter + Enter) |
Shift + Enter | Inserts an extra text element within the current provision |
Standard Editor shortcuts
Keyboard shortcut | Summary |
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Ctrl + z | Undo a change |
Ctrl + y | Redo a change |
Ctrl + c | Copy |
Ctrl + x | Cut |
Ctrl + v | Paste |
Ctrl + f | Find (and replace) |
Ctrl + s | Save document |
Text formatting
Keyboard shortcut | Summary |
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Ctrl + b | Bold |
Ctrl + i | Italic |
Ctrl + u | Underline |
Ctrl + Shift + + | Superscript |
Ctrl + Shift + - | Subscript |
Lawmaker-specific shortcuts
Keyboard shortcut | Summary |
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Alt + [ | Promote provision |
Alt + ] | Demote provision |
Alt + u | Update x-refs |
Alt + n | Renumber |
Alt + l | Lock/unlock number |
Alt + w | Wrap selected provision(s) |
Alt + e | Unwrap selected provision |
Alt + t | Tag x-refs in current provision |
Alt + s | Split current provision into two similar provisions |
Alt + r | Refreshes your document if another user has saved changes since you've had the document open |
Alt + j | Insert or update j-ref in current provision |
Ctrl + q | Insert a quoted structure (textual amendment) |
Tab | Skip to the next element in the Editor |
Shift + tab | Skip to the previous element in the Editor |
Structure view
Keyboard shortcut | Summary |
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Ctrl + mouse click | Multi-select using the Structure View |
mouse right click | Shows context menu for provision |
Amendments
Keyboard shortcut | Summary |
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Alt + k | Move to next amendment in the list in the Editor |
Alt + h | Move to previous amendment in the list in the Editor |