Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows PAGE 1 FILE MENU Action Shortcut FORMATTING TEXT Control+N Control+O, or drag the file from the Explorer or Files panel to the Document window Control+Shift+O Control+W Control+Shift+W Control+S Control+Shift+S Control+Q or Alt+F4 To toggle the display of Server debug Refresh Design view Switch to next document Switch to previous document Close window Shortcut Action Shortcut New document Open an HTML file Indent Control+Shift+G F5 Control+Tab Control+Shift+Tab Control+F4 Outdent Format > None Paragraph Format Apply Headings 1 through 6 to a paragraph Align > Left Align > Center Align > Right Align > Justify Control+Shift+I Control+Alt+R Control+; Control+Alt+; Control+Shift+; Control+Shift+/ Control+Alt+G Control+Alt+Shift+G Control+J Make selected text bold Make selected text italic Control+Alt+] Control+Alt+[ Control+0 (zero) Control+Shift+P Control+1 through 6 Open in frame Close Close all Save Save as Exit/Quit Control+Alt+Shift+L Control+Alt+Shift+C Control+Alt+Shift+R Control+Alt+Shift+J Control+B Control+I VIEWING PAGE ELEMENTS To toggle the display of Visual aids Shortcut EDIT MENU Action Shortcut Rulers Guides Lock guides Snap to guides Guides snap to elements Grid Snap to grid Page properties Undo Redo Cut Copy Paste Paste Special Clear Select all Select parent tag Select child Find and replace Find next Show Code Hints Go to line Indent code Outdent code Balance braces Preferences Control+Z or Alt+Backspace Control+Y or Control+Shift+Z Control+X or Shift+Delete Control+C or Control+Insert Control+V or Shift+Insert Control+Shift+V Delete Control+A Control+[ Control+] Control+F F3 Control+Spacebar Control+G Control+Shift+> Control+Shift+< Control+' Control+U Note: Some text formatting shortcuts have no effect when working in the code editors. FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT Action Shortcut Find Find next/Find again Control+F F3 Shift+F3 EDITING TEXT Action Shortcut Find selection Create a new paragraph Enter CODE EDITING Action Shortcut Insert a line break
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 Go to next word Go to previous word Go to previous paragraph Control+Shift+ Spacebar Drag selected item to new location Control-drag selected item to new location Double-click Control+Right Control+Left Control+Up Control+Down Control+Shift+Right Control+Shift+Left Control+Shift+Down Control+Shift+Up Control+F3 Shift+F7 Switch to Design view Control+` Print code Validate markup Edit tag Control+P Shift+F6 Shift+F5 Open Quick Tag Editor Control+T Open Snippets panel Show code hints Insert tag Surround with # Select parent tag Balance braces Select all Bold Italic Copy Find and replace Find selection Find next Paste Paste Special Cut Shift+F9 Control+Spacebar Control+E Control+Shift+3 Control+[ Control+' Control+A Control+B Control+I Control+C Control+F Shift+F3 F3 Control+V n/a Control+X PAGE VIEWS To toggle the display of Layout mode Expanded Tables mode Live Data mode Live Data Switch between Design and Code views Head content Shortcut Go to next paragraph Select until next word Select from previous word Select until next paragraph Select from previous paragraph Open and close the Property inspector Control+F6 F6 Control+R Control+Shift+R Control+` Control+Shift+H Check spelling DREAMWEAVER 8 Action Shortcut Action Shortcut QUICK REFERENCE FOR WINDOWS WORKING WITH THE TIMELINE Action Shortcut PAGE 2 Redo Undo Delete word left Delete word right Go to line Select line up Select line down Character select left Character select right Move to page up Move to page down Select to page up Select to page down Move word left Move word right Select word left Select word right Move to start of line Move to end of line Select to start of line Select to end of line Move to top of code Move to end of code Select to top of code Select to end of code Collapse selection Collapse outside selection Expand selection Collapse full tag Collapse outside full tag Expand All Control+Y Control+Z Control+Backspace Control+Delete Control+G Shift+Up Shift+Down Shift+Left Shift+Right Page Up Page Down Shift+Page Up Shift+Page Down Control+Left Control+Right Control+Shift+Left Control+Shift+Right Home End Shift+Home Shift+End Control+Home Control+End Control+Shift+Home Control+Shift+End Control+Shift+C Control+Alt+C Control+Shift+E Control+Shift+J Control+Alt+J Control+Alt+E Delete a column Merge selected table cells Split table cell Increase column span Control+Shift+ (hyphen) Control+Alt+M Control+Alt+S Control+Shift+] Display Timeline Alt+F9 Add object to Timeline Control+Alt+Shift+T WORKING WITH IMAGES Action Shortcut Decrease column span Control+Shift+[ Note: Some table shortcuts do not work in Layout view. Change image source attribute Edit image in external editor Double-click image Control­double-click image WORKING IN FRAMES Action Shortcut ZOOMING Action Zoom in Zoom out Magnify 50% Magnify 100% Magnify 200% Magnify 300% Magnify 400% Magnify 800% Magnify 1600% Fit selection Fit all Fit width Shortcut Select a frame Select next frame or frameset Select previous frame or frameset Alt-click in frame Alt+Right Arrow Alt+Left Arrow Control+= Control+Control+Alt+5 Control+Alt+1 Control+Alt+2 Control+Alt+3 Control+Alt+4 Control+Alt+8 Control+Alt+6 Control+Alt+0 Control+Shift+0 Control+Shift+Alt+0 Select parent frameset Alt+Up Arrow Select first child frame Alt+Down Arrow or frameset Add a new frame to frameset Add a new frame to frameset using push method Alt-drag frame border Alt+Control-drag frame border WORKING WITH TEMPLATES Action Shortcut Switch to Zoom mode Shift+Control+Alt+Z from Regular mode Switch to Regular mode from Zoom mode V+O Create new editable region Control+Alt+V WORKING WITH LAYERS Action Shortcut Switch to Hand mode Shift+Control+Alt+H from Regular mode Switch to Hand mode H+Spacebar from Zoom mode Select a layer Control+Shift-click Select and move layer Shift+Control-drag Add or remove layer from selection Move selected layer by pixels Shift-click layer border Arrow keys MANAGING HYPERLINKS Action Shortcut WORKING IN TABLES Action Shortcut Check links Create hyperlink (select text) Remove hyperlink 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 Shift+F8 Control+L Control+Shift+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 Control­double-click link Control+F8 Select table (with insertion point inside the table) Move to the next cell Move to the previous cell Insert a row (before current) Add a row at end of table Control+A (+A, +A) Move selected layer by Shift+arrow keys snapping increment Resize selected layer by pixels Control+arrow keys Tab Shift+Tab Control+M Tab in the last cell Resize selected layer Control+Shift+arrow by snapping increment keys Align layers left Align layers right Align layers top Align layers bottom Make same width Make same height Control+Shift+1 Control+Shift+3 Control+Shift+4 Control+Shift+6 Control+Shift+7 Control+Shift+9 Delete the current row Control+Shift+M Insert a column Control+Shift+A DREAMWEAVER 8 GETTING HELP Action Shortcut QUICK REFERENCE FOR WINDOWS RECORDING COMMANDS Action Shortcut PAGE 3 Using Dreamweaver Help topics F1 Start recording Control+Shift+X Using ColdFusion Help Control+F1 topics Reference Shift+F1 PLAYING PLUGINS Action Shortcut Play plugin Control+Alt+P Control+Alt+X Control+Alt+Shift+P Control+Alt+Shift+X TARGETING AND PREVIEWING IN BROWSERS Action Shortcut Stop plugin Play all plugins Stop all plugins Preview in primary browser Preview in secondary browser F12 INSERTING OBJECTS Shift+F12 or Control+F12 Action Shortcut DEBUGGING IN BROWSERS Action Shortcut Any object (image, Shockwave movie, and so on) Image Table Flash Shockwave Named anchor Drag file from the Explorer or Files panel to the Document window Control+Alt+I Control+Alt+T Control+Alt+F Control+Alt+D Control+Alt+A Debug in primary browser Debug in secondary browser Alt+F12 Control+Alt+F12 SITE MANAGEMENT AND FTP Action Shortcut OPENING AND CLOSING PANELS Action Shortcut Refresh Create new file Create new folder Delete file Copy file Cut file Paste file Duplicate file Rename file Get selected files or folders from remote FTP site Put selected files or folders to remote FTP site Check out Check in View site map Cancel FTP F5 Control+Shift+N Control+Alt+Shift+N Delete Control+C Control+X Control+V Control+D F2 Control+Shift+D or drag files from Remote to Local pane in Files panel Control+Shift+U or drag files from Local to Remote pane in Files panel Control+Alt+Shift+D Control+Alt+Shift+U Alt+F8 Escape Insert bar Properties CSS Styles Behaviors Tag Inspector Snippets Reference Databases Bindings Server Behaviors Components Files Assets Results Code inspector Frames History Layers Timeline Control+F2 Control+F3 Shift+F11 Shift+F4 F9 Shift+F9 Shift+F1 Control+Shift+F10 Control+F10 Control+F9 Control+F7 F8 F11 F7 F10 Shift+F2 Shift+F10 F2 Alt+F9 F4 SITE MAP Action Shortcut Show/Hide panels F8 Control+Shift+R Control+Shift+K Control+L Control+Shift+L Control+Shift+Y Control+Shift+T View site files View as root Link to existing file Change link Remove link Show/Hide link Show page titles