MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8-KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS FOR MACINTOSH Manual

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FILE MENU

EDIT MENU

PAGE VIEWS

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

Action

Shortcut

Undo

Command+Z or 

Option+Backspace

Redo

Command+Y or 

Command+Shift+Z

Cut

Command+X or 

Shift+Delete

Copy

Command+C 

Paste

Command+V or 

Shift+Insert

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

To toggle the 

display of

Shortcut

Layout mode  

Command+F6

Expanded Tables 

mode 

F6

Live Data mode

Command+R

Live Data

Command+Shift+R

Switch between 

Design and Code 

views

Command+`

Head content

Command+Shift+H

Server debug

n/a

Refresh Design view

F5

VIEWING PAGE ELEMENTS

EDITING TEXT

Switch to previous 

document

Command+Shift+Tab

Switch to next 

document

Command+Tab 

Close window

Command+W

To toggle the 

display of

Shortcut

Visual aids

Command+Shift+I

Rulers

Command+Option+R

Guides

Command+;

Lock guides

Command+Alt+;

Snap to guides

Command+Shift+;

Guides snap to 

elements

Command+Shift+/

Grid

Command+Option+G

Snap to grid

Command+Option+

Shift+G

Page properties

Command+J

Action

Shortcut

Create a new 

paragraph

Return

Insert a line break 
 Shift+Return

Insert a nonbreaking 

space

Command+Shift+

Spacebar

Move text or object to 

another place in the 

page

Drag selected item 

to new location

Copy text or object to 

another place in the 

page

Option-drag selected 

item to new location

Select a word

Double-click

Go to next word

Command+Right

Go to previous word

Command+Left

Go to previous 

paragraph

Command+Up

Go to next paragraph

Command+Down

Select until next word

Command+Shift+Right

Select from previous 

word

Command+Shift+Left

Select until next 

paragraph

Command+Shift+Down

Select from previous 

paragraph

Command+Shift+Up

Open and close the 

Property inspector

Command+F3

Check spelling

Shift+F7

To toggle the 

display of

Shortcut

FORMATTING TEXT

Note: 

Some text formatting shortcuts have no 

effect when working in the code editors.

FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT

CODE EDITING

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

Command+1 through 6

Align > Left

Command+Option+

Shift+L

Align > Center

Command+Option+

Shift+Option+C

Align > Right

Command+Option+

Shift+R

Align > Justify

Command+Option+

Shift+J

Make selected text 

bold

Command+B

Make selected text 

italic

Command+I

Action

Shortcut

Find

Command+F

Find next/Find again

Command+G

Find selection

Command+Shift+G

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

Keyboard Shortcuts for Macintosh