Keyboard shortcuts in the Visual Editor

Visual Editor keyboard shortcuts

Speed up your workflow when using Builder's Visual Editor by learning the following keyboard shortcuts.

Overview

Editor-level shortcuts

The following shortcuts do not require any block within the Visual Editor to be selected.

Action Mac Windows
save a checkpoint Cmd + s Ctrl + s
select all blocks within content Cmd + a Ctrl + a
display command palette Cmd + k Ctrl + k
display developer options Ctrl + y, Cmd + Ctrl + a Ctrl + y, Cmd + Ctrl + a
display content JSON Cmd + e Ctrl + e

Block-level shortcuts

The following shortcuts do not require one or more blocks to be selected within the Visual Editor.

Action Mac shortcut Windows shortcut
copy Cmd + c Ctrl + c
paste Cmd + v Ctrl + v
cut Cmd + x Ctrl + x
undo Cmd + z Ctrl + z
redo Cmd + shift + z Ctrl + shift + z
duplicate Cmd + d Ctrl + d
group a selection Cmd + g Ctrl + g
ungroup Cmd + Shift + g Ctrl + Shift + g
copy style Cmd + Opt + c, Ctrl + Alt + c Ctrl + Alt + c
paste style Cmd + Opt + v Ctrl + Alt + v
lock group Cmd + Opt + g Ctrl + Alt + g
deselect all Cmd + Shift + a Ctrl + Shift + a
adjust top margin Shift + upArrow, Shift + downArrow Shift + upArrow, Shift + downArrow
adjust left margin Shift + leftArrow, Shift + rightArrow Shift + leftArrow, Shift + rightArrow
display content JSON Cmd + e Ctrl + e

What's next

Learn more about the Command Palette or consider reading an Overview of the Visual Editor.