Keyboard Commands

Navigating the Page Tree using a keyboard

It is possible to navigate the page tree using only a keyboard and it adheres to the guidelines set out in WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices 1.1.

  • Home moves the focus to the first item in the page tree.

  • End moves the focus to the last item in the page tree.

  • Enter either expands the item or selects it.

  • Up and Down arrow keys will move the focus up and down the page tree.

  • Right arrow key will expand the focus if possible.

  • Left arrow key will close the focus if possible.

Editing text in the Rich Text Editor (RTE)

Below is a list of common keyboard commands that can be used when editing text in TYPO3's RTE.

  • ctrl + a = Select all text

  • ctrl + c = Copy

  • ctrl + v = Paste

  • ctrl + x = Cut

  • ctrl + z = Undo

  • ctrl + i = Italic

  • ctrl + b = Bold

Reloading pages and clearing browser cache

  • F5 = Reload

  • ctrl + F5 = Reload page and clear browser cache

Opening the backend search modal

New in version 12.0.

  • ctrl + k