Keyboard shortcuts in the Stylo editor

All keyboard commands mentioned here are used together with the Ctrl key.

Trigger	Function
a	Select text flow
x	Cut
c	Copy
v	Paste
y	Restore
z	Undo
1	Insert em dash
2	Insert en dash
4	Insert quarter dash
8	Insert eighth dash
9	Toggle automatic snap grid
b	bold
i	italic
u	underline
l	Outline
m	Select next object
d	Toggle placeholder text
ß	Info
g	Group objects
f	Change object selection: text frame ↔ text cursor, image frame ↔ image
s	Save (internal only)
q	Generate PDF (internal only)
w	Generate preview (internal only)

Triggers with Ctrl + Shift key

Trigger	Function
x	Delete empty text blocks or text blocks with placeholder text
-	Desired break point
Return	Activate line break

Selecting Text

Function	Keyboard Command
Select word to the left	Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow
Select word to the right	Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow
Move cursor to the beginning of the line	Home
Move cursor to the end of the line	End
Select from current position to the beginning of the line	Shift + Home
Select from current position to the end of the line	Shift + End
Move cursor to the beginning of the text	Ctrl + Home
Move cursor to the end of the text	Ctrl + End
Select text to the beginning of the text	Ctrl + Shift + Home
Select text to the end of the text	Ctrl + Shift + End

Browser defaults, such as those of Safari on MacOS, cannot be overridden by Stylo.

Additional Keyboard Commands:

Modifier	Trigger	Function
Alt	➡️	Rotate clockwise
Alt	⬅️	Rotate counterclockwise

Publisher-specific keyboard commands can be stored. This is interesting for calling variables as well as actions (a kind of macros).

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