iWeb '09: Keyboard Shortcuts
You can use your keyboard and mouse to quickly accomplish many tasks in iWeb.
Action | Shortcut |
Viewing | |
| Open iWeb Help | Command-Question Mark (?) |
| Open iWeb preferences | Command-Comma (,) |
| Show/hide layout | Shift-Command-L |
| Show/hide inspector | Option-Command-I |
Selecting and editing text | |
| Select one or more characters | Click in front of the first character and drag across the characters you want to select |
| Select a word | Double-click the word |
| Select a paragraph | Triple-click in the paragraph |
| Select multiple words or blocks of text that aren’t next to one another | Select the first text, and then select additional text while holding down Command |
| Extend text selection | Click in the text, and then Shift-click in another location in the text |
| Extend selection one character to the right | Shift-Right Arrow |
| Extend selection one character to the left | Shift-Left Arrow |
| Extend selection to the end of the current word | Shift-Option-Right Arrow |
| Extend selection to the beginning of the current word | Shift-Option-Left Arrow |
| Extend selection to the end of the current line | Shift-Command-Right Arrow |
| Extend selection to the beginning of the current line | Shift-Command-Left Arrow |
| Extend selection to the line above | Shift-Up Arrow |
| Extend selection to the line below | Shift-Down Arrow |
| Extend selection to the beginning of the current paragraph | Shift-Option-Up Arrow |
| Extend selection to the end of the current paragraph | Shift-Option-Down Arrow |
| Extend selection to the beginning of the text (in the current text box) | Shift-Command-Up Arrow or Shift-Home |
| Extend selection to the end of the text (in the current text box) | Shift-Command-Down Arrow or Shift-End |
| Move one character to the right | Right Arrow |
| Move one character to the left | Left Arrow |
| Move to the line above | Up Arrow |
| Move to the line below | Down Arrow |
| Move to the beginning of the current or previous word | Option-Left Arrow |
| Move to the end of the current or next word | Option-Right Arrow |
| Move to the beginning of the current line | Command-Left Arrow |
| Move to the end of the current line | Command-Right Arrow |
| Move to the beginning of the current paragraph | Option-Up Arrow |
| Move to the end of the current paragraph | Option-Down Arrow |
| Move to the beginning of the current text box | Command-Up Arrow |
| Move to the end of the current text box | Command-Down Arrow |
| Scroll to the top of the page | Home |
| Scroll to the end of the page | End |
Formatting text | |
| Show Fonts window | Command-T |
| Show Colors window | Shift-Command-C |
| Make selected text bold | Command-B |
| Make selected text italic | Command-I |
| Underline selected text | Command-U |
| Delete the previous character or selection | Delete |
| Delete the next character or selection | Del (not available on all keyboards) |
| Make selected text bigger | Command-Plus Sign (+) or Command-Equal Sign (=) |
| Make selected text smaller | Command-Minus Sign (-) |
| Make selected text superscript | Control-Command-Plus Sign (+) |
| Make selected text subscript | Control-Command-Minus Sign (-) |
| Align text flush left | Shift-Command-Left Brace ( { ) |
| Center text | Shift-Command-Vertical Line ( | ) |
| Align text flush right | Shift-Command-Right Brace ( } ) |
| Align text flush right and flush left (justify) | Shift-Command-Option-Vertical Line ( | ) |
| Copy paragraph style | Option-Command-C |
| Copy character tyle | Shift-Option-Command-C |
| Paste character or paragraph style | Option-Command-V |
| Paste and match style of destination text | Shift-Option-Command-V |
| Insert nonbreaking space | Option-Space bar |
| Insert line break (soft return) | Shift-Return |
| Edit hypertext without disabling hyperlinks | Place insertion point near the link and use arrow keys to move insertion point into the link text |
Manipulating objects | |
| Draw a shape | Option-click Shapes toolbar button, choose a shape, and then drag to size |
| Move selected object one point | Arrow key |
| Move selected object ten points | Shift-arrow key |
| Send selected object to the back | Shift-Command-B |
| Send selected object back (down) one layer | Shift-Option-Command-B |
| Bring selected object to the front | Shift-Command-F |
| Bring selected object forward one layer | Shift-Option-Command-F |
| Constrain movement of object to 45 degrees | Shift-drag |
| Resize object from center | Option-drag handle |
| Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object | Shift-drag handle |
| Constrain aspect ratio when resizing object from center | Shift-Option-drag handle |
| Rotate object | Command-drag handle |
| Rotate object 45 degrees | Shift-Command-drag handle |
| Rotate object around opposite handle (instead of center) | Option-Command-drag handle |
| Turn off alignment guides while dragging object | Command-drag |
| Mask or unmask object | Shift-Command-M |
| Turn off masking | Return, Command-Return, or double-click |
| Turn on masking | Double-click the masked image |
| Open shortcut menu for selected object | Control-click |
| Turn off text editing and select text box or shape | Command-Return |
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