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XWiki Keyboard Shortcuts

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You can use keyboard shortcuts to use some XWiki features. Keyboard shortcuts help you save time since you never have to take your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse.

Using keyboard shortcuts

See Keyboard Shortcuts Available when Viewing a Page (for Users).
See Keyboard Shortcuts Available when Viewing a Page (for Administrators).

Edit Mode

See Keyboard Shortcuts Available when Editing a Page

Preview Mode

Warning

In the following shortcuts, macOS users should use the Option or ⌥ button instead of Alt.

Alt + C

Cancel edition

Alt + B

Back to the edition

Alt + Shift + S

Save and continue to edit the page

Alt + S

Save and view the page

Annotations

Ctrl + M or Meta + M
Ctrl + I or Meta + I

Annotate a piece of text

Alt + A

Show annotations WarningIn this shortcut, macOS users should use the Option or ⌥ button instead of Alt.

Navigation

Ctrl + G or Meta + G
Ctrl + / or Meta + /

Jump to any page in the wiki 

Developer shortcuts

InformationSince 9.11, the following key sequences can be used to toggle specific actions on the current logged in user:

x x x a

Toggle advanced user mode for the current user.

x x x h

Toggle hidden pages for the current user.

Configuring keyboard shortcuts

Modifying keyboard shortcuts

  • Create a new page in your wiki, for example XWiki.KeyboardShortcuts and paste the following content inside:
    core.shortcuts.view.edit=e
core.shortcuts.view.wiki=k
core.shortcuts.view.wysiwyg=g
core.shortcuts.view.inline=f
core.shortcuts.view.rights=r
core.shortcuts.view.objects=o
core.shortcuts.view.class=s
core.shortcuts.view.comments=c
core.shortcuts.view.attachments=a
core.shortcuts.view.history=h
core.shortcuts.view.information=i
core.shortcuts.view.code=d
core.shortcuts.view.delete=Delete
core.shortcuts.view.rename=F2
core.shortcuts.edit.cancel=Alt+C
core.shortcuts.edit.backtoedit=Alt+B
core.shortcuts.edit.preview=Alt+P
core.shortcuts.edit.saveandcontinue=Alt+Shift+S
core.shortcuts.edit.saveandview=Alt+S
  • Modify entries in this list at your convenience
  • Save the page
  • Edit the page in object mode and add an  XWiki.TranslationDocumentClass xobject
    • Select the wiki scope for the new translations (i.e. the new keyboard shortcuts) to apply to the whole wiki. WarningYou'll need to have Admin permissions for it to work

Adding your own shortcuts

You can add your own keyboard shortcuts in a few javascript lines. You can do that, for example, by adding a JavaScript StyleSheet Extension and putting the following content:

shortcut.add("Ctrl+Alt+n", function() { alert("Hey there! Congratulations on typing this one ;)"); });

Also check the complete documentation.

Removing keyboard shortcuts

To remove a shortcut adapt the following snippet to your needs and use by putting it in a JavaScript StyleSheet Extension:

shortcut.remove("Ctrl+Alt+n");

Removing all shortcuts at once

for (binding in shortcut.all_shortcuts()) {
  shortcut.remove(binding.keys.join(' '));
}

Credits

XWiki keyboard shortcuts are powered by Keypress JS shortcut library.

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