Dreamweaver Keyboard Shortcuts

File Menu
Action Windows Mac
New document Ctrl-Shift-N Cmd-N
New window Ctrl-N n/a
Open an HTML file Ctrl-O Cmd-O
Open in Frame Ctrl-Shift-O Cmd-Shift-O
Close Ctrl-W Cmd-W
Save Ctrl-S Cmd-S
Save a Copy Ctrl-Alt-S Cmd-Option-S
Save All Ctrl-Shift-S Cmd-Shift-S
Exit/Quit Ctrl-Q Cmd-Q

Edit Menu
Action Windows Mac
Undo Ctrl-Z Cmd-Z
Redo Ctrl-Y or Ctrl-Shift-Z Cmd-Y or Cmd-Shift-Z
Cut Ctrl-X Cmd-X
Copy Ctrl-C Cmd-C
Paste Ctrl-V Cmd-V
Paste Into Ctrl-Shift-V Cmd-Shift-V
Clear Delete Delete
Select All Ctrl-A Cmd-A
Launch External Editor Ctrl-E Cmd-E
Page Properties Ctrl-J Cmd-J
Preferences Ctrl-U or Ctrl-K Cmd-U or Cmd-K

Quick Tag Editor
Action Windows Mac
Open Quick Tag Editor Ctrl-T Cmd-T
Select parent tag Ctrl-Shift-< Cmd-Shift-<
Select child tag Ctrl-Shift-> Cmd-Shift->

History Palette
Action Windows Mac
Open the History palette F9 F9
Start/Stop Recording Command Ctrl-Shift-X Cmd-Shift-X
Play Recorded Command Ctrl-P Cmd-P

Inserting Objects
Action Windows Mac
Any object Drag file from the Finder or Site
window to the Document window
Drag file from the Finder or Site
window to the Document window
Image Ctrl-Alt-I Cmd-Option-I
Table Ctrl-Alt-T Cmd-Option-T
Flash movie Ctrl-Alt-F Cmd-Option-F
Shockwave Director movie Ctrl-Alt-D Cmd-Option-D
Named anchor Ctrl-Alt-A Cmd-Option-A

Finding and Replacing Text
Action Windows Mac
Find Ctrl-F Cmd-F
Find Next/Find Again F3 Cmd-G
Replace Ctrl-H Cmd-H

Editing Text
Action Windows Mac
Create a new paragraph Enter Return
Insert a line break Shift-Enter Shift-Return
Insert a nonbreaking space Ctrl-Shift-spacebar Option-spacebar
Move text or object to
another place in the page
Drag selected item to
new location
Drag selected item to
new location
Copy text or object to
another place in the page
Ctrl-drag selected item
to new location
Option-drag selected item
to new location
Copy text only (does not copy HTML tags) Ctrl-Shift-C Cmd-Shift-C
Paste as text Ctrl-Shift-V Cmd-Shift-V
Select a word Double-click Double-click
Add selected items to library Ctrl-Shift-B Cmd-Shift-B
Switch between Document window
and HTML inspector
Ctrl-Tab Option-Tab
Open and close the Property inspector Ctrl-Shift-J Cmd-Shift-J
Check spelling Shift-F7 Shift-F7

Formatting Text
Many text formatting shortcuts have no effect when working in the HTML inspector. 
Action Windows Mac
Increase indent Ctrl-] Cmd-]
Decrease indent Ctrl-[ Cmd-[
Format/None Ctrl-0 (zero) Cmd-0 (zero)
Paragraph format Ctrl-Shift-P Cmd-Shift-P
Apply Headings 1 through
6 to a paragraph
Ctrl-1 through 6 Cmd-1 through 6
Align left Ctrl-Alt-L Cmd-Option-L
Align center Ctrl-Alt-C Cmd-Option-C
Align right Ctrl-Alt-R Cmd-Option-R
Bold selected text Ctrl-B Cmd-B
Italicize selected text Ctrl-I Cmd-I
Edit style sheet Ctrl-Shift-E Cmd-Shift-E

Working With Frames
Action Windows Mac
Select a frame Alt-click in frame Shift-Option-click in frame
Select next frame or frameset Alt-right arrow Cmd-right arrow
Select previous frame or frameset Alt-left arrow Cmd-left arrow
Select parent frameset Alt-up arrow Cmd-up arrow
Select first child frame
or frameset
Alt-down arrow Cmd-down arrow
Add a new frame or frameset Alt-drag frame border Option-drag frame border
Add a new frame to frameset
using push method
Ctrl-Alt-drag frame border Cmd-Option-drag frame border

Working in Tables
Action Windows Mac
Select table (with cursor
inside table)
Ctrl-A Cmd-A
Move to the next cell Tab Tab
Move to the previous cell Shift-Tab Shift-Tab
Insert a row (before current) Ctrl-M Cmd-M
Add a row at end of table Tab in the last cell Tab in the last cell
Delete the current row Ctrl-Shift-M Cmd-Shift-M
Insert a column Ctrl-Shift-A Cmd-Shift-A
Delete a column Ctrl-Shift-- (hyphen) Cmd-Shift-- (hyphen)
Merge selected table cells Ctrl-Alt-M Cmd-Option-M
Split table cells Ctrl-Alt-S Cmd-Option-S
Update table layout Ctrl-spacebar Cmd-spacebar

Working With Layers
Action Windows Mac
Select a layer Ctrl-Shift-click Cmd-Shift-click
Select and move layer Ctrl-Shift-drag Cmd-Shift-drag
Add or remove layer from selection Shift-click layer Shift-click layer
Move selected layer by pixels Arrow keys Arrow keys
Move selected layer by
snapping increment
Shift-arrow keys Shift-arrow keys
Resize selected layer by pixels Ctrl-arrow keys Option-arrow keys
Resize selected layer by
snapping increment
Ctrl-Shift-arrow keys Option-Shift-arrow keys
Align selected layers to the
top/bottom/left/right of the last
selected layer
Ctrl-up/down/left/right arrow key Cmd-up/down/left/right arrow key
Make selected layers the same width Ctrl-Shift-[ Cmd-Shift-[
Make selected layers the same height Ctrl-Shift-] Cmd-Shift-]
Convert layers to table Ctrl-Shift-F6 Cmd-Shift-F6
Convert tables to layers Ctrl-F6 Cmd-F6
Toggle nesting preference on or
off when creating a layer
Ctrl-drag Cmd-drag
Toggle the display of the grid Ctrl-Alt-Shift-G Cmd-Option-Shift-G
Snap to grid Ctrl-Alt-G Cmd-Option-G
Add a keyframe (timeline) Shift-F9 Shift-F9
Remove a keyframe (timeline) Delete Delete

Working With Timelines
Action Windows Mac
Add object to timeline Ctrl-Alt-Shift-T Cmd-Option-Shift-T

Working With Images
Action Windows Mac
Change image source attribute Double-click image Double-click image
Edit image in external editor Ctrl-double-click image Cmd-double-click image

Managing Hyperlinks
Action Windows Mac
Creat hyperlink (select text) Ctrl-L Cmd-L
Remove hyperlink Ctrl-Shift-L Cmd-Shift-L
Drag and drop to create a
hyperlink from a document
Select element, Shift-drag to
a file in Site window
Select element, Shift-drag to
a file in Site window
Open the linked-to document
in Dreamweaver
Ctrl-double-click link Cmd-double-click link
Check selected links Shift-F8 Shift-F8
Check all links Ctrl-F8 Cmd-F8

Targeting/Previewing in Browsers
Action Windows Mac
Preview in primary browser F12 F12
Preview in secondary browser Ctrl-F12 Cmd-F12

Working With Templates
Action Windows Mac
Create new editable region Ctrl-Alt-V Cmd-Option-V
Mark region as editable Ctrl-Alt-W Cmd-Option-W

Site Map
Action Windows Mac
View site files F5 F5
Refresh local pane Shift-F5 Shift-F5
Make root Ctrl-Shift-R Cmd-Shift-R
Link to existing file Ctrl-Shift-K Cmd-Shift-K
Change link Ctrl-L Cmd-L
Remove link Delete Delete
Show/Hide link Ctrl-Shift-Y Cmd-Shift-Y
Show page titles Ctrl-Shift-T Cmd-Shift-T
Zoom in site map Ctrl-+ (plus) Cmd-+ (plus)
Zoom out site map Ctrl-- (hyphen) Cmd-- (hyphen)

Site Management and FTP
Action Windows Mac
Create new file Ctrl-Shift-N Cmd-Shift-N
Create new folder Ctrl-Alt-Shift-N Cmd-Option-Shift-N
Open selection Ctrl-Alt-Shift-O Cmd-Option-Shift-O
Get selected file or folder
from remote FTP site
Ctrl-Shift-D or drag files from
Remote to Local pane in Site window
Cmd-Shift-D or drag files from
Remote to Local pane in Site window
Put selected files or folder
to remote FTP site
Ctrl-Shift-U or drag files from Local
to Remote pane in Site window
Cmd-Shift-U or drag files from Local
to Remote pane in Site window
Check out Ctrl-Alt-Shift-D Cmd-Option-Shift-D
Check in Ctrl-Alt-Shift-U Cmd-Option-Shift-U
Disconnect Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F5 Cmd-Option-Shift-F5
View site map Ctrl-F5 Cmd-F5
Refresh remote site Alt-F5 Option-F5

Playing Plug-Ins
Action Windows Mac
Play plug-in Ctrl-Alt-P Cmd-Option-P
Stop plug-in Ctrl-Alt-X Cmd-Option-X
Play all plug-ins Ctrl-Alt-Shift-P Cmd-Option-Shift-P
Stop all plug-ins Ctrl-Alt-Shift-X Cmd-Option-Shift-X

Viewing Page Elements
Action Windows Mac
Invisible elements Ctrl-Shift-I Cmd-Shift-I
Rulers Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R Cmd-Option-Shift-R
Grid Ctrl-Alt-Shift-G Cmd-Option-Shift-G
Head content Ctrl-Shift-W Cmd-Shift-W

Opening and Closing Palettes
Action Windows Mac
Objects Ctrl-F2 Cmd-F2
Properties Ctrl-F3 Cmd-F3
Launcher Shift-F4 Shift-F4
Site Files F5 F5
Site Map Ctrl-F5 Cmd-F5
Library F6 F6
CSS Styles F7 F7
HTML Styles Ctrl-F7 Cmd-F7
Behaviours F8 F8
History F9 F9
HTML Source F10 F10
Layers F11 F11
Timeline Ctrl-F9 Cmd-F9
Frames Ctrl-F10 Cmd-F10
Templates Ctrl-F11 Cmd-F11
All palettes F4 F4
Close document window Ctrl-W Cmd-W

Getting Help
Action Windows Mac
Using Dreamweaver Help Topics F1 F1
Extending Dreamweaver Help Topics Shift-F1 Shift-F1
Dreamweaver Online Ctrl-F1 Cmd-F1