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Dotdigital keyboard shortcuts for accessibility
Dotdigital keyboard shortcuts for accessibility

Accessibility shortcuts can improve your experience with Dotdigital using a keyboard or assistive device.

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Written by Gareth Burroughes
Updated this week

Below is a list of keyboard shortcuts for various features in Dotdigital.


Generic shortcuts

These shortcuts are generic to most applications and can be used in most areas of Dotdigital.

Press this key

To do this

Esc

Close any dialog window

CTRL+Z

Undo edits

CTRL+Y

Redo edits


EasyEditor preview

These shortcuts can be used from the EasyEditor preview.

Press this key

To do this

1, 2, 3

Switch between desktop, tablet, and phone previews (1 = Desktop, 2 = Tablet, 3 = Mobile)

i

Togglei images on/off

R

Rotate tablet or mobile preview

Trhis does not affect desktop preview

H, T

Switch between HThML and plain text

P, D

Open personalisation and dynamic content preview dialogp

Esc

Close any dialog window


Program builder

These shortcuts can be used from the program builder.

Press this key

To do this

Arrow keys

Pan canvas when no node is selected

Arrow keys

Move focused node

Shift+Arrow keys

Pan canvas when node is focused

Ctrl+Arrow keys

Pan canvas and move focused node

Tab

Focus next node in the program.

This goes down the “Yes” route on decision nodes, and stops on other kinds of split nodes.

Shift+Tab

Focus previous node in program


Image manager

These shortcuts can be used from the Image manager.

  • The shortcuts do not work on mac

Press this key

To do this

CTRL+L

Show list view.

CTRL+K

Show thumbnail view.

Alt+A

Start image upload.

Alt+N

Create new folder.


Folder management

These shortcuts can be used for managing your folders in various areas of Dotdigital.

Press this key

To do this

Left arrow

Collapse selected folder

Right arrow

Expand selected folder

Shift+Left arrow

Collapse selected folder and all sub-folders

Shift+Right arrow

Expand selected folder and all sub-folders

Shift+D

Delete selected folder

Shift+N

Add a new subfolder

Shift+R

Rename selected folder

Shift+A

Select the "All folders" item

Alt+Up arrow

Move selected folder up the list

Alt+Down arrow

Move selected folder down the list

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