WYSIWYG Toolbar

The What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) toolbar is similar to other content editing toolbars, with additional Omni CMS-specific options.

OU toolbar

Overview

The WYSIWYG toolbar gives you buttons to represent every function available for editing the content. Clicking a button in the toolbar performs an action, either directly to the page, or to the selected text and media. Some buttons display more options in a dropdown menu or pop-up box.

The availability of a function is based on the location of the cursor on the page. For example, if no object is selected, Insert/Edit Link is dimmed (disabled). For Insert/Edit Link to be available, first select text or a graphic to link to.

Right-click the content for contextual functions. For example, right-clicking within a table provides a list of table editing functions. 

Keyboard Shortcuts

Firefox, Chrome, and Safari prevent scripts from invoking the cut, copy, and paste commands so the corresponding buttons on the WYSIWYG toolbar do not function as expected when using browsers with these restrictions. Use keyboard shortcuts instead.

The following keyboard shortcuts function even if the related toolbar button or dropdown menu has been disabled:

  • Ctrl (PC)/Cmd (Mac) + S: Save changes to the staging server and remain inside the editor to continue working.
  • Ctrl/Cmd + X: Cut
  • Ctrl/Cmd + C: Copy
  • Ctrl/Cmd + V: Paste
  • Ctrl/Cmd + Z: Undo
  • Ctrl/Cmd + Y: Redo
  • Ctrl/Cmd + B: Bold highlighted text
  • Ctrl/Cmd + U: Underline highlighted text
  • Ctrl/Cmd + I: Italicize highlighted text
  • Ctrl/Cmd + F: Open the WYSIWYG Find and Replace tool.
  • Ctrl/Cmd + [1-6]: Format currently-selected text as Heading 1-6, respectively
  • Ctrl/Cmd + 7: Format currently-selected text as a <p> (paragraph)
  • Ctrl/Cmd + 8: Format currently-selected text as a <div>
  • Ctrl/Cmd + 9: Format currently-selected text as an <address>
  • Shift + Enter: Create a new line break in the current text (as opposed to creating a new paragraph, which makes a new block of text).
  • Shift + Arrow Keys: Highlight text character-by-character (up/down arrows highlight by line).
  • Shift + Ctrl/Cmd + Arrow Keys: Highlight text word-by-word (up/down arrows highlight by line).