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In the WMD editor, I recently discovered:

  • CTRL-L (link)
  • CTRL-G (graphic)
  • CTRL-B (bold)
  • CTRL-I (italic)

What are some other useful hotkeys or tips on using WMD more efficiently?

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    You know that all buttons have tooltips that also tell the hotkey?
    – Joey
    Commented Jul 16, 2009 at 23:44
  • yes that's how I found the above, and just noticed the question mark that goes to this page: meta.stackoverflow.com/editing-help (is there any formatting possible in comments?)
    – Edward Tanguay
    Commented Jul 17, 2009 at 5:42
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    I think there is a way to highlight things in a comment.
    – Brad Gilbert
    Commented Jul 31, 2009 at 3:14
  • Let me try that, did it work?
    – Edward Tanguay
    Commented Jul 31, 2009 at 20:15
  • Let me try that again.
    – Edward Tanguay
    Commented Jul 31, 2009 at 20:19
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    FYI, there is a formatting sandbox "question."
    – Pops
    Commented Jun 27, 2011 at 15:44

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The hotkey is visible on hover. They should be added to the editing-help page.

Here they are (in order as in the bar):

screenshot of wmd-button-row

  • CTRL-B - Bold
  • CTRL-I - Italic
  • CTRL-L - Link
  • CTRL-Q - Block Quote
  • CTRL-K - Code Block
  • CTRL-G - Graphic
  • CTRL-O - Ordered (numbered) List
  • CTRL-U - Unordered (bullet) List
  • CTRL-H - Heading
  • CTRL-R - Horizontal Line
  • CTRL-Z - Undo
  • CTRL-Shift-Z - Redo
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CTRL+K (Code block)

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  • how do you make the keys like that?
    – Edward Tanguay
    Commented Jul 17, 2009 at 5:44
  • @Edward <kbd>button</kbd> or #<kbd>button</kbd>
    – Piotr Dobrogost
    Commented Jul 17, 2009 at 9:26
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    Do you know how many times I hit this in the bloody comments and make myself sad because nothing happens? About three times a day, that's how many.
    – Eric
    Commented Aug 14, 2009 at 4:49
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  • Ctrl+Q - BlockQuote
  • Ctrl+R - Horizontal Line
  • Ctrl+U - Newline
  • Ctrl+H - Underline
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