Dreamweaver CS3 Shortcuts: Mac

Here are many of Dreamweaver’s keyboard shortcuts. Some of them are the little known, hidden keystrokes! Download them as a PDF (nicely formatted single page that’s easily printed), or scroll down to the shortcut you need. Feel free to link to this page to share it with others! Enjoy...

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Insert
Non-Breaking Space ( )	Cmd-Shift-Space (works in Code & Design views) Option-Space (also works, but only in Design view)
Line Break <br>	Shift-Return
Image	Cmd-Opt-I
Table	Cmd-Opt-T
Modify
Quick Tag Editor	Cmd-T
Working with Tables
Select individual (or multiple, discontinuous) table cells	Cmd-click cell(s)
Select Table (with cursor inside the table)	Cmd-A (may need to do twice)
Insert Row	Cmd-M
Insert Column	Cmd-Shift-A
Delete Row	Cmd-Shift-M
Delete Column	Cmd-Shift-hyphen(-)
Merge Selected Cells	Cmd-Opt-M
Split Cell...	Cmd-Opt-S
Increase Column Span	Cmd-Shift-]
Decrease Column Span	Cmd-Shift-[
Add new row at bottom of table	With cursor in bottom right table cell, hit Tab
Working with Frames
Add a new frame to frameset	In the Frames panel select the frame, then in your document window Opt-drag frame border
Pull out solid frame (creates Nested Frameset)	Cmd-drag frame border
Select a frame	Shift-Opt-click in frame
Select next frame or frameset	Cmd-Right arrow
Select previous frame or frameset	Cmd-Left arrow
Select parent frameset	Cmd-Up arrow
Select first child frame or frameset	Cmd-Down arrow
Working with Images
Replace image with a different one	Double-click image
Edit image in external editor	Cmd-Double-click image
Working with Layers
Select a layer (without having to click it’s grab tag)	Cmd-Shift-click
Working with Links
Make Link	Cmd-L
Remove Link	Cmd-Shift-L
Open the link-to document in Dreamweaver	Cmd-Double-click link
Drag & drop to create link	Select the text, then Shift-drag it to file in Files panel
Document Editing
Go to Next Word	Cmd-Right arrow
Go to Previous Word	Cmd-Left arrow
Go to Previous Paragraph	Cmd-Up arrow
Go to Next Paragraph	Cmd-Down arrow
Select Until Next Word	Cmd-Shift-Right arrow
Select From Previous Word	Cmd-Shift-Left arrow
Select From Previous Paragraph	Cmd-Shift-Up arrow
Select Until Next Paragraph	Cmd-Shift-Down arrow
Edit Tag	Shift-F5
Exit Paragraph	Cmd-Return
Code Editing
Show Code Hints	Control-Space
Quick Tag Editor	Cmd-T
Select Parent Tag	Cmd-[
Select Child	Cmd-]
Balance Braces	Cmd-’
Find Next (Find Again)	Cmd-G
Select line up/down	Shift-Up/Down arrow
Character select left/right	Shift-Left/Right arrow
Select to page up/down	Shift-Page Up/Page Down
Move to word on left/right	Cmd-Left/Right arrow
Select to word on left/right	Cmd-Shift-Left/Right arrow
Move to start/end of line	Home/ End
Select to start/end of line	Shift-Home/End
Move to top/end of file	Cmd-Home/End
Select to start/end of file	Cmd-Shift-Home/End
Go to Line	Cmd-,
Indent Code	Cmd-Shift->
Outdent Code	Cmd-Shift-<
Formatting Text
None	Cmd-0
Heading 1	Cmd-1
Heading 2	Cmd-2
Heading 3	Cmd-3
Heading 4	Cmd-4
Heading 5	Cmd-5
Heading 6	Cmd-6
Paragraph	Cmd-Shift-P
Left	Cmd-Opt-Shift-L
Center	Cmd-Opt-Shift-C
Right	Cmd-Opt-Shift-R
Justify	Cmd-Opt-Shift-J
Text Indent	Cmd-Opt+]
Text Outdent	Cmd-Opt+[
View
Switch between Code and Design Views	Ctrl-tilde(~)
Switch between Documents (Tabs)	Cmd-tilde(~)
Refresh Design View	F5
Working with Documents & panels
Show/Hide Panels	F4
Switch to Next Document (Tab)	Cmd-tilde(~)
Switch to Previous Document (Tab)	Cmd-Shift-tilde(~)
Assets	Opt-F11
Behaviors	Shift-F4
Bindings	Cmd-F10
Code Inspector	Opt-F10
Components	Cmd-F7
Databases	Cmd-Shift-F10
Files	F8
Frames	Shift-F2
AP Elements (Layers)	F2
Properties	Cmd-F3
Reference	Shift-F1
Results	F7
Server Behaviors	Cmd-F9
Tag Inspector	Opt-Shift-F9
Misc
Check Spelling	Shift-F7