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How to use the wxrks Editor Shortcuts

Every keyboard shortcut currently available in the wxrks Editor, grouped by what it does, with Windows/Mac key differences called out.

Keyboard shortcuts let you confirm segments, pull in suggestions, and move around a file without reaching for the mouse. This article lists every shortcut currently available in the wxrks Editor.

💡 Who is this for? Anyone translating or reviewing inside the wxrks Editor — Vendors, Project Managers, and Account Admins alike. For the rest of the Editor's layout and menu, see wxrks Editor and wxrks Editor Menu for Vendors.


Opening the shortcuts list in-app

Press Ctrl + / (Windows) or Command + / (Mac) anywhere in the Editor, or click the Help icon in the top bar, to open the full list on screen — useful as a quick reference without leaving the file you're working on.

wxrks Editor Keyboard shortcuts modal listing every shortcut and its key combination

On Mac, use Command in place of Ctrl for every shortcut below unless a Mac-specific key is called out — the in-app list adapts automatically. Three shortcuts are the exception and use the same keys (Ctrl/Alt) on both Windows and Mac: NNBSP, Toggle LTR box, and Select Word.


Navigation

Go to a specific segment

Ctrl + G

Next segment

Ctrl + ↓ or Tab

Previous segment

Ctrl + ↑ or Shift + Tab


Confirming and editing a segment

Confirm segment

Ctrl + Enter

Copy source text to target

Ctrl + S

Cut selected content from the target

Ctrl + X

Toggle selection case

Shift + F3

Select word

Ctrl + Shift + ←/→ or Alt + ←/→

You need to click into the first segment you want to confirm before Ctrl + Enter will start working through the file segment by segment.


Pulling in suggestions

Fetch from top Translation Memory match

Ctrl + M

Fetch from Machine Translation

Ctrl + Shift + M

Fetch from Glossary

Ctrl + Shift + G

Open the wxrks assistant

Ctrl + Shift + A

The wxrks assistant shortcut opens the same panel where you can review translation-smell suggestions and Augmented Actions.


Tags and text formatting

Copy all tags

Ctrl + B

Copy next tag

Ctrl + I

Toggle LTR box

Ctrl + Shift + L or Alt + L

NBSP (non-breaking space)

Shift + Spacebar (Windows) / Option + Spacebar (Mac)

NNBSP (narrow no-break space)

Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar

When a segment needs more than one tag inserted mid-text, press Copy next tag (Ctrl + I) repeatedly — the first press inserts the first tag, the next press inserts the second, and so on until every tag has been placed.

An NBSP looks like a normal space in the Editor and in most text editors — it only becomes visible in tools like Visual Studio Code, and usually only with an extension that displays non-breaking-space characters. An NNBSP is a narrower variant of the same idea, used where a full space is visually too wide (for example, before certain punctuation in French).

Not listed in the in-app shortcuts modal above, but still standard text-entry behavior in the segment field: Shift + Enter inserts a manual line break within a segment.


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