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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 dialog listing each shortcut and its key combination, from Open keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl + /) through Toggle LTR box and Select Word

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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