Keyboard shortcuts
Full Ace command list in the manager: Ctrl+Alt+H (on Mac Command+Option+H) while the editor is focused. Emmet adds its own entries to the same table.
Ace and package
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+Alt+H | Shortcut table |
| Ctrl+Shift+B | HTML beautify for every mode. There is no separate PHP or CSS formatter |
| Alt+Z | Toggle word wrap |
| Ctrl+F11 | Fullscreen (Windows/Linux) |
| Cmd+F12 | Fullscreen (Mac) |
| Ctrl+Space, Ctrl+Shift+Space, Alt+Space | MODX / PHP completions. There is no Cmd+Space |
| Tab | Expand Tab snippet (ace.snippets) or indent |
| Shift+Ctrl+A | Emmet: wrap with abbreviation. The same shortcut on Mac |
| Ctrl+S / Cmd+S | Save the form (since 1.9.10 the hidden field stays in the form in fullscreen) |
Ace core (basic)
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+F | Find |
| Ctrl+H | Replace |
| Ctrl+L | Go to line. On Windows this opens the package dialog. On Mac go to line is Command+Option+L |
| Ctrl+/ | Comment |
| Ctrl+D | Delete the line. On Mac Command+D does the same |
| Ctrl+Alt+→ | Next occurrence (selectMoreAfter) |
| Ctrl+Alt+↑ / ↓ | Multicursor |
Ctrl+G is not go to line. Use the Ctrl+Alt+H dialog as the source of truth.
Fullscreen
Ace moves the editor to document.body. .ace_maximized uses z-index 12000. Until JavaScript measures insets, top is 60px and left is 70px. Insets then come from the header or side menu (#modx-header) and the button bar (#modx-action-buttons).