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For changing the shortcuts, see .

For a more friendly presentation, that's not as complete as this, see en:WP:Keyboard shortcuts.

MediaWiki provides various keyboard shortcuts, which allow users to perform many common operations quickly using only the keyboard. This page lists the default English-language shortcuts defined by both core MediaWiki and its extensions.

Each shortcut consists of a "modifier key" plus a single "access key" character. The modifier is one or more keys that must be pressed and held down while typing the final character. The appropriate modifier to use depends on which web browser and operating system you are using; some possibilities are listed in the table below. For any given shortcut, the final access key will be the same for all systems; a list of these is found in the next section.

Thus, for example, in Firefox on a Linux system, one must press and hold down the Alt and Shift keys while typing the final character for the desired shortcut (for example, Alt+Shift+z will take you to the wiki's Main Page). In Safari on a Mac, you must hold down the Control and Option keys while typing the final character (Control+Option+z). In Internet Explorer on Windows, you must hold down only the Alt key while typing the final character. For systems not listed in the table, any of the options (or maybe even others not listed) might work. You may have to experiment to find a modifier that will work for you. (Note that sometimes different modifiers are required for different access keys on the same system.)

This is the list of the default shortcuts defined in core MediaWiki. The first column specifies the particular context in which the shortcut is available; the second column describes the action taken when the shortcut is invoked; the third column shows the access key for the shortcut (i.e., which key on the keyboard must be pressed in combination with the appropriate modifier key, as explained above, to invoke the action); the final column holds the name of the "" where the shortcut is defined (i.e., the page in the MediaWiki namespace containing the character found in the third column). A blank entry in the third column means that no shortcut is defined for the action by default.

Note that the system message is determined based on the id attribute of the element and there is no additional code needed for an extension to make a hotkey functional; if you are attempting to add a shortcut key for an extension not listed here, you may simply use the element inspector and determine the location based on its id attribute.

Note: The entries are initially sorted by the final part (in most cases) of the MediaWiki page name (e.g., "addsection", "anontalk", etc.). If desired, the table can be sorted by any of the columns.

The following additional shortcuts are defined by various MediaWiki extensions.

• mw:Manual:Interface/Access keys
• en:Wikipedia:Keyboard shortcuts
• mw:VisualEditor/Portal/Keyboard shortcuts
• mw:Help:Structured Discussions/Keyboard shortcuts (aka. Flow)
• mw:Manual:Huggle/Keyboard shortcuts
• mw:Requests for comment/Internationalization testing

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