TinyMCE editor

New feature
in Moodle 4.1! TinyMCE is a powerful rich-text editor that allows users to create formatted content within a user-friendly interface.

The popular editor can be enabled, disabled or set as default from Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Text editors > Manage editors.

If enabled, users may select the TinyMCE editor from the user menu top right>Preferences>Editor preferences

Note: an earlier version, the TinyMCE editor (legacy) is also available, although it is recommended to disable it if you plan to use the newer version. The newer version is more accessible and will eventually replace the current default Atto editor.

Tiny Features

WIP

Tiny Toolbar

#	Button	#	Button
1	Undo	10	Align left
2	Redo	11	Align center
3	Bold	12	Align right
4	Italics	13	Justify
5	Insert image / modify image properties	14	Decrease indent
6	Insert video / modify video properties	15	Increase indent
7	Record audio	16	Bullets list
8	Record video	17	Numbered list
9	Insert H5P / modify H5P properties	18	Equation editor
		19	Toggle second toolbar (if present)

Keyboard shortcuts

The following keyboard shortcuts will work in the Tiny text editor in most browsers. Note that for many of these commands to work you need to either click in the text editor or select content in the text editor.

Editor shortcuts

Windows Command	Mac Command	Function
Ctrl + Shift + f	⌘ + Shift + f	Full screen toggle
Ctrl + c	⌘ + c	Copy
Ctrl + v	⌘ + v	Paste
Ctrl + Shift + v	⌘ + Shift + v	Paste without formatting (very useful)
Ctrl + x	⌘ + x	Cut
Ctrl + z	⌘ + z	Undo
Ctrl + y	⌘ + y	Redo
Ctrl + a	⌘ + a	Select all
Ctrl + f	⌘ + f	Find and replace
F3	F3	Find next
Shift + F3	Shift + F3	Find previous
Ctrl + b	⌘ + b	Bold
Ctrl + i	⌘ + i	Italics
Ctrl + u	⌘ + u	Underline
Ctrl + k	⌘ + k	Insert/edit link
Ctrl + Right arrow	Option + Right arrow	Move to the end of the next word
Ctrl + Left arrow	Option + Left arrow	Move to the end of the previous word
Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow	Shift + Option + Right arrow	Select the next word or letter
Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow	Shift + Option + Left arrow	Select the previous word or letter
Ctrl + Shift + Home	⌘ + Shift + Home	Select from the cursor to the beginning of the page
Ctrl + Shift + End	⌘ + Shift + End	Select from the cursor to the end of the page
Ctrl + Home	⌘ + Up arrow	Move to the beginning of the page
Ctrl + End	⌘ + Down arrow	Move to the end of the page
Ctrl + Backspace	⌘ + Backspace	Delete word or letter to the left
Ctrl + Delete	⌘ + Delete	Delete word or letter to the right
Ctrl + P	⌘ + P	Print
Alt+Shift+1	Ctrl+Option+1	Header 1
Alt+Shift+2	Ctrl+Option+2	Header 2
Alt+Shift+3	Ctrl+Option+3	Header 3
Alt+Shift+4	Ctrl+Option+4	Header 4
Alt+Shift+5	Ctrl+Option+5	Header 5
Alt+Shift+6	Ctrl+Option+6	Header 6
Alt+Shift+7	Ctrl+Option+7	Paragraph
Alt+Shift+8	Ctrl+Option+8	Div
Alt+Shift+9	Ctrl+Option+9	Address
Alt+0	Option+0	Help dialogue (list of shortcuts)
Ctrl and +	⌘ and +	Zoom in (not specific to the editor, but very useful)
Ctrl and -	⌘ and -	Zoom out (not specific to the editor, but very useful)
Ctrl and 0	⌘ and 0	Reset zoom (not specific to the editor, but very useful)
Double-click	Double-click	Select word
Triple-click	Triple-click	Select line

Tiny accessibility

The sections of the outer UI of the editor - the menubar, toolbar, sidebar and footer - are all keyboard navigable.

Activating keyboard navigation

There are multiple ways to activate keyboard navigation:

• Focus the menubar: Alt + F9 (Windows) or ⌥F9 (MacOS)
• Focus the toolbar: Alt + F10 (Windows) or ⌥F10 (MacOS)
• Focus the footer: Alt + F11 (Windows) or ⌥F11 (MacOS)

Focusing the menubar or toolbar will start keyboard navigation at the first item in the menubar or toolbar, which will be highlighted with a gray background. Focusing the footer will start keyboard navigation at the first item in the element path, which will be highlighted with an underline.

Moving between UI sections

When keyboard navigation is active, pressing tab will move the focus to the next major section of the UI, where applicable. These sections are:

• the menubar
• each group of the toolbar
• the sidebar
• the element path in the footer
• the wordcount toggle button in the footer
• the branding link in the footer
• the editor resize handle in the footer

Pressing shift + tab will move backwards through the same sections, except when moving from the footer to the toolbar. Focusing the element path then pressing shift + tab will move focus to the first toolbar group, not the last.

Moving within UI sections

Keyboard navigation within UI sections can usually be achieved using the left and right arrow keys. This includes:

• moving between menus in the menubar
• moving between buttons in a toolbar group
• moving between items in the element path

In all these UI sections, keyboard navigation will cycle within the section. For example, focusing the last button in a toolbar group then pressing right arrow will move focus to the first item in the same toolbar group.

Executing buttons

To execute a button, navigate the selection to the desired button and hit space or enter.

Opening, navigating and closing menus

When focusing a menubar button or a toolbar button with a menu, pressing space, enter or down arrow will open the menu. When the menu opens the first item will be selected. To move up or down the menu, press the up or down arrow key respectively. This is the same for submenus, which can also be opened and closed using the left and right arrow keys.

To close any active menu, hit the escape key. When a menu is closed the selection will be restored to its previous selection. This also works for closing submenus.

Context toolbars and menus

To focus an open context toolbar such as the table context toolbar, press Ctrl + F9 (Windows) or ⌃F9 (MacOS).

Context toolbar navigation is the same as toolbar navigation, and context menu navigation is the same as standard menu navigation.

Dialog navigation

There are two types of dialog UIs in TinyMCE: tabbed dialogs and non-tabbed dialogs.

When a non-tabbed dialog is opened, the first interactive component in the dialog will be focused. Users can navigate between interactive components by pressing tab. This includes any footer buttons. Navigation will cycle back to the first dialog component if tab is pressed while focusing the last component in the dialog. Pressing shift + tab will navigate backwards.

When a tabbed dialog is opened, the first button in the tab menu is focused. Pressing tab will navigate to the first interactive component in that tab, and will cycle through the tab’s components, the footer buttons, then back to the tab button. To switch to another tab, focus the tab button for the current tab, then use the arrow keys to cycle through the tab buttons.

Accessibility shortcuts

This is a list of available keyboard shortcuts within the editor user interface.

Windows Command	Mac Command	Function
Enter / Spacebar	Enter / Spacebar	Execute command
Tab	Tab	Focus on next UI Element(such as: Menu bar, Toolbar, Toolbar Group, Status Bar Item)
Shift+Tab	Shift+Tab	Focus on previous UI Element(such as: Menu bar, Toolbar, Toolbar Group, Status Bar Item)
Right Arrow / Down Arrow	Right Arrow / Down Arrow	Focus next Control(such as: toolbar button, menu, or menu item)
Left Arrow / Up Arrow	Left Arrow / Up Arrow	Focus previous Control(such as: toolbar button, menu, or menu item)
Down Arrow / Spacebar	Down Arrow / Spacebar	Open menu or toolbar menu button
Spacebar	Spacebar	Open group toolbar button
Down Arrow	Down Arrow	Open split toolbar button
Shift+Enter	Shift+Enter	Open the popup menu on split toolbar buttons
Right Arrow	Right Arrow	Open submenu
Left Arrow / Esc	Left Arrow / Esc	Close submenu
Esc	Esc	Close dialog
Esc	Esc	Close menu
Esc	Esc	Move focus back to editor body

Note: Browsers and Screen Readers provide additional shortcuts within the editor context.

Site administration settings

General settings

The editor shows a small "Power by Tiny" icon in the footer that includes a link to the Tiny editor web site. You can show/hide this icon by enabling/disabling the Tiny branding option.