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Updated on Nov 9, 2026
The ImageEditor provides keyboard navigation for its toolbar, sidebar, tool panes, and canvas. This article lists the default keyboard shortcuts. It extends the general information about keyboard navigation in Telerik UI for Blazor.
The sidebar uses roving focus. The tool pane is exposed as a labeled region. The canvas is focusable and exposed as an application when an image is loaded, and the canvas image has an accessible name.
| Key Combination | Description |
|---|
Tab / Shift + Tab | Moves focus through the focusable controls in the toolbar, the sidebar, the tool pane, and the canvas. |
Alt + W | Moves focus to the first available control in the toolbar when focus is inside the editor. On macOS, use Option + W. |
Ctrl + O | Opens an image. This shortcut also works when no image is loaded. |
Ctrl + Z | Undoes the last edit. |
Ctrl + Y | Redoes the last reverted edit. |
Ctrl + Shift + S | Opens the Export Image dialog. |
Escape | Stops the text editing, closes the active tool pane, or clears the selected object. |
| Key Combination | Description |
|---|
Ctrl + + / Ctrl + = / Ctrl + Add | Zooms in. |
Ctrl + - / Ctrl + Subtract | Zooms out. |
Shift + 1 | Fits the image to the screen. |
Shift + 0 | Displays the image at its actual size. |
| Key Combination | Description |
|---|
Arrow keys | Move focus between the tools in the sidebar. |
Home / End | Focus the first or the last tool in the sidebar. |
Enter / Space | Activate the focused sidebar tool. |
Ctrl + F3 | Moves focus to the active tool pane. |
The following shortcuts apply to the objects on the canvas.
| Key Combination | Description |
|---|
R | Inserts a rectangle. |
O | Inserts an ellipse. |
L | Inserts a line. |
T | Inserts a text box. |
Arrow keys | Nudge the selected object. |
Ctrl + D | Duplicates the selected object. |
Delete | Deletes the selected object. The component requests confirmation before it deletes the object. |
The following shortcuts apply when editable text is active or selected.
| Key Combination | Description |
|---|
Ctrl + B | Applies bold formatting. |
Ctrl + I | Applies italic formatting. |
Ctrl + U | Applies underline formatting. |
Ctrl + Shift + L | Aligns the text to the left. |
Ctrl + Shift + E | Centers the text. |
Ctrl + Shift + R | Aligns the text to the right. |
- On macOS, the
Command key replaces Ctrl for the command shortcuts.
- While the text editor has focus, the component handles the text formatting shortcuts and
Escape, but not the other editor shortcuts.
Backspace does not delete the selected object.