The new Connect platform provides a powerful text editor.
Most commands have a keyboard shortcut for accelerated composing.
The same set of tools is available:
- When posting a new article, or
- Replying to posts, or
- Composing a private message.
This is a significant advantage.
This article lists and describes keyboard shortcuts that accelerate composing messages on the new Connect platform.
Notes:
- Keep the Preview window open to see the formatting in real time.
- I have tested these techniques using a physical keyboard attached to a desktop computer.
- These techniques are not tested with a touchscreen device.
Tip 1
Select some text and:
Press Ctrl+B for Bold
Press Ctrl+I for Italics
Press Ctrl+B and then Ctrl+I for bold and Italic text.
Also, enclosing the words manually with:
- a single * will make it italics,
- two ** will make it bold,
- three *** will make it both bold and italics.
Tip 2
With no text selected, press Ctrl+B to turn the Bold mode ON.
The editor will show some dummy text like strong text selected.
Start typing your text to replace the default text.
To stop typing in bold, move the cursor past the ** and continue typing.
The same applied to Ctrl+I
Tip 3
Press Ctrl+A to select all the text in the editor.
Tip 4
To insert a link to another website or Connect post, press Ctr+K to open the Insert Link dialog.
In this dialog, type the website URL link.
for example www.YouTube.com
Also, add some text to which the link will be attached.
Click OK in the dialog box to close it and note that a hyperlinked text will appear which also opens the webpage.
Alternatively, you can attach a hyperlink to an existing word.
Select the word and press Ctrl+K to open the Insert Link dialog.
Type the website address and press OK.
The selected word will become a hyperlink to the website.
Note: The inserted hyperlink will open according to the settings in Preferences - Interface - Open all external links in a new tab.
Tip 5
To quickly insert the flag emoji for a country, type a colon : followed by the first 3 letters of the country
The flags of the country will appear and you can use the arrow keys to highlight the country flag then press Tab to insert it.
For example, type :indi for the flag emoji of India 
and :indo for the flag emoji of Indonesia 
Tip 6
For inserting a smiley emoji type :smil, 
For the Namaskar 
icon type :fold which will list both folder hands and the folder 
icons, because both start with the characters fold.
Press Tab to insert the highlighted emoji.
Use any word that appears in an emoji definition to search and insert the emoji.
For example :air will display
Press Tab to insert the highlighted emoji.
Tip 7
To undo an action like undo a deleted word or sentence, press Ctrl+Z.
To redo an action, type Ctrl+Shift+Z.
Note: Press Ctrl+Z multiple times to undo multiple actions.
Tip 8
If you have copied something from another webpage that contains formatted text like hyperlinks, etc. press Ctrl+Shift+V to paste it as plain text which will automatically remove all the formatting.
Tip 9
If you know any emoji codes like 
or 
these are supported as well.
Tip 10
Pressing Esc will take you out of the post-composing mode.
Now you must click Resume or click the trash icon to discard the post permanently.
If you close the browser tab at this point, the post can be resumed by clicking on the Create button and selecting Drafts.
Tip 11
Here are a few more editor accelerators:
Select text, then Ctrl+Shift+9 = Quote the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+8 = Bulleted List
Ctrl+Shift+7 = Numbered List
Note: Pressing these keys again removes the effect.
Do you know any other Pro Tips when using the text editor in LG Connect?
Please share them in the comments.
