Below you will find an overview of all features available in the default CKEditor toolbar.
Working with a Document
Toolbar Button | Description |
View or edit the source code of the document (for advanced users). See Document Source. | |
Save the contents of CKEditor and submit its data to the server, when CKEditor is placed inside an HTML form. See Saving Content. | |
Clear the editing area and create a new page. See Creating a New Page. | |
Show a preview of the document in the shape that will be displayed to end users. See Document Preview. | |
Select a layout template. See Templates. | |
Cut the selected text fragment to the clipboard. See Cut. | |
Copy the selected text fragment to the clipboard. See Copy. | |
Paste content copied to the clipboard along with formatting. See Paste. | |
Paste content copied to the clipboard without formatting. See Paste as Plain Text. | |
Paste content copied from Microsoft Word or similar applications along with formatting. See Paste from Word. | |
Print document contents. See Printing. | |
Insert a page break. This only impacts the printed version. See Page Breaks. | |
Check spelling of the document text or turn on the Spell Check As You Type (SCAYT) feature. See Spell Checking. | |
Undo or redo the most recent action performed. See Undo and Redo. | |
Find a word or phrase in the document. See Find. | |
Find and replace a word or phrase in the document. See Replace. | |
Select all contents of the document. See Text Selection. | |
Remove the formatting of the selected text. See Remove Format. | |
Maximize the editor in the browser window. See Resizing and Maximizing CKEditor. | |
Highlight all block-level elements in the document. See Show Blocks. | |
Show information about CKEditor. See CKEditor Version. |
Text Styling
Toolbar Button | Description |
Apply bold, italic, underline or | |
Apply superscript or subscript formatting to the text. See Subscript and Superscript. | |
Apply pre-defined combinations of various formatting options to block and inline elements. See Formatting Styles. | |
Apply pre-defined block-level combinations of various formatting options. See Paragraph Format. | |
Change the typeface of the text. See Font Name. | |
Change the font size of the text. See Font Size. | |
Change the color of the text. See Text Color. | |
Change the background color of the text. See Background Color. |
Text Layout
Toolbar Button | Description |
Increase or decrease text indentation. See Text Indentation. | |
Format a block of text as indented quotation. See Block Quote. | |
Create a new div element in document source. See Creating Div Container.
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Set text alignment (left, centered, right or justified). See Text Alignment. | |
Set text direction as from left to right (default value for most Western languages) or from right to left (languages like Arabic, Persian, Hebrew). | |
Insert a divider line (horizontal rule) into the document. See Horizontal Line. |
Rich Text
Toolbar Button | Description |
Create a numbered or bulleted list. See Creating Lists. | |
Create or remove a hyperlink in the text. These features may also be used to manage file uploads and links to files on the web server. See Links, E-Mails and Anchors. | |
Insert a link anchor to the text. See Anchors. | |
Insert an image into the document. See Inserting Images. | |
Insert an Adobe Flash object into the document. See Inserting Flash. | |
Create a table with the defined number of columns and rows. See Creating Tables. | |
Insert an emoticon image (smiley or icon). See Inserting Smileys. | |
Insert a special character or symbol. See Inserting Special Characters. | |
Insert an inline frame (iframe ). See Inserting IFrames.
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Form Elements
Toolbar Button | Description |
Insert a new form into the document. See Creating Forms. | |
Insert a checkbox into the document form. See Checkbox. | |
Insert a radio button into the document form. See Radio Button. | |
Insert a text field into the document form. See Text Field. | |
Insert a multi-line text area into the document form. See Textarea. | |
Insert a selection field into the document form. See Selection Field. | |
Insert a button into the document form. See Button. | |
Insert an image button into the document form. See Image Button. | |
Insert a hidden field into the document form. See Hidden Field. |