Editing functions in TinyMCE

Several editing functions are built into TinyMCE.

You can add more edit functions to TinyMCE v5 using the glide.ui.html.editor.v5.toolbar and properties located on the UI Properties page. For more information on configuring the edit functions, see Configure the HTML toolbar.

Table 1. Editing functions

Icon	TinyMCE v4 Icon	Name	Description
		Cut*	Cuts the selected text. Not supported in all browsers; use keyboard shortcut. Keyboard shortcut: CTRL + X
		Copy*	Copies the selected text. Not supported in all browsers; use keyboard shortcut. Keyboard shortcut: CTRL + C
		Paste*	Pastes the selected text. Not supported in all browsers; use keyboard shortcut. Keyboard shortcut: CTRL + V
		Paste as Plain Text*	Enables paste as plain text without source formatting.
		Paste from Word*	Opens a new window that allows you to copy and paste content from Microsoft Word into the HTML field.
		Find*	Allows you to locate text strings in the HTML field. Search above (up) or below (down) the cursor location.
		Find/Replace*	Allows you to replace the next (Replace) or all (Replace All) occurrences of a text string in the HTML field. Keyboard shortcuts: CTRL + F, Cmd + F
		Undo*	Reverts the previous edit.
		Redo*	Reapplies the last reverted edit.

*These options are not available with htmlArea.

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