# The building blocks of every slide

[Canonical article](https://slides.com/docs/working-with-blocks)

At the core of the Slides editor is what we call &quot;blocks&quot;. A block is a distinct piece of content that can be individually moved around and configured within a slide. There are many different kinds of blocks for different types of content, such as text, image, iframe and shape.

See [Block layout and shortcuts](/docs/slide-layout) for precise positioning and multi-selection. You can also [group related blocks](/docs/grouping-content-blocks) or [lock finished content](/docs/locking-content-blocks) to prevent accidental edits.

Clicking on a block once gives it focus. The text block, as shown in the screenshot below, can also be double-clicked when you want to edit its text content.

The following keyboard shortcuts are available when one or more blocks are focused:

| Action | macOS | Windows |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Move a block | &lt;kbd&gt;←&lt;/kbd&gt; &lt;kbd&gt;↑&lt;/kbd&gt; &lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt; &lt;kbd&gt;→&lt;/kbd&gt; | &lt;kbd&gt;←&lt;/kbd&gt; &lt;kbd&gt;↑&lt;/kbd&gt; &lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt; &lt;kbd&gt;→&lt;/kbd&gt; |
| Move farther | Hold &lt;kbd&gt;⇧&lt;/kbd&gt; while pressing an arrow key | Hold &lt;kbd&gt;⇧&lt;/kbd&gt; while pressing an arrow key |
| Copy | &lt;kbd&gt;⌘ C&lt;/kbd&gt; | &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl C&lt;/kbd&gt; |
| Cut | &lt;kbd&gt;⌘ X&lt;/kbd&gt; | &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl X&lt;/kbd&gt; |
| Paste | &lt;kbd&gt;⌘ V&lt;/kbd&gt; | &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl V&lt;/kbd&gt; |
| [Group blocks](/docs/grouping-content-blocks) | &lt;kbd&gt;⌘ G&lt;/kbd&gt; | &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl G&lt;/kbd&gt; |
| Delete | &lt;kbd&gt;Delete&lt;/kbd&gt; | &lt;kbd&gt;Backspace&lt;/kbd&gt; or &lt;kbd&gt;Delete&lt;/kbd&gt; |
| Edit text content | &lt;kbd&gt;Return&lt;/kbd&gt; | &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; |
| Stop editing text content | &lt;kbd&gt;Esc&lt;/kbd&gt; | &lt;kbd&gt;Esc&lt;/kbd&gt; |

&lt;img src=&quot;https://static.slid.es/help/working-with-blocks/kb-blocks-focus.png&quot; alt=&quot;Selected text block with resize handles&quot; width=&quot;894&quot; height=&quot;215&quot;&gt;

## Configuration

The left hand side of the editor updates to provide options for the currently focused block. In the example below, we&#39;re looking at the configuration options for a text block which include alignment, size, color and more.

&lt;img src=&quot;https://static.slid.es/help/working-with-blocks/block-options.png&quot; alt=&quot;Configuration options for a selected text block&quot; width=&quot;1762&quot; height=&quot;1356&quot;&gt;