diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/MarkdownControlElements/RawEditor/index.js b/src/components/Widgets/MarkdownControlElements/RawEditor/index.js
index bcc7c673..5f68e04a 100644
--- a/src/components/Widgets/MarkdownControlElements/RawEditor/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Widgets/MarkdownControlElements/RawEditor/index.js
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export default class RawEditor extends React.Component {
     this.shortcuts = {
       meta: {
         b: this.handleBold,
+        i: this.handleItalic,
       },
     };
   }