Keyboard Shortcuts¶

Keep your hands on the keyboard while you write. The shortcuts below work in the page editor. On a Mac, use Cmd wherever you see Ctrl, Option for Alt, and Control for Ctrl+/.

See Them in the App¶

Click the ? icon (Editor help) in the page header, or press ? when you are not typing, to open the full list.

The Editor help dialog

The dialog has four tabs: Shortcuts, Markdown, Date chips and References.

Formatting¶

Action	Shortcut
Bold	`Ctrl+B`
Italic	`Ctrl+I`
Underline	`Ctrl+U`
Inline code	`Ctrl+E`
Strikethrough	`Ctrl+Shift+S`
Add or edit link	`Ctrl+K`
Heading 1 to 5	`Ctrl+Alt+1` to `5`
Numbered list	`Ctrl+Shift+7`
Bullet list	`Ctrl+Shift+8`
Indent / outdent block	`Ctrl+]` / `Ctrl+[`

Action	Shortcut
Open the slash menu	`/` or `Ctrl+/`
Open block options for the current block	`Alt+Enter`
Indent / outdent a list item	`Tab` / `Shift+Tab`
Undo	`Ctrl+Z`
Redo	`Ctrl+Shift+Z`
Leave the editor	`Esc`

Find in Page¶

Action	Shortcut
Open the find bar	`Ctrl+F`
Next / previous match	`Enter` / `Shift+Enter`
Close the find bar	`Esc`

Markdown as You Type¶

Type this	To get
`#` to `#####`	Heading 1 to Heading 5
`-`, `*` or `+`	Bullet list
`1.`	Numbered list
`[ ]`	Task list item
`>`	Quote
`---`	Divider
```	Code block (type the language after the backticks)
`text`	Bold
`text` or `_text_`	Italic
`~~text~~`	Strikethrough
`text`	`Inline code`
`[text](url)`	Link

Pasted Markdown is converted too.

Dates and Footnotes¶

Type this	To get
`@today`, `@tomorrow`, `@yesterday`	A date chip for that day
`@+5b`	A date five business days from today
`@-3b`	A date three business days ago
`[^`	A new footnote

Date chips turn amber when the date is less than a day away and red once it has passed. Hover over a chip to add it to your calendar.

Elsewhere¶

Where	Action	Shortcut
Comment box	Post the comment	`Ctrl+Enter`
Comparing versions	Next / previous change	`n` / `p`

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