πŸ““What are the keyboard shortcuts for Craft?

Keyboard Shortcuts

Craft supports a number of markdown style shortcuts to make editing and writing faster for those of you who prefer these. Below is the complete list:

General
Exit Selection: ESC or Mac, ⌘ . on iPad

Navigation
Navigate Forward / In to Block: ⌘ β†’ or ⌘ ]
Navigate Back : ⌘ ← or ⌘ [

Search
Open Search: ⌘ F
Quick Open: ⌘ O or ⌘ ⇧ O

New Document
New Document:⌘ N
Quick New Document (Jump to content): ⌘ ⇧ N

Editing
Edit selected block: Enter or ⇧ + Enter for pages
Exit Editing: Esc
Insert new block below selection: Space
Insert new block above selection: ⇧ Space
Undo: ⌘ Z
Redo: ⌘ ⇧ Z
Delete: Delete

Styling
Increase Size: ⌘ +
Decrease Size: ⌘ –

Decorations
Focus: ⌘ ⇧ |
Block: ⌘ ⇧ ‘

Indentation
Increase Indent: Tab
Decrease Indent: ⇧ Tab

Text Style
Title: βŒƒ 1
Subtitle: βŒƒ 2
Heading: βŒƒ 3
Strong: βŒƒ 4
Body: βŒƒ 5
Caption: βŒƒ 6
Page: ⌘ ⇧ P
Card: ⌘ ⇧ L

Lists, Todo
Make Todo: ⌘ ⇧ 9
Toggle Completion: ⌘ T
Bullet List: ⌘ ⇧ 8
Numbered List: ⌘ ⇧ 7
No List: ⌘ ⇧ 0

Inline Styles
Bold: ⌘ B
Italic: ⌘ I
Code: ⌘ ⇧ C
Strikethrough: ⌘ ⇧ –
Link: ⌘ K
Page/Block Link: ⌘ ⇧ K
Highlight: ⌘ ⇧ B

Organize
Move Selected Blocks Up: ⌘ ↑
Move Selected Blocks Down: ⌘ ↓
Move Selected Blocks To Top: ⌘ βŒ₯ ↑
Move Selected Blocks To Bottom: ⌘ βŒ₯ ↓

Grouping
Group Selected Blocks: ⌘ G
Ungroup Selected Block: ⌘ ⇧ G

Cut, Copy Paste:
Cut: ⌘ X
Copy: ⌘ C
Paste: ⌘ V

Windows
Open selected Page/Document in new Window: ⌘ CTRL N
Close Current Tab or Window: ⌘ W
Minimize Window: ⌘ M

Tabs
Switch To Tap: ⌘ 1-9
Switch To Next Tab: ⌘ βŒ₯ β†’ or ⌘ βŒ₯ ]
Switch To Previous Tab: ⌘ βŒ₯ ← or ⌘ βŒ₯ [

Markdown Style Shortcuts

Craft Supports a number of markdown style shortcuts to make editing and writing faster. Here is a list of the supported commands:

Full Block Commands

# followed by a space to create a title

## followed by a space to create a subtitle

### followed by a space to create a heading

#### followed by a space to create a strong block

x or [] followed by a space to create an uncompleted todo

[x] followed by a space to create an completed todo

– or * followed by a space to create a bullet list

1., 2., 3., 4. etc followed by a space to create a bullet list

> or | followed by a space to create a block quote

“` or ”’ followed by a space to create a code block Inline Commands

Wrap words between * and * or _ and _ for italic

Wrap words between ** and ** or __ and __ for bold

Wrap words between *** and *** or ___ and ___ for bold&italic

Wrap words between ~~ and ~~ for strikethrough

Wrap words between :: and :: or == and == for highlight

Use the notation [link name](url) to insert a link

Wrap words between ` and ` for inline code

Type – – – to insert a horizontal rule

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