shortcuts.md

⌨️ Shortcuts

⌨ Shortcuts Guide

All the available Shortcuts/KeyBindings for AppFlowy are listed below.
You may scroll or use CTRL (or ⌘)+F to search for what you are looking for.

Basics

Description	Key#1	Key#2	Key#3
Go Up	↑
Go Left	←
Go Bottom	↓
Go Right	→
Copy	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	C
Paste	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	V
Cut	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	X
Redo	CTRL	Y
OR
Redo	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	Shift	Z
Undo	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	Z
Home	Home
End	End
Backspace Text	← Backspace
Delete Text	Delete
Enter	Enter
Space	Space
Select All	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	A
Page Up	Page Up
Page Down	Page Down
Tab	⇥ Tab
Indent in Checkboxes and Bullet Lists	⇥ Tab
Outdent in Checkboxes and Bullet Lists	Shift	⇥ Tab
Selection Menu	/
OR
Selection Menu	Shift	/
Markdown link or image	Shift	)
Exit Editing Mode	Esc
Move cursor top	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	↑
Move cursor bottom	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	↓	-
Move cursor start	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	←
Move cursor end	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	→

Formatting

Description	Key#1	Key#2	Key#3
Format Bold	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	B
Format Italic	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	I
Format Underline	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	U
Toggle Checkbox	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	Enter
Format Strikethrough	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	Shift	S
Format Highlight	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	Shift	H
Format embed code	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	E
Underscore to italic	Shift	_
Double Stars to Bold	Shift	*
Backquotes around text to code	`format as code`
Double tilde around text to strikethrough	~~strikethrough~~
OR
Double tilde to strikethrough	Shift	~

Selection

Description	Key#1	Key#2	Key #3
Cursor up select	Shift	↑
Cursor down select	Shift	↓
Cursor left select	Shift	←
Cursor right select	Shift	→
Cursor left word select	Shift	ALT (or ⌥ on MacOS)	←
Cursor right word select	Shift	ALT (or ⌥ on MacOS)	→
Cursor left word delete	CTRL (or ⌥ on MacOS)	← Backspace
Cursor right word delete	CTRL (or ⌥ on MacOS)	Delete
Cursor sentence delete	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	ALT (or n/a on MacOS)	← Backspace
Cursor jump from word to word	ALT (or ⌥ on MacOS)	← or →
Cursor top select	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	Shift	↑
Cursor bottom select	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	Shift	↓
Cursor begin select	⌘	Shift	←
OR
Cursor begin select	Shift	Home
Cursor end select	⌘	Shift	→
OR
Cursor end select	Shift	End

App

Description	Key#1	Key#2	Key #3
Open the Workspace Search	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	P
Show or Hide Sidebar	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	\
Toggle Theme Mode (Light/Dark)	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	Shift	L
Open Find and Replace dialog (in edit mode doc)	CTRL (or ⌘ on MacOS)	F

Kanban

Kanban shortcuts can't be personalized through Settings. Request it on GitHub.

Description	Key#1	Key#2
Navigate cards (Up)	↑
Navigate cards (Down)	↓
Expand card selection from one to more	Shift	↑ or ↓
Deselecting cards	Esc
Delete selected cards	← Backspace
Open as a page	Enter
Edit the title of the selected card	E
Add a new card when one card is selected	N
Create a new card below the current one when a card is being edited	Shift	Enter
Move the card to the list to the left	,
Move the card to the list to the right	.

🔧 Customizing Shortcuts

For customizing shortcut keys, go through the following steps:\

1. Open Settings in AppFlowy

2. Click Shortcuts to see a list of current shortcuts and their respective key commands\

   

   click shortcuts in settings

3. Hover on the command you want to customize and click the edit icon button which appears upon hovering.\

   

   click the edit button

4. Press the desired keys that you want and press Enter for submitting the shortcut\

   

   press desired key combination and hit enter

5. 🥳 Wo hoo! You have customized a shortcut.