Keyboard Shortcuts¶

This page contains a list of all shortcuts available throughout the app.

App-wide shortcuts¶

These shortcuts are available across the entire app.

Shortcut	Description
Cmd/Ctrl+,	Open preferences
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+,	Open asset manager
Cmd/Ctrl+Q	Quit Zettlr
Cmd/Ctrl+N	New file
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+N	New window
Cmd/Ctrl+O	Open new workspace
Cmd/Ctrl+S	Save file
Cmd/Ctrl+E	Export
Cmd/Ctrl+P	Print
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+T	Focus file manager — activates arrow key navigation and type-to-filter
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+L	Toggle dark mode
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+S	Toggle file metadata
Cmd/Ctrl+!	Toggle file manager
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+0	Toggle sidebar
Cmd/Ctrl++	Zoom in
Cmd/Ctrl+-	Zoom out
Cmd/Ctrl+0	Reset zoom
Ctrl+Tab (macOS)	Next tab
Alt+Tab (Win/Linux)	Next tab
Ctrl+Shift+Tab (macOS)	Previous tab
Alt+Shift+Tab (Win/Linux)	Previous tab
Cmd/Ctrl+W	Close current tab
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+W	Close current window
F1	Open this documentation

Shared Editor shortcuts¶

These shortcuts work when editing both Markdown files and code files.

Shortcut	Description
Tab, Cmd/Ctrl+[	Indent selection
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+\	Indent selection
Shift+Tab, Cmd/Ctrl+]	Unindent selection
←, →, ↑, ↓	Move the cursor by one character or line
Ctrl+←, Ctrl+→ (Win/Linux)	Move cursor to the next/previous syntactic element, or by one group of word- or non-word characters
Alt+←, Alt+→ (macOS)	Move cursor to the next/previous syntactic element, or by one group of word- or non-word characters
Cmd+←, Cmd+→ (macOS)	Move the cursor to the beginning or end of the current line
Home, End	Move the cursor to the beginning or end of the current line
Ctrl+↑, Ctrl+↓	Move the cursor by one page
PageUp, PageDown	Move the cursor by one page
Cmd+↑, Cmd+↓ (macOS)	Move cursor to the beginning or end of the document
Ctrl+Home, Ctrl+End (Win/Linux)	Move cursor to the beginning or end of the document
Enter	Insert a new line and indent according to context
Cmd/Ctrl+A	Select all text
Cmd/Ctrl+C	Copy
Cmd/Ctrl+V	Paste
Cmd/Ctrl+X	Cut. Cuts the entire line if nothing is selected
Backspace, Delete	Delete character before or after the cursor
Backspace	If there is a pair of brackets surrounding the cursor, delete both
Ctrl+Backspace, Ctrl+Delete (Win/Linux)	Delete a group of word- or non-word characters before or after the cursor
Alt+Backspace, Alt+Delete (macOS)	Delete a group of word- or non-word characters before or after the cursor
Cmd+Backspace, Cmd+Delete (macOS)	Delete the entire line before or after the cursor
Ctrl+B (macOS)	Move cursor to the left
Ctrl+F (macOS)	Move cursor to the right
Ctrl+P (macOS)	Move cursor up
Ctrl+N (macOS)	Move cursor down
Ctrl+A (macOS)	Move cursor to the beginning of the line
Ctrl+E (macOS)	Move cursor to the end of the line
Ctrl+D (macOS)	Delete character after the cursor
Ctrl+H (macOS)	Delete character before the cursor
Ctrl+K (macOS)	Delete the line after the cursor
Ctrl+Alt+H (macOS)	Delete a group of word- or non-word characters
Ctrl+O (macOS)	Split the line at the cursor
Ctrl+T (macOS)	Transpose the chars before and after the cursor
Ctrl+V (macOS)	Move the cursor one page down
Alt+↑, Alt+↓	Move the current line up or down
Shift+Alt+↑, Shift+Alt+↓	Duplicate the current line up or down
Escape	Remove all selections, keeping only one cursor. If there is only one cursor, pressing Escape allows you to use Tab to focus out of the editor
Cmd/Ctrl+Enter	Insert a new line, but without continuing syntactic elements such as lists
Alt+L (Win/Linux)	Select the current line
Ctrl+L (macOS)	Select the current line
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+K	Delete the current line
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+\	If the cursor touches a bracket, move to the matching bracket
Cmd/Ctrl+\	Toggle comment
Alt+A (Win/Linux)	Toggle a block-comment
Ctrl+M (Win/Linux)	Toggle whether Tab can be used to tab away from the editor
Shift+Alt+M (macOS)	Toggle whether Tab can be used to tab away from the editor
Cmd/Ctrl+F	Open search panel
F3, Shift+F3	Find next or previous match
Cmd/Ctrl+G	Find next match
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+G	Find previous match
Escape	Close search panel
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+L	Select all instances of the currently selected text
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+G	Go to line
Cmd/Ctrl+D	Select the next occurrence of the currently selected text, or select the word under the cursor
Cmd/Ctrl+Z	Undo
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo
Cmd/Ctrl+U	Undo selection
Alt+U (Win/Linux)	Redo selection
Cmd+Shift+U (macOS)	Redo selection

Markdown-specific shortcuts¶

These shortcuts work when editing Markdown files.

Shortcut	Description
Cmd/Ctrl+B	Bold
Cmd/Ctrl+I	Italic
Cmd/Ctrl+K	Insert link
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+I	Insert image
Cmd/Ctrl+T	Create task-list
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+C	Toggle comment
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+C	Copy with formatting
Cmd/Ctrl+V	Paste with formatting
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+V	Paste as plain
Cmd/Ctrl+L	Insert Zettelkasten ID
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+L	Copy current Zettelkasten ID

Autocomplete and AutoCorrect shortcuts¶

These shortcuts work when an autocomplete prompt is open, and when autocompleting.

Shortcut	Description
Escape	Close the autocomplete panel
↑, ↓	Select next/previous suggestion
PageUp, PageDown	Move selected suggestion by a page
Enter, Tab	Accept Completion
Backspace	If there is a smart quote in front of the cursor, replace it with a regular quote.
Space, Enter	Auto-replace if the text in front of the cursor matches a replacement pattern

Snippet shortcuts¶

These shortcuts work while you are inserting a snippet with tab stops.

Shortcut	Description
Tab	Go to the next tab stop
Esc	Stop snippet insertion process

Code-specific shortcuts¶

These shortcuts work while editing code files.

Shortcut	Description
Cmd/Ctrl+I	Select the parent syntactic element

Debug-Mode¶

These shortcuts work when the debug mode is active.

Shortcut	Description
Cmd+Alt+I (macOS)	Open DevTools
Ctrl+Shift+I (Win/Linux)	Open DevTools
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L	Open logs
F5	Reload window

Table editor shortcuts¶

These shortcuts work while in Markdown tables.

Shortcut	Description
Tab	Move to the next cell (Shift for previous cell)
Enter	Move to the next row (Shift for previous row)
Alt+Shift+ArrowUp (macOS: Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp)	Add a row before the current one
Alt+ArrowUp (macOS: Ctrl+ArrowUp)	Swap the current row with the previous one
Alt+Shift+ArrowDown (macOS: Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown)	Add a row after the current one
Alt+ArrowDown (macOS: Ctrl+ArrowDown)	Swap the current row with the next one
Alt+Shift+ArrowRight (macOS: Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight)	Add a new column to the right of the current one
Alt+ArrowRight (macOS: Ctrl+ArrowRight)	Swap the current column with the next one
Alt+Shift+ArrowLeft (macOS: Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft)	Add a new column to the left of the current one
Alt+ArrowLeft (macOS: Ctrl+ArrowLeft)	Swap the current column with the previous one
Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+K	Delete the current column
Cmd/Ctrl+Backspace	Clears out the current column (i.e., inserts whitespace)
Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+Backspace	Clears out the current row (i.e., inserts whitespace)
Alt+Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+Backspace	Clears out the entire table
Ctrl+C	Aligns the current column center
Ctrl+L	Aligns the current column left
Ctrl+R	Aligns the current column right
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+A	Aligns the table at the main selection head (not left/right/center, but adds the appropriate padding so that it is formatted nicely. Requires a monospaced font for proper visuals.)