⌨️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

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🔧 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

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

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

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

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