Keyboard shortcuts

Note: Shortcuts use macOS notation. On Windows and Linux, replace ⌘ with Ctrl, ⇧ with Shift, and ⌥ with Alt.

Global

Shortcut	Action
⌘K	Open command palette
⌘⇧O	Quick jump to recently opened or edited objects
⌘/	Show keyboard shortcuts
⌘J	Quick capture
⌘,	Open settings
⌘\	Cycle sidebar mode
⌘⇧G	Open graph view

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
Backspace	Go back when no input is focused
⌘⇧\	Toggle split view
⌘⌥→	Focus the right pane
⌘⌥←	Focus the left pane
Esc	Close modal/popover or leave focused modes where supported

Editor Formatting

Shortcut	Action
⌘B	Bold
⌘I	Italic
⌘U	Underline
⌘⇧S	Strikethrough
⌘E	Inline code
⌘Z	Undo
⌘⇧Z	Redo

Editor Blocks

Shortcut	Action
⌘⌥1	Heading 1
⌘⌥2	Heading 2
⌘⌥3	Heading 3
⌘⇧8	Bullet list
⌘⇧7	Numbered list
/	Open slash command menu
[[	Create/search an object link
Tab	Indent list/outliner item
⇧Tab	Outdent list/outliner item

Object And Panels

Shortcut	Action
⌘⇧E	Toggle read/edit mode
⌘⇧P	Toggle properties/right panel
⌘⇧M	Toggle comments
⌘⇧F	Focus mode
⌘⇧A	Open page-scoped Ask tab when a page is active
⌘+click	Open object in peek/popup mode
⌘⇧+click	Open object in split view

Quick Capture

⌘J opens Quick Capture. Inside the body field, ⌘Enter saves the note to Inbox. Use Save & open when you want to jump directly into the new object.