Keyboard shortcuts

On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl where this page says ⌘ and Alt where it says ⌥.

Anywhere in the page

Shortcut	What it does
`/`	Open the block menu
`:` and a name	Insert an emoji (`:rocket` gives 🚀)
⌘ Z / ⌘ ⇧ Z	Undo / redo
⌘ F	Find and replace
⌘ K	Link the selected text
⌘ B / ⌘ I / ⌘ U / ⌘ E	Bold / italic / underline / inline code
⌘ ⇧ H	Apply the last text colour or highlight again
⌘ ⇧ K	Keyboard key style
Esc	Select the block you're in
⇧ ↑ / ⇧ ↓	With a block selected: add the block above / below
⌘ A, then ⌘ A again	Select the line's text, then every block
⌘ D	Duplicate the block (or the selected blocks)
Delete, ⌘ C, ⌘ X	With blocks selected: delete, copy or cut them
⌘ ⇧ ↑ / ⌘ ⇧ ↓ (or ⌥ ⇧ ↑ / ↓)	Move the block up / down
⌘ Enter	Check or uncheck a to-do
Tab / ⇧ Tab	Nest the line under the block above / bring it back out (a list item: indent / outdent); in a table, the next / previous cell
Enter in the title	Start writing at the top of the page

Shortcut	Turns the line into
⌘ ⌥ 0	Text
⌘ ⌥ 1 / 2 / 3	Heading 1 / 2 / 3
⌘ ⌥ 4	To-do list
⌘ ⌥ 5	Bulleted list
⌘ ⌥ 6	Numbered list
⌘ ⌥ 7	Toggle (the line becomes its summary)
⌘ ⌥ 8	Code
⌘ ⌥ 9	Quote

At the start of a line:

Inside a line: **bold**, *italic*, `code` and ~~strike~~.

The block menu, the emoji menu and pickers work from the keyboard: ↑ / ↓ to move, Enter to choose, Esc to close.

Shortcut	What it does
⌘ V	Paste. Content from other apps and Markdown become blocks. See Paste into a page.
⌘ ⇧ V	Paste as plain text
↑ / ↓, Enter	After pasting a link on its own: choose Link, Mention, Bookmark or Embed
Esc	After pasting a link on its own: keep it as a link