Keyboard Shortcuts
Cmd is the macOS modifier; on Linux and Windows, substitute Ctrl. Save and Escape work in both editing modes, and undo/redo work in both. The formatting, table, list, and markdown-input shortcuts below apply to Rich Text mode — Advanced mode is a code editor with its own (CodeMirror) keymap.
Document
| Shortcut |
Action |
Cmd/Ctrl + S |
Save (autosave debounces ~2 s after typing stops) |
Cmd/Ctrl + Z |
Undo |
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z |
Redo |
Cmd/Ctrl + Y |
Redo (alternate) |
Cmd/Ctrl + A |
Select all (cell-scoped when the cursor is inside a table) |
Escape |
Close the top-most overlay |
| Shortcut |
Action |
Cmd/Ctrl + B |
Bold |
Cmd/Ctrl + I |
Italic |
Cmd/Ctrl + U |
Underline |
Tables
| Shortcut |
Action |
Tab |
Move to next cell (or indent list item outside tables) |
Shift + Tab |
Move to previous cell (or outdent list item outside tables) |
Enter |
Move to cell below (or add row at end of table) |
Markdown shortcuts (Rich Text Mode)
These trigger as you type — no menu, no key combo, just the syntax.
| Type |
You get |
**text** |
Bold |
*text* |
Italic |
~~text~~ |
~~Strikethrough~~ |
`code` |
Inline code |
- at start of line |
Bulleted list |
1. at start of line |
Numbered list |
# at start of line |
H1 heading |
## through ###### at start of line |
H2–H6 headings |
Underline uses the HTML tag <u>…</u>: typing <u>text</u> auto-converts in place as you type, just like the markdown shortcuts above. There's no plain-markdown syntax for underline, so use Cmd/Ctrl + U or type the tag.