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Keyboard shortcuts

Every keyboard shortcut in Folioso, grouped by where you use it. On a Mac, use ⌘ (Command) where the tables say Ctrl, and Option where they say Alt.

Anywhere in the app

Shortcut What it does
Ctrl K Open the command palette to search pages. Pressing it again while the palette is open selects your search.

In the command palette

Shortcut What it does
Up / Down arrow Move through the results
Enter Open the highlighted page
Escape Close the palette

See Search.

Saving and history

Shortcut What it does
Ctrl S Save the page now, instead of waiting for autosave
Ctrl Z Undo
Ctrl Shift Z or Ctrl Y Redo

On a page you're editing with others, undo and redo apply to your own changes only.

Text styles

Shortcut What it does
Ctrl B Bold
Ctrl I Italic
Ctrl U Underline
Ctrl Shift S Strikethrough
Ctrl E Inline code

Blocks

Shortcut What it does
Ctrl Alt 1 to Ctrl Alt 6 Heading level 1 to 6
Ctrl Alt 0 Turn a heading back into a paragraph
Ctrl Shift 8 Bullet list
Ctrl Shift 7 Numbered list
Ctrl Shift 9 Task list
Ctrl Shift B Blockquote
Ctrl Alt C Code block
Shift Enter or Ctrl Enter Line break inside the same paragraph

Alignment

Shortcut What it does
Ctrl Shift L Align left
Ctrl Shift E Align centre
Ctrl Shift R Align right

These work on paragraphs, headings and images. Inside a code block, diagram or alert box they do nothing.

Markdown-style typing

Type these at the start of a line, followed by a space (or Enter for a code block):

Type You get
#, ##, ### … Heading 1, 2, 3 and so on
-, * or + Bullet list
1. Numbered list
[ ] or [x] Task list, unticked or ticked
> Blockquote
``` or ~~~, optionally with a language Code block. See Code blocks.
--- Horizontal rule (no space needed)

And around text, anywhere in a line:

Type You get
**text** or __text__ Bold
*text* or _text_ Italic
~~text~~ Strikethrough
`text` Inline code

Pickers and menus

Type What it opens
/ at the start of a line The block menu
# at the start of a line or after a space The page-link picker
@ at the start of a line or after a space The mention picker

In any of them:

Shortcut What it does
Up / Down arrow Move through the list
Enter or Tab Insert the highlighted item
Escape Close the list

See Creating and managing pages and Page links and mentions.

The page title

Shortcut What it does
Enter Move from the title to the start of the page body

Lists

Shortcut What it does
Tab Indent the list item under the one above
Shift Tab Move the list item back out a level
Enter on an empty item End the list

Code blocks

Shortcut What it does
Tab Insert spaces, or indent every selected line
Shift Tab Remove one level of indentation from the current or selected lines
Enter three times at the end Leave the code block
Down arrow on the last line Leave the code block

The number of spaces is your Tab Size setting. See Preferences.

Tables

Shortcut What it does
Tab Move to the next cell. In the last cell, add a new row.
Shift Tab Move to the previous cell

Alert boxes

Shortcut What it does
Enter in the title Move to the description
Enter twice at the end of the description Leave the box
Tab / Shift Tab Move forwards or backwards through the title and description lines, and out of the box
Backspace at the start of an empty title Remove the box, if its description is empty too

Images

Click an image to select it, then:

Shortcut What it does
Tab Move to the image's resize handle
Right or Up arrow Make the image 10 pixels wider (on the resize handle)
Left or Down arrow Make the image 10 pixels narrower (on the resize handle)
Shift and an arrow Resize by 50 pixels instead (on the resize handle)
Enter Save the caption (in Add a caption…)
Backspace or Delete Remove the image

Diagram editor

In Edit diagram:

Shortcut What it does
Ctrl Enter Save the diagram
Tab / Shift Tab Indent or outdent the source
Ctrl M Switch Tab between indenting and moving between buttons. This one is Ctrl on a Mac too.
Escape Close without saving

In the toolbar's Link box:

Shortcut What it does
Enter Apply the link
Escape Close the box without changes

When renaming a page in the sidebar:

Shortcut What it does
Enter Save the new name
Escape Cancel

Moving focus out of the editor

Inside the page body, Tab indents instead of moving focus. To leave the editor with the keyboard:

Shortcut What it does
Escape, then Tab Move focus out of the text. Further Tabs move through any block controls, such as a code block's language picker, and then out of the editor.
Escape, then Shift Tab Move focus backwards out of the text

The formatting toolbar is a single Tab stop. Once you're on it, use the Left and Right arrow keys, Home and End to move between its buttons.