Keyboard Shortcuts
Complete list of keyboard shortcuts available in the Unmarkdown editor for text formatting, headings, navigation, and editor actions.
Tip
On Windows and Linux, replace Cmd with Ctrl for all shortcuts listed on this page.
Text Formatting
These shortcuts apply Markdown formatting to the selected text. If no text is selected, they insert the formatting markers at the cursor position.
- Cmd+B: Bold (wraps selection in **double asterisks**)
- Cmd+I: Italic (wraps selection in *single asterisks*)
- Cmd+Shift+X: Strikethrough (wraps selection in ~~tildes~~)
- Cmd+E: Inline code (wraps selection in `backticks`)
- Cmd+K: Insert link (wraps selection in [text](url) format)
Headings
Jump to a specific heading level with a single shortcut:
- Cmd+1: Heading 1 (# prefix)
- Cmd+2: Heading 2 (## prefix)
- Cmd+3: Heading 3 (### prefix)
- Cmd+4: Heading 4 (#### prefix)
- Cmd+5: Heading 5 (##### prefix)
- Cmd+6: Heading 6 (###### prefix)
Editor Actions
Control the editor, saving, and view:
- Cmd+S: Save the document immediately
- Cmd+Z: Undo the last change
- Cmd+Shift+Z: Redo the last undone change
- Cmd+A: Select all text in the editor
Line and Block Operations
Manipulate lines and blocks of text without reaching for the mouse:
- Cmd+D: Select the current word, then select the next occurrence
- Cmd+L: Select the current line
- Alt+Up: Move the current line up
- Alt+Down: Move the current line down
- Cmd+Shift+K: Delete the current line
- Cmd+Enter: Insert a new line below without splitting the current line
Navigation
Navigate through your document quickly:
- Cmd+Home: Jump to the beginning of the document
- Cmd+End: Jump to the end of the document
- Cmd+G: Go to a specific line number
- Cmd+F: Open the find dialog
- Cmd+H: Open the find and replace dialog
Tab and Indentation
The editor uses spaces for indentation:
- Tab: Indent the selected lines (or insert spaces at cursor)
- Shift+Tab: Outdent the selected lines
App Shortcuts
These shortcuts work at the app level, outside of the text editor:
- Cmd+D: Enter Zen Mode (when the editor is not focused). Inside the editor, Cmd+D selects the next occurrence instead.
- Cmd+K: Open document search (when the editor is not focused). Inside the editor, Cmd+K inserts a link instead.
- Cmd+Shift+G: Open the full-screen document graph. Shows all documents and wikilink connections in an interactive 2D or 3D view.
- Cmd+N: Create a new document
- Cmd+W: Close the active tab
- Cmd+Shift+T: Reopen the last closed tab
- Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab: Switch to the next or previous tab
- Escape: Exit Zen Mode
Wikilinks
Insert wikilinks to connect documents:
- [[: Type two opening brackets to trigger the wikilink autocomplete dropdown. Start typing to filter by document title, then press Enter to insert.
What Has No Shortcut
The following actions are available only through the toolbar or menus:
- Highlight, Superscript, Subscript
- Lists (bullet, numbered, task)
- Blockquote, Callouts, Horizontal Rule
- Code block, Image, Table
- Emoji, Icons, Diagrams, Math
- AI Actions, Template selection, Layout modes