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Keyboard shortcuts

Pick up some keyboard shortcuts to help speed up your Slab workflow

Updated over 6 months ago

Pro tip: you can view all of our keyboard shortcuts anytime in Slab with (you guessed it!) these keyboard shortcuts:

macOS: ⌘ + /
Windows: Ctrl + /

Alternatively, you can:

Click the ? menu in the lower-right corner.
Click Keyboard shortcuts.

Everywhere in Slab

	macOS	Windows
Show the shortcut modal	`⌘` + `/`	`Ctrl` + `/`
Focus search bar	`/`	`/`
Create new post	`Shift` + `n`	`Shift` + `n`
Jump to post	`⌘` + `k`	`Ctrl` + `k`

On the post page

	macOS	Windows
Enter edit mode	`e` or `i`	`e` or `i`
Exit edit mode	`⌘` + `Enter`	`Ctrl` + `Enter`
Formatting menu	`/`	`/`
Undo	`⌘` + `z`	`Ctrl` + `z`
Redo	`⌘` + `Shift` + `z`	`Ctrl` + `y`
Remove formatting	`⌘` + `Opt` + `0`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `0`
Add comment	`⌘` + `Opt` + `m` or `⌘` + `Opt` + `a`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `m` or `Ctrl` + `Alt` + `a`
Copy as markdown	`⌘` + `Shift` + `c`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `c`
Mention person	`@`	`@`
Link to post	`+`	`+`
Insert emoji	`:`	`:`

Post formatting

	Markdown	macOS	Windows
Heading 1	`#` `Space`	`⌘` + `Opt` + `1`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `1`
Heading 2	`##` `Space`	`⌘` + `Opt` + `2`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `2`
Heading 3	`###` `Space`	`⌘` + `Opt` + `3`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `3`
Numbered list	`1.` `Space`	`⌘` + `Shift` + `7`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `7`
Bullet list	`-` `Space`	`⌘` + `Shift` + `8`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `8`
Check list	`[]` `Space`	`⌘` + `Shift` + `9`	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `9`
Code block	``` `Enter`
Blockquote	`>` `Space`
Divider	`---` `Enter`
Bold	`content`	`⌘` + `b`	`Ctrl` + `b`
Italic	`content`	`⌘` + `i`	`Ctrl` + `i`
Strikethrough	`~~content~~`	`⌘` + `Opt` + `x`	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `x`
Add link		`⌘` + `k`	`Ctrl` + `k`
Inline code	`code`