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Keyboard Shortcuts

Every built-in keyboard shortcut in WriterMorph, grouped by menu and area.

Symbols: ⌘ Command · ⌥ Option · ⌃ Control · ⇧ Shift · ⏎ Return · ⌫ Delete

You can also see this list inside the app with Help › Keyboard Shortcuts.

File

Shortcut	Action
⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z	Undo / Redo
⌘X ⌘C ⌘V	Cut, copy, paste (text while typing, cards on the canvas otherwise)
⌥⇧⌘V	Paste and Match Style
⌘A	Select All
⌘F	Find…
⌥⌘F	Find and Replace…
⌘G / ⇧⌘G	Find Next / Find Previous
⌘E	Use Selection for Find
⇧⌘F	Hide Find Bar
⌘K	Search Project…
⌘:	Show Spelling and Grammar
⌘;	Check Document Now

Shortcut	Action
⇧⌘I	Image from File…
⌥⌘L	Link…
⇧⌘8	Comment
⌃⌘8	Footnote
⌥⌘8	Inline Footnote
⌥⇧⌘D	Current Date & Time
⌃⌥⌘T	Media Timestamp (while a video card is playing)

Shortcut	Action
⌘B ⌘I ⌘U	Bold / Italic / Underline
⇧⌘= / ⇧⌘-	Bigger / Smaller text
⌘{ ⌘\| ⌘}	Align left / Center / Align right
⌘] / ⌘[	Increase / Decrease indent
⌥⌘0	Paragraph style
⌥⌘1 ⌥⌘2 ⌥⌘3	Heading 1 / 2 / 3
⌃⌥⌘C / ⌃⌥⌘V	Copy / Paste Formatting
Tab / ⇧Tab	Indent / outdent a list item

Shortcut	Action
⌘1 ⌘2 ⌘3 ⌘4	Editor / Corkboard / Outliner / Combined Pages
⌥⌘B	Binder
⌥⇧⌘B	Bookmarks
⌥⌘I	Inspector
⌥⌘S	Sidebar
⌘L	Outline Panel
⌥⌘P	Properties Panel
⌥⌘M	Manuscript Mode
⌥⌘T	Writer Timeline
⌃⌘K	Task Manager
⌘> / ⌘<	Zoom the editor in / out
⌃⌥⌘F	Composition Mode
⇧⌘R	Show / Hide Ruler
⌃⌘T	Typewriter Scrolling
⌃⌘I	Show / Hide Invisibles
⌥⇧⌘T	Show / Hide Tab Bar
⌘\	Split View
⌥⇧⌘L	Toggle Light / Dark

Shortcut	Action
⌘+ or ⌘= / ⌘-	Zoom in / out
⌘0	Fit to Screen
⌃⌘1	Zoom to Selection
⇧⌘L	Layout Mode…
⌘N	New Card… (card type picker)
⌃1 … ⌃9	New card of one of the first nine types in the New Card menu
⌘D	Duplicate selected cards
⇧⌘D	Duplicate with Links
⌫	Move selected cards to the trash
⏎	Edit the selected card
Esc	Clear the selection
Space + drag, or middle-button drag	Pan
Mouse wheel	Zoom at the pointer (trackpad scrolling pans)

Shortcut	Action
⌥⌘,	Project Settings…
⇧⌘T	Show Project Targets
⌥⇧⌘S	Statistics…
⇧⌘K	Show Project Keywords (Tags)
⇧⌘B	Show Project Bookmarks (Favorites)
⌥⌘E	Compile…

Shortcut	Action
⌘N	New Text (in Manuscript Mode)
⌥⌘N	New Folder
⌥⌘G	Group into New Folder
⌥⌘U	Ungroup (Move Out of Folder)
⌥⌘;	Add Property
⌃⌘↑ / ⌃⌘↓	Move up / down
⌃⌘← / ⌃⌘→	Move out of the folder / into the previous folder
⌘5	Take Snapshot
⇧⌘5	Take Snapshot with Title…
⌥⌘K	Split at Selection
⌥⇧⌘K	Split with Selection as Title
⇧⌘M	Merge
⌘⌫	Move to Trash

Shortcut	Action
⇧⌘⏎	Quick Notes

These work when you clicked the list last or the pointer is over it.

Shortcut	Action
↑ / ↓	Select the previous / next row
→ / ←	Expand / collapse
⏎	Open (card editor, document editor or tab)
⌥⏎	Rename
⌫	Delete (asks first, moves to the trash)
⌥↑ / ⌥↓	Move up / down among siblings
⌥→	Indent (into the previous sibling or folder)
⌥←	Outdent (one level up)
⌘-click / ⇧-click	Add to the selection / select a range
Drag and drop	Top quarter: before · middle: inside · bottom quarter: after