Keyboard Shortcuts

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Are there Keyboard Shortcuts for Gutenberg?

Are there Keyboard Shortcuts for Gutenberg? #

Yes. There are a lot! There is a help modal showing all available keyboard shortcuts.

You can see the whole list going to the top right corner menu of the new editor and clicking on “Keyboard Shortcuts” (or by using the keyboard shortcut Shift+Alt+H on Linux/Windows and ⌃⌥H on macOS).

This is the canonical list of keyboard shortcuts:

Editor shortcuts #

Shortcut description	Linux/Windows shortcut	macOS shortcut
Display keyboard shortcuts.	`Shift`+`Alt`+`H`	`⌃⌥H`
Save your changes.	`Ctrl`+`S`	`⌘S`
Undo your last changes.	`Ctrl`+`Z`	`⌘Z`
Redo your last undo.	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Z`	`⇧⌘Z`
Show or hide the settings sidebar.	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`,`	`⇧⌘,`
Open the block navigation menu.	`Shift`+`Alt`+`O`	`⌃⌥O`
Navigate to the next part of the editor.	`Ctrl`+`	`⌃``
Navigate to the previous part of the editor.	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`	`⌃⇧``
Navigate to the next part of the editor (alternative).	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`N`	`⌃⌥N`
Navigate to the previous part of the editor (alternative).	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`P`	`⌃⌥P`
Navigate to the nearest toolbar.	`Alt`+`F10`	`⌥F10`
Switch between visual editor and code editor.	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Alt`+`M`	`⇧⌥⌘M`
Toggle fullscreen mode.	`CMD`+`Option`+`Shift`+`F`	`⇧⌥⌘F`

Selection shortcuts #

Shortcut description	Linux/Windows shortcut	macOS shortcut
Select all text when typing. Press again to select all blocks.	`Ctrl`+`A`	`⌘A`
Clear selection.	`Esc`	`Esc`

Block shortcuts #

Shortcut description	Linux/Windows shortcut	macOS shortcut
Duplicate the selected block(s).	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`D`	`⇧⌘D`
Remove the selected block(s).	`Shift`+`Alt`+`Z`	`⌃⌥Z`
Insert a new block before the selected block(s).	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`T`	`⌥⌘T`
Insert a new block after the selected block(s).	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Y`	`⌥⌘Y`
Move the selected block(s) up.	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`T`	`⌥⌘⇧T`
Move the selected block(s) down.	`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`Shift`+`Y`	`⌥⌘⇧Y`
Change the block type after adding a new paragraph.	`/`	`/`
Remove multiple selected blocks.		`delbackspace`

Text formatting #

Shortcut description	Linux/Windows shortcut	macOS shortcut
Make the selected text bold.	`Ctrl`+`B`	`⌘B`
Make the selected text italic.	`Ctrl`+`I`	`⌘I`
Underline the selected text.	`Ctrl`+`U`	`⌘U`
Convert the selected text into a link.	`Ctrl`+`K`	`⌘K`
Remove a link.	`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`K`	`⇧⌘K`
Add a strikethrough to the selected text.	`Shift`+`Alt`+`D`	`⌃⌥D`
Display the selected text in a monospaced font.	`Shift`+`Alt`+`X`	`⌃⌥X`

Here is a brief animation illustrating how to find and use the keyboard shortcuts:

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Updated on April 6, 2021

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