.. _a_kb:

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Keyboard Shortcuts
******************

Most features in novelWriter are available as keyboard shortcuts. This is a reference list if these
shortcuts. Most of them are also listed in the application.

.. note::
   On macOS, replace :kbd:`Ctrl` with :kbd:`Cmd`.


.. _a_kb_main:

Main Window Shortcuts
=====================

.. csv-table::
   :header: "Shortcut", "Description"

   ":kbd:`F1`",                       "Open the online user manual"
   ":kbd:`F5`",                       "Open the :guilabel:`Build Manuscript` tool"
   ":kbd:`F6`",                       "Open the :guilabel:`Writing Statistics` tool"
   ":kbd:`F8`",                       "Toggle :guilabel:`Focus Mode`"
   ":kbd:`F9`",                       "Re-build the project index"
   ":kbd:`F11`",                      "Toggle full screen mode"
   ":kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`1`",              "Switch focus to the project tree (Windows :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`1`)"
   ":kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`2`",              "Switch focus to document editor (Windows :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`2`)"
   ":kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`3`",              "Switch focus to document viewer (Windows :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`3`)"
   ":kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`4`",              "Switch focus to outline view (Windows :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`4`)"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`,`",             "Open the :guilabel:`Preferences` dialog"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Q`",             "Exit novelWriter"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`,`", "Open the :guilabel:`Project Settings` dialog"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`O`", "Open a project"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`S`", "Save the current project"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`W`", "Close the current project"
   ":kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`F1`",           "Open the local user manual (PDF) if it is available"
   ":kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`F6`",           "Open the :guilabel:`Project Details` dialog"

.. _a_kb_tree:

Project Tree Shortcuts
======================

.. csv-table::
   :header: "Shortcut", "Description"

   ":kbd:`F2`",                         "Edit the label of the selected item"
   ":kbd:`Return`",                     "Open the selected document in the editor"
   ":kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`Up`",               "Jump or go to the previous item at same level in the tree"
   ":kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`Down`",             "Jump or go to the next item at same level in the tree"
   ":kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`Left`",             "Jump to the parent item in the tree"
   ":kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`Right`",            "Jump to the first child item in the project tree"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`.`",               "Open the context menu on the selected item"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`L`",               "Open the :guilabel:`Quick Links` menu"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`N`",               "Open the :guilabel:`Create New Item` menu"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`O`",               "Open selected document"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`R`",               "Open the selected document in the viewer"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Up`",              "Move selected item one step up in the tree"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Down`",            "Move selected item one step down in the tree"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`Z`",   "Undo the last move of a project item, if possible"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`Del`", "Move the selected item to Trash"


.. _a_kb_editor:

Document Editor Shortcuts
=========================


Text Search Shortcuts
---------------------

.. csv-table::
   :header: "Shortcut", "Description"

   ":kbd:`F3`",                       "Find the next occurrence of the search word"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`F`",             "Open the search bar and search for the selected word, if any is selected"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`G`",             "Find next occurrence of search word in current document"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`H`",             "Open the search tool and populate with the selected word (Mac :kbd:`Cmd`:kbd:`=`)"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`1`", "Replace selected occurrence of the search word, and move to the next"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`G`", "Find previous occurrence of the search word"
   ":kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`F3`",           "Find the previous occurrence of the search word"


Text Formatting Shortcuts
-------------------------

.. csv-table::
   :header: "Shortcut", "Description"

   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`/`",             "Toggle block format as comment"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`0`",             "Remove block formatting for block under cursor"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`1`",             "Change block format to header level 1"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`2`",             "Change block format to header level 2"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`3`",             "Change block format to header level 3"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`4`",             "Change block format to header level 4"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`5`",             "Change block alignment to left-aligned"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`6`",             "Change block alignment to centred"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`7`",             "Change block alignment to right-aligned"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`8`",             "Add a left margin to the block"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`9`",             "Add a right margin to the block"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`B`",             "Format selected text, or word under cursor, with strong emphasis (bold)"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`D`",             "Strikethrough selected text, or word under cursor"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`I`",             "Format selected text, or word under cursor, with emphasis (italic)"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`'`",             "Wrap selected text, or word under cursor, in single quotes"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`""`",            "Wrap selected text, or word under cursor, in double quotes"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`/`", "Remove block formatting for block under cursor"


Other Editor Shortcuts
----------------------

.. csv-table::
   :header: "Shortcut", "Description"

   ":kbd:`F7`",                       "Re-run the spell checker"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`.`",             "Open the context menu at the current cursor location"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`A`",             "Select all text in the document"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`C`",             "Copy selected text to clipboard"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`",             "Activate the insert commands (see list in :ref:`a_kb_ins`)"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`R`",             "Open or reload the current document in the viewer"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`S`",             "Save the current document"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`V`",             "Paste text from clipboard to cursor position"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`W`",             "Close the current document"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`X`",             "Cut selected text to clipboard"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Y`",             "Redo latest undo"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Z`",             "Undo latest changes"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Del`",           "Delete the word after the cursor"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Backspace`",     "Delete the word before the cursor"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Return`",        "Open the tag or reference under the cursor in the viewer"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`F7`",            "Toggle spell checking"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`A`", "Select all text in the current paragraph"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`I`", "Import text to the current document from a text file"

.. _a_kb_ins:

Insert Shortcuts
----------------

A set of insert features are also available through shortcuts, but they require a double
combination of key sequences. The insert feature is activated with :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, followed by
a key or key combination for the inserted content.

.. csv-table::
   :header: "Shortcut", "Description"

   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`−`",                 "Insert a short dash (en dash)"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`_`",                 "Insert a long dash (em dash)"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`_`",      "Insert a horizontal bar (quotation dash)"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`~`",                 "Insert a figure dash (same width as a number)"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`1`",                 "Insert a left single quote"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`2`",                 "Insert a right single quote"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`3`",                 "Insert a left double quote"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`4`",                 "Insert a right double quote"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`'`",                 "Insert a modifier apostrophe"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`.`",                 "Insert an ellipsis"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`'`",      "Insert a prime"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`""`",     "Insert a double prime"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`Space`",             "Insert a non-breaking space"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`Space`", "Insert a thin space"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Space`",  "Insert a thin non-breaking space"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`*`",                 "Insert a list bullet"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`−`",      "Insert a hyphen bullet (alternative bullet)"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`*`",      "Insert a flower mark (alternative bullet)"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`%`",                 "Insert a per mille symbol"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`O`",      "Insert a degree symbol"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`X`",      "Insert a times sign"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`D`",      "Insert a division sign"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`G`",                 "Insert a ``@tag`` keyword"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`V`",                 "Insert a ``@pov`` keyword"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`F`",                 "Insert a ``@focus`` keyword"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`C`",                 "Insert a ``@char`` keyword"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`P`",                 "Insert a ``@plot`` keyword"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`S`",                 "Insert a synopsis comment"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`T`",                 "Insert a ``@time`` keyword"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`L`",                 "Insert a ``@location`` keyword"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`O`",                 "Insert an ``@object`` keyword"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`E`",                 "Insert an ``@entity`` keyword"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`K`, :kbd:`X`",                 "Insert a ``@custom`` keyword"


.. _a_kb_viewer:

Document Viewer Shortcuts
=========================

.. csv-table::
   :header: "Shortcut", "Description"

   ":kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`Left`",           "Move backward in the view history"
   ":kbd:`Alt`:kbd:`Right`",          "Move forward in the view history"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`C`",             "Copy selected text to clipboard"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`A`", "Select all text in the current paragraph"
   ":kbd:`Ctrl`:kbd:`Shift`:kbd:`R`", "Close the document viewer"