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.. _docs_features_shortcuts:
******************
Keyboard Shortcuts
******************
Most features in novelWriter are available as keyboard shortcuts. This is a reference list of those
shortcuts. Most of them are also listed in the application's user interface.
.. note::
On MacOS, replace :kbd:`Ctrl` with :kbd:`Cmd`.
Main Window Shortcuts
=====================
.. csv-table::
:header: "Shortcut", "Description"
":kbd:`F1`", "Open the online user manual"
":kbd:`F5`", "Open the **Build Manuscript** tool"
":kbd:`F6`", "Open the **Writing Statistics** tool"
":kbd:`F8`", "Toggle **Focus Mode**"
":kbd:`F9`", "Re-build the project's index"
":kbd:`F11`", "Toggle full screen mode"
":kbd:`Ctrl+,`", "Open the **Preferences** dialog"
":kbd:`Ctrl+E`", "Switch or toggle focus for the editor or viewer"
":kbd:`Ctrl+T`", "Switch or toggle focus for the project tree or novel view"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Q`", "Exit novelWriter"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+,`", "Open the **Project Settings** dialog"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+O`", "Open the Welcome dialog to open or create a project"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+S`", "Save the current project"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+T`", "Switch focus to the outline view"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+W`", "Close the current project"
":kbd:`Shift+F1`", "Open the local user manual (PDF) if it is available"
":kbd:`Shift+F6`", "Open the **Project Details** dialog"
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+Up`", "Jump or go to the previous item at same level in the tree"
":kbd:`Alt+Down`", "Jump or go to the next item at same level in the tree"
":kbd:`Alt+Left`", "Jump to the parent item in the tree"
":kbd:`Alt+Right`", "Jump to the first child item in the project tree"
":kbd:`Ctrl+.`", "Open the context menu on the selected item"
":kbd:`Ctrl+L`", "Open the **Quick Links** menu"
":kbd:`Ctrl+N`", "Open the **Create New Item** menu"
":kbd:`Ctrl+O`", "Open the selected document in the editor"
":kbd:`Ctrl+R`", "Open the selected document in the viewer"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Up`", "Move selected item one step up in the tree"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Down`", "Move selected item one step down in the tree"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+Del`", "Move the selected item to Trash"
Document Editor Shortcuts
=========================
Text Search Shortcuts
---------------------
.. csv-table::
:header: "Shortcut", "Description"
":kbd:`F3`", "Find the next occurrence of the search word"
":kbd:`Ctrl+F`", "Open search and look for the selected word"
":kbd:`Ctrl+G`", "Find the next occurrence of the search word"
":kbd:`Ctrl+H`", "Open replace and look for the selected word (Mac :kbd:`Cmd+=`)"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+1`", "Replace selected occurrence, and move to the next"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+G`", "Find the previous occurrence of the search word"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+F`", "Open project search and look for the selected word"
":kbd:`Shift+F3`", "Find the previous occurrence of the search word"
Text Formatting Shortcuts
-------------------------
.. csv-table::
:header: "Shortcut", "Description"
":kbd:`Ctrl+'`", "Wrap selected text, or word under cursor, in single quotes"
":kbd:`Ctrl+""`", "Wrap selected text, or word under cursor, in double quotes"
":kbd:`Ctrl+/`", "Toggle comment format for block or selected text"
":kbd:`Ctrl+0`", "Remove format for block or selected text"
":kbd:`Ctrl+1`", "Change block format to heading level 1"
":kbd:`Ctrl+2`", "Change block format to heading level 2"
":kbd:`Ctrl+3`", "Change block format to heading level 3"
":kbd:`Ctrl+4`", "Change block format to heading level 4"
":kbd:`Ctrl+5`", "Change block alignment to left-aligned"
":kbd:`Ctrl+6`", "Change block alignment to centred"
":kbd:`Ctrl+7`", "Change block alignment to right-aligned"
":kbd:`Ctrl+8`", "Add a left margin to the block"
":kbd:`Ctrl+9`", "Add a right margin to the block"
":kbd:`Ctrl+B`", "Format selected text, or word under cursor, with bold"
":kbd:`Ctrl+D`", "Format selected text, or word under cursor, with strike through"
":kbd:`Ctrl+I`", "Format selected text, or word under cursor, with italic"
":kbd:`Ctrl+M`", "Highlight selected text, or word under cursor"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+/`", "Remove format for block or selected text"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+D`", "Toggle ignored text format for block or selected text"
Other Editor Shortcuts
----------------------
.. csv-table::
:header: "Shortcut", "Description"
":kbd:`F7`", "Re-run the spell checker on the document"
":kbd:`Ctrl+.`", "Open the context menu at the current cursor location"
":kbd:`Ctrl+A`", "Select all text in the document"
":kbd:`Ctrl+C`", "Copy selected text to clipboard"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`", "Activate the insert commands (see list in :ref:`docs_features_shortcuts_insert`)"
":kbd:`Ctrl+R`", "Open or reload the current document in the viewer"
":kbd:`Ctrl+S`", "Save the current document"
":kbd:`Ctrl+V`", "Paste text from clipboard to cursor position"
":kbd:`Ctrl+W`", "Close the current document"
":kbd:`Ctrl+X`", "Cut selected text to clipboard"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Y`", "Redo latest undo"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Z`", "Undo latest changes"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Backspace`", "Delete the word before the cursor"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Del`", "Delete the word after the cursor"
":kbd:`Ctrl+F7`", "Toggle spell checking"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Return`", "Open the tag or reference under the cursor in the viewer"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+A`", "Select all text in the current paragraph"
.. _docs_features_shortcuts_insert:
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+K`, followed by
a key or key combination for the inserted content.
.. csv-table::
:header: "Shortcut", "Description"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Space`", "Insert a non-breaking space"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`_`", "Insert a long dash (em dash)"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`.`", "Insert an ellipsis"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`'`", "Insert a modifier apostrophe"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`*`", "Insert a list bullet"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`%`", "Insert a per mille symbol"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`~`", "Insert a figure dash (same width as a number)"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:``", "Insert a short dash (en dash)"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`1`", "Insert a left single quote"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`2`", "Insert a right single quote"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`3`", "Insert a left double quote"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`4`", "Insert a right double quote"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`C`", "Insert a ``@char`` keyword"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`E`", "Insert an ``@entity`` keyword"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`F`", "Insert a ``@focus`` keyword"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`G`", "Insert a ``@tag`` keyword"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`H`", "Insert a short description comment"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`L`", "Insert a ``@location`` keyword"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`M`", "Insert a ``@mention`` keyword"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`O`", "Insert an ``@object`` keyword"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`P`", "Insert a ``@plot`` keyword"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`S`", "Insert a synopsis comment"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`T`", "Insert a ``@time`` keyword"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`V`", "Insert a ``@pov`` keyword"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`X`", "Insert a ``@custom`` keyword"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Ctrl+Space`", "Insert a thin non-breaking space"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Ctrl+_`", "Insert a horizontal bar (quotation dash)"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Ctrl+'`", "Insert a prime"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Ctrl+""`", "Insert a double prime"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Ctrl+*`", "Insert a flower mark (alternative bullet)"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Ctrl+`", "Insert a hyphen bullet (alternative bullet)"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Ctrl+D`", "Insert a division sign"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Ctrl+O`", "Insert a degree symbol"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Ctrl+X`", "Insert a times sign"
":kbd:`Ctrl+K`, :kbd:`Shift+Space`", "Insert a thin space"
Document Viewer Shortcuts
=========================
.. csv-table::
:header: "Shortcut", "Description"
":kbd:`Alt+Left`", "Move backward in the view history"
":kbd:`Alt+Right`", "Move forward in the view history"
":kbd:`Ctrl+C`", "Copy selected text to clipboard"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+A`", "Select all text in the current paragraph"
":kbd:`Ctrl+Shift+R`", "Close the document viewer"