.. _a_kb: ****************** 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`. .. _a_kb_main: 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" .. _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+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" .. _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+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+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:`a_kb_ins`)" ":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" .. _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+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:`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" .. _a_kb_viewer: 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"