On this page
  1. Anywhere in the workspace
  2. Library tree
  3. Canvas
  4. Pane dividers
  5. Command palette

Reference

Keyboard

These are the keys the workspace answers to, and the state each needs.

⌘ is Ctrl on Windows and Linux. While you type, ?, / and ⌘Z go to what you are typing in.

Anywhere in the workspace

Key What it does
⌘⌥1 / ⌘⌥2 / ⌘⌥3 Focuses the library, canvas or preview pane, restoring a collapsed one
/ Focuses pane 1's search field, when it is on screen
⌘⌥[ / ⌘⌥] Collapses or restores the library or preview pane when docked; when the preview is an overlay, ⌘⌥] leaves it on screen
⌘⌥V Opens or closes the Fields sheet; with the editor open, neither exists
⌘K Opens or closes the command palette
⌘⇧K / ⌘⇧C Copies the document as rich text, or Markdown. Editor closed, canvas not empty; the rich copy is built from pane 3's preview, so a docked prompter gets Markdown
⌘Z Undoes the last insert, remove, duplicate, heading change, refresh or reorder
⌘S Says Saved. Everything is a revision.; in the editor body, flushes the save
⌘⇧A Opens Live Answers in its own tab
? Opens the Keyboard sheet
Esc Closes a menu, panel or drag
The question-mark sheet, each chord beside what it does.
Four groups — Workspace, Library tree, Canvas and Editor — with the chord beside what it does.

Library tree

On a row of pane 1's Library tab:

Key What it does
↑ ↓ Moves between rows
← → / Space Expands or collapses a row with rows under it
⌘⏎ Opens the snippet in the editor
⇧⏎ Runs Quicklook on the snippet
⌘C Copies the snippet as rich text, unless text is selected
⇧F10 Opens the row's menu
N Runs New snippet
⇧N Runs New collection in the row you are on, or a snippet's library

⏎ inserts the snippet at the insertion point, or opens it while the editor is open. On a collection it inserts every snippet in it and its sub-collections, or toggles one holding none — with the editor open, only that toggle. A library toggles.

Canvas

On a canvas row:

Key What it does
↑ ↓ Moves the selection; the insertion point follows
Home / End Moves to the first or last row
⌥↑ / ⌥↓ Moves the selected row up or down
⌘⌫ Removes the selected row; the toast offers Undo
⇧F10 Opens the row's menu

Pane dividers

On a divider (Resize library pane, Resize canvas pane): → widens the pane to its left and ← narrows it by up to 16 pixels, or 64 with ⇧; Home and End set its limits; ⏎ collapses the library at the first, the preview at the second. The second goes with the overlay preview, both in the one-pane layout.

Command palette

↑ ↓ move between rows; ⏎ runs the verb the footer names; ⌘⏎ opens the highlighted snippet in the editor; ⌘C copies it and closes the palette unless text is selected.