Keyboard shortcuts

View the complete list of keyboard shortcuts for the Mintlify web editor, including text formatting, navigation, and editing commands.

Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate and edit faster in the web editor. The editor supports common shortcuts like copy, paste, undo, redo, and select all, along with the shortcuts listed below.

View shortcuts in the dashboard

You can view a searchable list of shortcuts in the dashboard.

1. Click Get help at the bottom of the sidebar.
2. Click Keyboard shortcuts.

You can also press Shift + ? when you aren’t typing in the editor or a text field.

Editor-wide

These shortcuts work in both visual and source mode unless noted.

Command	macOS	Windows
Search the dashboard	Cmd + K	Ctrl + K
Open or close the agent	Cmd + J	Ctrl + J
Switch between visual and source mode	Cmd + Shift + S	Ctrl + Shift + S
Move current page	Cmd + Shift + P	Ctrl + Shift + P
Show or hide the sidebar	Cmd + \	Ctrl + \
Undo the last page action (while the undo toast is visible and focus is outside the editor)	Cmd + Z	Ctrl + Z
Exit diff or version comparison	Cmd + Shift + D	Ctrl + Shift + D
Apply docs.json changes (while docs.json has unapplied changes)	Cmd + S	Ctrl + S

Sidebar

Command	macOS	Windows
Clear the selection (while pages are selected)	Esc	Esc
Cancel a drag (while dragging a page or file)	Esc	Esc
Save and close a configuration panel (while it has valid unsaved changes)	Enter	Enter

Visual mode

Use these shortcuts when editing in visual mode.

Text formatting

Command	macOS	Windows
Bold	Cmd + B	Ctrl + B
Italic	Cmd + I	Ctrl + I
Underline	Cmd + U	Ctrl + U
Strikethrough	Cmd + Shift + X	Ctrl + Shift + X
Code	Cmd + E	Ctrl + E
Subscript	Cmd + ,	Ctrl + ,
Superscript	Cmd + .	Ctrl + .

Headings

Command	macOS	Windows
Text	Cmd + Option + 0	Ctrl + Alt + 0
Heading 1	Cmd + Option + 1	Ctrl + Alt + 1
Heading 2	Cmd + Option + 2	Ctrl + Alt + 2
Heading 3	Cmd + Option + 3	Ctrl + Alt + 3
Heading 4	Cmd + Option + 4	Ctrl + Alt + 4
Heading 5	Cmd + Option + 5	Ctrl + Alt + 5
Heading 6	Cmd + Option + 6	Ctrl + Alt + 6

Lists and blocks

Command	macOS	Windows
Unordered list (also turns a task into a plain bullet)	Cmd + Shift + 8	Ctrl + Shift + 8
Ordered list (also turns a task into a plain numbered item)	Cmd + Shift + 7	Ctrl + Shift + 7
Task list	Cmd + Shift + 9	Ctrl + Shift + 9
Indent selected list items	Tab	Tab
Outdent selected list items	Shift + Tab	Shift + Tab
Blockquote	Cmd + Shift + B	Ctrl + Shift + B
Next table cell (adds a row from the last cell)	Tab	Tab
Previous table cell	Shift + Tab	Shift + Tab
Toggle accordion group (cursor in an accordion)	Cmd + G	Ctrl + G

Content actions

Command	macOS	Windows
Add link to selected text	Cmd + K	Ctrl + K
Add line break	Cmd + Enter or Shift + Enter	Ctrl + Enter or Shift + Enter
Comment on highlighted text or the current block	Cmd + Shift + M	Ctrl + Shift + M
Toggle suggesting mode	Cmd + Shift + E	Ctrl + Shift + E
Component menu	/	/
Emoji picker	: + keyword	: + keyword
Print page (page content only, without the editor interface)	Cmd + P	Ctrl + P

Smart substitutions

The editor automatically converts certain character sequences into typographic symbols as you type. The editor skips substitutions inside code blocks and inline code, and while suggesting mode is on.

Type	Result
->	→
<-	←
=>	⇒
<=	≤
>=	≥
!=	≠

Source mode

Source mode uses CodeMirror. Most common code editor shortcuts work, along with the ones below.

Search and navigation

Command	macOS	Windows
Search the dashboard	Cmd + K	Ctrl + K
Find	Cmd + F	Ctrl + F
Show details at cursor	Cmd + .	Ctrl + .

Editing

Command	macOS	Windows
Bold (wraps in **)	Cmd + B	Ctrl + B
Italic (wraps in _)	Cmd + I	Ctrl + I
Toggle comment	Cmd + /	Ctrl + /
Format document	Cmd + S	Ctrl + S
Fold all	Cmd + Option + Shift + [	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + [
Unfold all	Cmd + Option + Shift + ]	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ]
Indent line	Tab	Tab
Outdent line	Shift + Tab	Shift + Tab
Move line up	Option + ↑	Alt + ↑
Move line down	Option + ↓	Alt + ↓
Duplicate line	Shift + Option + ↓	Shift + Alt + ↓