Keyboard shortcuts

A quick reference guide to all the keyboard shortcuts available in GitBook

Shortcut keys allow easy and quick methods for navigating or editing content.

In published documentation

Description	Mac	Windows
Open the Ask or search panel	⌘+K	Ctrl+K
Open the GitBook Assistant chat window	⌘+I	Ctrl+I
Close the Ask or search or GitBook Assistant panels	Esc	Esc

In the GitBook app

Description	Mac	Windows
Copy	⌘+C	Ctrl+C
Paste	⌘+V	Ctrl+V
Paste as text, without formatting	⌘+Shift+V	Ctrl+Shift+V
Undo	⌘+Z	Ctrl+Z
Redo	⌘+Shift+Z	Ctrl+Shift+Z
Duplicate selected block(s)	⌘ + D	Ctrl + D
Exit from content block (code, tabs, table, quote ...)	⌘+Enter	Ctrl+Enter
Open block-insert palette.	/	/
Open block-modifier palette.	⌘+/	Ctrl+/
Toggle bold	⌘+B	Ctrl+B
Toggle italic	⌘+I	Ctrl+I
Toggle strikethrough	⌘+Shift+S	Ctrl+Shift+S
Toggle inline code	⌘+E	Ctrl+E
Insert or toggle link	⌘+K (in the editor)	Ctrl+K (in the editor)
Select the entire block	Esc	Esc
Close a dialog or the search panel	Esc (navigation)	Esc (navigation)
Open the Ask or search panel	⌘+K (outside the editor)	Ctrl+K (outside the editor)

Block-specific shortcuts

Paragraph & heading blocks

Description	Mac	Windows
Insert a soft line break in a paragraph	Shift + Enter	Shift + Enter
Turn into a paragraph	⌘ + ⌥ + 0	Ctrl + Alt + 0
Turn into a heading 1	⌘ + ⌥ + 1	Ctrl + Alt + 1
Turn into a heading 2	⌘ + ⌥ + 2	Ctrl + Alt + 2
Turn into a heading 3	⌘ + ⌥ + 3	Ctrl + Alt + 3

Table blocks

Description	Mac	Windows
Insert a row below	⌥ + Shift + Enter	Alt + Shift + Enter
Insert a row above	⌥ + Enter	Alt + Enter
Move to next row	Enter	Enter
Insert a new line in a text cell	Shift + Enter	Shift + Enter
Delete row	⌘ + -	Ctrl + -

List & Code blocks

Description	Mac	Windows
Increase indentation level	Tab	Tab
Decrease indentation level	Shift + Tab	Shift + Tab