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.

Navigation

Mac	Windows	Description
Esc	Esc	Close a dialog or the search panel
⌘+K	Ctrl+K	Open the quick find panel

Editing

Mac	Windows	Description
⌘+C	Ctrl+C	Copy
⌘+V	Ctrl+V	Paste
⌘+Shift+V	Ctrl+Shift+V	Paste as text, without formatting
⌘+Z	Ctrl+Z	Undo
⌘+Shift+Z	Ctrl+Shift+Z	Redo
⌘+Enter	Ctrl+Enter	Exit from content block (code, tabs, table, quote ...)
/	/	Open block-insert palette.
⌘+/	Ctrl+/	Open block-modifier palette.
⌘+B	Ctrl+B	Toggle bold
⌘+I	Ctrl+I	Toggle italic
⌘+Shift+S	Ctrl+Shift+S	Toggle strikethrough
⌘+E	Ctrl+E	Toggle inline code
⌘+K	Ctrl+K	Insert or toggle link
Tab	Tab	In a list, increase item indent level. In a code block, increase indentation level.
Shift+Tab	Shift+Tab	In a list, decrease item indent level. In a code block, decrease indentation level.
Esc	Esc	Selects the entire block