Keyboard Shortcuts
Here’s every keyboard shortcut in Grasmere, menu by menu. ⌘ is Command, ⌥ is Option, ⌃ is Control and ⇧ is Shift.
From 1.1: a few shortcuts changed to match Obsidian, Ulysses and iA Writer. Open Quickly is now ⌘O (it was ⌘P), Open File is ⌥⌘O (it was ⌘O) and Export as PDF is ⌘P (it was ⇧⌘E). Headings got ⌥⌘1–3.
The ones to learn first
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
| ⌘O | Open a document by name |
| ⇧⌘F | Search every document |
| ⌘K | Link the selection to a document |
| ⌘T | Today’s entry |
| ⇧⌘T | Every task |
| ⇧⌘L | The Index |
| ⇧⌘D | Focus mode |
| ⇧⌘A | Ask Your Documents |
| ⌃⌥⌘N | Quick capture, from any app |
File
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|
| ⌘N | New Document |
| ⌥⌘N | New Folder |
| ⇧⌘N | New Window |
| ⇧⌘O | Open Folder |
| ⌥⌘O | Open File |
| ⇧⌘K | New Document from Clipboard |
| ⌘S | Save |
| ⌘P | Export as PDF |
| ⇧⌘E | Export as Word Document |
Edit
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|
| ⌘K | Insert Link |
| ⌥⌘K | Cite Source |
| ⌥⌘L | Copy Link to Selection |
| ⌥⌘C | Copy as Context |
| ⌥⌘/ | Ask a Follow-up Question |
| ⌘F | Find |
| ⌥⌘F | Find and Replace |
| ⌘G | Find Next |
| ⇧⌘G | Find Previous |
| ⌘E | Use Selection for Find |
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|
| ⌥⌘1, ⌥⌘2, ⌥⌘3 | Heading 1, 2, 3 (again to make it plain text) |
| ⌥⌘Q | Blockquote (the line, or the selected lines; again to make them plain) |
| ⌘B | Bold |
| ⌘I | Italic |
| ⌥⌘T | Insert Table |
| ⌘↩ | Tick or Untick Task |
| ⌘+ | Bigger text |
| ⌘− | Smaller text |
| ⌘0 | Actual size |
View
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|
| ⌃⌘S | Show or Hide Contents |
| ⌃⌥⌘S | Show or Hide Margin |
| ⌥⌘W | Close Side Pane |
| ⇧⌘L | Index |
| ⇧⌘D | Focus Mode |
| ⌥⌘[ | Fold Section |
| ⌥⌘] | Unfold Section |
| ⇧⌥⌘[ | Fold All |
| ⇧⌥⌘] | Unfold All |
Go
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|
| ⌘O | Open Quickly |
| ⇧⌘F | Search All Documents |
| ⇧⌘T | Tasks |
| ⌘1 | Select in Contents |
| ⌘T | Today |
| ⌥⌘← | Previous Day |
| ⌥⌘→ | Next Day |
| ⌘[ | Back |
| ⌘] | Forward |
Project
| Shortcut | Command |
|---|
| ⇧⌘A | Ask Your Documents |
| ⌥⌘B | Build Website |
| ⇧⌘P | Publish |
Anywhere on your Mac
| Shortcut | What it does |
|---|
| ⌃⌥⌘N | Quick capture into today’s entry (change it in Settings ▸ Capture) |
While writing
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| Return | On a list item, start the next item; on an empty item, end the list |
| Tab, ⇧Tab | Nest a list item, or bring it back out; in a table, move between cells |
[text]( | Open the link picker |
# in the link picker | Choose one of the document’s headings |
[@ | Open the citation picker |
With the mouse
| Action | What it does |
|---|
| ⌘-click a link | Follow it straight away |
| ⌥-click a link, document, search result or task | Open it in split view |
| ⌘-click or ⇧-click in the contents | Pick several documents |
| Double-click a document in the contents | Rename it |
In the contents
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| ↑ ↓ | Move through the list |
| → ← | Open or close a folder |
| Return | Open the document |
| ⌘⌫ | Move to Trash |
| Tab or esc | Back to the document |
In the Index
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| ↑ ↓ | Through the deck |
| ← → | Along the links of the card in front |
| Return | Open the card in front |
| Type a title | Jump to it |
| esc | Back to the document |
In the Manuscript view
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| ↑ ↓ | Move through the running order (the page follows) |
| ⌥⌘↑ ⌥⌘↓ | Move the chapter up or down |
| Return | Open the chapter in the editor (a part: show or hide its chapters) |
| esc or ⌘W | Close the Manuscript view |