# Keyboard shortcuts > Every default shortcut in Terra, grouped the way Settings › Hotkeys groups them, and how to change, reset or remove one. Source: https://terramd.io/docs/keyboard-shortcuts These are Terra's default shortcuts. To see them in the app, and to change them, open **Settings › Hotkeys**: press ⌘ , and click **Hotkeys**, or choose **Help › Keyboard Shortcuts**. The groups below follow the same order. Keys are shown in the order macOS uses: ⌃ Control, ⌥ Option, ⇧ Shift, ⌘ Command. Where a command has more than one shortcut, any of them works. ![Settings, Hotkeys pane, showing the Global group: Command palette, New note, Quick capture, Go to file, Settings, New…, Open library, Light or dark, Zoom in, Zoom out and Actual size, each with its keys.](https://terramd.io/docs/shots/start-hotkeys.webp "Settings › Hotkeys lists every command with its keys. Commands without keys are blank until you give them some.") ## Global | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Command palette | ⌘ K or ⇧ ⌘ P | | New note | ⌘ N | | Go to file (open a note by name) | ⌘ P | | Settings | ⌘ , | | Open library (switch to another Library) | ⌘ O | | Light or dark | ⇧ ⌘ L | | Zoom in (make the interface larger) | ⌘ = or ⇧ ⌘ = | | Zoom out | ⌘ - | | Actual size | ⌘ 0 | | Close window | ⇧ ⌘ W | No keys by default: **Quick capture** and **New…**. Separately, ⌃ ⌥ ⌘ N opens quick capture from any app, even when Terra is in the background. That one isn't listed in Settings › Hotkeys. ## Navigation | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Sidebar (show or hide) | ⌘ B | | Properties (show or hide the panel on the right) | ⌘ R or ⌥ ⌘ B | | Search | ⇧ ⌘ F | | Toggle view mode (Edit or Read) | ⌥ ⌘ E | | Cycle database layout | ⇧ ⌘ V | | Zen mode | ⌥ ⌘ Z | | Terminal | ⌘ J | | Back | ⌘ [ | | Forward | ⌘ ] | | Reveal in sidebar (show the open note's folder) | ⇧ ⌘ E | No keys by default: **Database drawer**, **Comments**, **Versions**, **AI conversations**, **Source mode** and **Reader mode**. With text selected in a note, ⌘ B makes it bold instead of hiding the sidebar. ## Panes and tabs | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Split (open a second pane to the right) | ⌘ \ | | Previous pane | ⌃ ⌥ ← | | Next pane | ⌃ ⌥ → | | Close tab | ⌘ W | | Reopen closed tab | ⇧ ⌘ T | | Next tab | ⇧ ⌘ ] or ⌥ ⌘ → or ⌃ Tab | | Previous tab | ⇧ ⌘ [ or ⌥ ⌘ ← or ⌃ ⇧ Tab | | Focus pane 1 to 9, in reading order | ⌘ 1 to ⌘ 9 | | Tab 1 to 9 of the focused pane | ⌃ 1 to ⌃ 9 | | Last tab of the focused pane | ⌃ 0 | - ⌘ W closes the tab you're in, and a pane closes with its last tab. With only one tab left in the window, it closes the window. - A window holds up to four panes, so only ⌘ 1 to ⌘ 4 ever have a pane to go to. Previous pane and Next pane stop at the first and last pane rather than wrapping around. - ⇧ ⌘ T remembers the last 20 tabs you closed, until you quit. ## Editor | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Save (Terra also saves as you type) | ⌘ S | | Duplicate (the selected block, or the open note) | ⌘ D | | Find in page | ⌘ F | | Redo | ⌘ Y | | Copy link to note (a `terra://` link to the open note) | ⌘ L | | Comment (opens the note's comments) | ⇧ ⌘ M | No keys by default: **Slash commands** and **Reload theme**. ## Other | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Side by side (two panes) | ⌃ ⌥ 1 | | 60 / 40 (two panes, the first wider) | ⌃ ⌥ 2 | | Stacked (two panes, one above the other) | ⌃ ⌥ 3 | | Three columns | ⌃ ⌥ 4 | | Main + two (one main pane, two stacked beside it) | ⌃ ⌥ 5 | | 2 × 2 (four panes) | ⌃ ⌥ 6 | A layout rearranges the panes you already have, so each one works only with that many panes open. No keys by default: **Tag manager**, **Property manager** and **Help**. ## Reader These work while a book is open in the [e-reader](https://terramd.io/docs/read-in-the-e-reader) and the page has focus. Click the page first. | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Previous page | ← or Page Up or ⇧ Space | | Next page | → or Page Down or Space | | Previous chapter | ⇧ ⌘ ← or ⌘ Page Up | | Next chapter | ⇧ ⌘ → or ⌘ Page Down | | Beginning of book | ⌘ Home | | End of book | ⌘ End | | Back (to where you were reading) | ⌘ ⌫ | | Forward | ⇧ ⌘ ⌫ | | Bookmark page | ⌘ B | | Named bookmark | ⌥ ⇧ B | | Highlight with note | ⌥ ⇧ A | | Quick highlight | ⌥ ⇧ Q | | Annotations in margin | ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ Z | | Go to page | ⇧ ⌘ P | | Zoom in | ⌘ 9 | | Zoom out | ⌘ 8 | | Fit page | ⌘ 0 | Zoom in, Zoom out and Fit page apply to fixed-layout books, whose pages are laid out like a PDF. Go to page needs a book that lists its print pages. ## Keys in notes, code, sheets and the sidebar Settings › Hotkeys lists these too, as a reference. They belong to the part of the window you're working in, so you can't change them. ### Undo | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Undo | ⌘ Z | | Redo | ⇧ ⌘ Z | Outside a text field, ⌘ Z also brings back the last note you moved to the Trash. ### Text While you're writing in a note: | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Bold (with text selected) | ⌘ B | | Italic | ⌘ I | | Underline, while you edit only: Markdown has no underline, so it isn't saved to the file | ⌘ U | | Strikethrough | ⇧ ⌘ S | | Inline code | ⌘ E | | Add a link (with text selected) | ⌘ K | | Turn into… (choose a new block type) | ⌘ / | | Turn into text | ⌥ ⌘ 0 | | Turn into heading 1 | ⌥ ⌘ 1 | | Turn into heading 2 | ⌥ ⌘ 2 | | Turn into heading 3 | ⌥ ⌘ 3 | | Turn into to-do | ⌥ ⌘ 4 | | Turn into bulleted list | ⌥ ⌘ 5 | | Turn into numbered list | ⌥ ⌘ 6 | | Turn into toggle (a block you can fold) | ⌥ ⌘ 7 | | Turn into code | ⌥ ⌘ 8 | | Turn into page (move the block to a new note, and link to it) | ⌥ ⌘ 9 | | Indent a list item or to-do | Tab | | Outdent a list item or to-do | ⇧ Tab | | Move block up | ⌥ ↑ | | Move block down | ⌥ ↓ | | Duplicate block up | ⌥ ⇧ ↑ | | Duplicate block down | ⌥ ⇧ ↓ | | Duplicate block | ⌘ D | | Delete block | ⇧ ⌘ K | | Check a to-do, or open or close a toggle | ⌘ Return | | Expand or collapse all toggles | ⌥ ⌘ T | | Select the current block | Esc | | Show or hide the outline beside the note | ⇧ ⌘ O | ### Code With the cursor in a code block: | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Comment line | ⌘ / | | Indent line | ⌘ ] | | Outdent line | ⌘ [ | | Select line | ⌘ L | | Select next match | ⌘ D | | Move line up | ⌥ ↑ | | Move line down | ⌥ ↓ | | Delete line | ⇧ ⌘ K | | Toggle line numbers | ⌘ ; | | Format (needs a formatter installed on your Mac) | ⇧ ⌘ I | | Convert code block to text | ⌘ E | ### Sheets and databases In a sheet, with several cells selected: | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Fill down | ⌘ D | | Fill right | ⌘ R | ### Peek While a note is open in a peek: | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Previous row of the list it came from | ⌃ ⇧ K | | Next row | ⌃ ⇧ J | ### Sidebar With a folder selected in the sidebar: | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Rename | F2 | | New folder | ⌥ ⌘ N | | Copy absolute path | ⌥ ⌘ C | | Copy relative path (from the Library folder) | ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ C | | Reveal in Finder | ⌥ ⌘ R | | Move to Trash | ⌘ ⌫ | ## More keys A few keys aren't in Settings at all: | Action | Shortcut | | --- | --- | | Flip a split between side by side and stacked | ⇧ ⌘ \ | | Open a note in a new tab | ⌘-click it in any list | | Restore a maximized pane, close a peek, or close a menu or dialog | Esc | | Nest or un-nest the selected blocks | ⌥ ⇧ → or ⌥ ⇧ ← | | Back and forward | swipe left or right with two fingers, or use your mouse's back and forward buttons | | Move a toolbar button earlier or later, while customizing the toolbar | ⌥ ← or ⌥ → | | Hide a toolbar button, while customizing the toolbar | ⌫ | ## Markdown as you type In a note, typing Markdown marks formats the text straight away. A few of the most used: | Type | To get | | --- | --- | | `#` to `######`, then a space, at the start of a line | Heading 1 to 6 | | `-` or `*`, then a space | Bullet list | | `1.`, then a space | Numbered list | | `[ ]`, then a space | To-do | | `>`, then a space | Quote | | ```` ``` ```` (with an optional language, such as ```` ```python ````), then a space | Code block | | `---` | Divider | | `**bold**`, `*italic*`, `~~struck~~`, `` `code` ``, `==highlighted==` | Bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code, highlight | | `/` | The menu of blocks to insert | | `@` | A menu to link a note or cite a source; on a to-do line, to add a date too | [Basic formatting syntax](https://terramd.io/docs/formatting-syntax) shows each one with what it saves in the file, and [Advanced formatting](https://terramd.io/docs/advanced-formatting) covers tables, math and the rest. ## Change a shortcut You can give any command in the Global, Navigation, Panes and tabs, Editor, Other and Reader groups new keys, including commands that have none. 1. Press ⌘ , to open **Settings**, then click **Hotkeys**. (**Help › Keyboard Shortcuts** goes straight there.) 2. Click the keys beside a command. They change to **Press keys…**. 3. Press the new keys. To back out, press Esc. ![Two rows of Settings, Hotkeys. Go to file now shows Command T, with Reset to default and Unbind buttons beside it. Settings shows Press keys….](https://terramd.io/docs/shots/start-hotkeys-rebind.webp "Go to file has been changed to ⌘T. Settings is waiting for new keys.") To undo a change, hover over the command and click **Reset to default** (the curved arrow). To remove a shortcut without replacing it, hover and click **Unbind** (**×**). Good to know: - New keys replace all of a command's shortcuts. Command palette has two by default, ⌘ K and ⇧ ⌘ P; after a change it has only the one you pressed. **Reset to default** brings both back. - Terra doesn't warn you when two commands share the same keys, and only one of them will run. Check the list for the keys before you use them. - Shortcuts belong to the Library that's open, so each Library can have its own. - The menu bar keeps showing the default keys, and its items still respond to them. - A shortcut without ⌘ or ⌃ doesn't fire while you're typing in a note or a text field. ## Related - [Make Terra yours](https://terramd.io/docs/make-terra-yours): the toolbar, themes and the rest of Settings. - [Find your way around](https://terramd.io/docs/find-your-way-around): what each pane, panel and drawer is. - [Basic formatting syntax](https://terramd.io/docs/formatting-syntax): what to type for each kind of formatting. - [Search syntax](https://terramd.io/docs/search-syntax): what you can type in the search window.