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Keyboard shortcuts

These shortcuts are for the Windows app. The search box on this documentation website searches the guides, while Ctrl + K in Raku searches your note titles.

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + K Open or close Search or jump to.
↑ / ↓ Select a result in the command palette.
Enter Open the selected note or run the selected command.
Esc Close the command palette, or leave Zen mode.
Ctrl + Shift + Z Enter or leave Zen mode.
Ctrl + Shift + T Show or hide the editor toolbar.

To create a note, click New note in the sidebar, or open the command palette and choose New note.

These shortcuts work while the note editor has focus. Select text to change it, or toggle a style before you type.

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + B Bold.
Ctrl + I Italic.
Ctrl + U Underline.
Ctrl + Z Undo an edit.
Ctrl + Y Redo an edit.
Ctrl + C / X / V Copy, cut or paste.
Shift + Enter Add a line break within the current paragraph.

Use Ctrl + Y for redo: Raku uses Ctrl + Shift + Z for Zen mode.

See Writing and images for toolbar controls and checklists.

Shortcut Action
Ctrl + mouse wheel over the note Zoom the paper.
Ctrl + + (or Ctrl + =) Zoom in.
Ctrl + - Zoom out.
Ctrl + 0 Reset paper zoom to 100%.

Paper zoom ranges from 50% to 250%. To change the sidebar, menus and header size, use Settings → Appearance → Interface scale. Read more in Zoom and settings.