Phonemos User Guide

Command palette and keyboard shortcuts

Useful keyboard shortcuts

All shortcuts use Mod=Cmd on MacOS and Ctrl on Windows/Linux.

Text formatting

Description

Shortcut

Bold

Mod+B

Italic

Mod+I

Underline

Mod+U

Strikethrough

Mod+Shift+S

Inline code

Mod+Shift+M

Clear formatting

Mod+\

Paste plain text

Mod+Shift+V

Block formatting

Description

Shortcut

Normal text

Mod+Alt+0

Heading 1

Mod+Alt+1

Heading 2

Mod+Alt+2

Heading 3

Mod+Alt+3

Heading 4

Mod+Alt+4

Heading 5

Mod+Alt+5

Heading 6

Mod+Alt+6

Bullet list

Mod+Shift+8

Numbered list

Mod+Shift+7

Horizontal rule

Mod+Shift+-

Description

Shortcut

Insert / edit link

Mod+K

Find

Mod+F

Annotate / comment

Mod+Alt+C

Add alt text to image

Mod+Alt+Y

Open editor help

Mod+/

Tables

Description

Shortcut

Create table

Shift+Alt+T

Next cell

Tab

Previous cell

Shift+Tab

Add row above

Ctrl+Alt+↑

Add row below

Ctrl+Alt+↓

Add column before

Ctrl+Alt+←

Add column after

Ctrl+Alt+→

Editing

Description

Shortcut

Undo

Mod+Z

Redo

Mod+Shift+Z / Mod+Y

Submit

Mod+Enter

Insert line break (within block)

Shift+Enter

Indent

Tab

Outdent

Shift+Tab

 

Shortcuts outside the editor

These shortcuts work while viewing a page (not in edit mode). Single-letter shortcuts are only active when focus is not on a text input.

Page actions

Description

Shortcut

Edit page

E

Save page

Mod+S

Save as draft

Mod+Shift+S

Save and publish

Mod+Alt+S

Copy link to current page

K

Close page / dialog

Esc

Description

Shortcut

Go to parent

U / Alt+←

Go to first child

Alt+→

Go to previous item in tree

Alt+↑

Go to next item in tree

Alt+↓

Description

Shortcut

Toggle navigation sidebar

Alt+O / [

Toggle context sidebar

Alt+P / ]

Create

Description

Shortcut

Show create child menu

C

Create child page

N

Create sibling page

Alt+N

Create root page

Mod+N

Description

Shortcut

Focus search

Alt+F / /

Open command palette

Ctrl+Space / Shift+Space / Mod+Shift+P

 

Command palette

Phonemos comes with a pretty good keyboard navigation and a direct access menu to functionality.

Open the command palette next to the search field:

Command palette icon next to the search field

This will bring up a searchable list of functions that you can open or use in the current context:

Searchable command palette with MacOS shortcuts

Where available, the keyboard shortcuts are displayed next to the function.

Markdown options and keyboard shortcuts while editing

Request help window while editing

If you need to see the same keyboard shortcuts that are available in the editor, use /help to get a dialog popup explaining these.

Editor help dialog with MacOS shortcuts