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Customizable Hotkeys

Most of Roam's commands can be given hotkeys of your own (or have their defaults changed) in Settings → Hotkeys.
Commands are grouped by where they apply: Everywhere, Inside a Block, and Multiple Blocks Selected, plus any commands your extensions add.

Open Settings → Hotkeys, or jump straight to one command by running Edit Hotkey: [command name] from the Command Palette.
Click a command's hotkey, then press the keys you want. Start by holding a modifier (Cmd, Ctrl, or Option; on PC, Ctrl, Win, or Alt).
Press a second combination right after to build a multi-step hotkey, like Ctrl-k Ctrl-b.
Click away to save.
Commands marked Blank have no hotkey yet. They still work from the Command Palette until you give them one.
Each command also has buttons to delete its hotkey or restore the default.

If two commands end up sharing a hotkey, it's highlighted on both. Hover to see which command it clashes with, then change or delete one of them.

Export downloads your customizations as a file; Import Hotkeys loads one on another device.
Importing replaces the custom hotkeys you have, so export a backup first.