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Key Commands

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• Roam is built to be driven from the keyboard. These are the commands worth learning first.
• This page is just the highlights. To browse every shortcut, use the ? help icon in the top right, and the Command Palette shows each command's keys next to its name.
• To change a hotkey (or give keys to a command that has none), head to Settings → Hotkeys. Customizable Hotkeys shows how.
  • Running Edit Hotkey: [command name] from the Command Palette jumps straight to that command's binding.

Writing and formatting

• Bold
  • Mac: Cmd-b
  • PC: Ctrl-b
• Italics
  • Mac: Cmd-i
  • PC: Ctrl-i
• Highlight
  • Mac: Cmd-h
  • PC: Ctrl-h
• Strikethrough
  • Mac: Cmd-y
  • PC: Win-y
• Headings 1, 2, 3 (0 removes the heading)
  • Mac: Cmd-Alt-1 / Cmd-Alt-2 / Cmd-Alt-3 / Cmd-Alt-0
  • PC: Ctrl-Alt-1 / Ctrl-Alt-2 / Ctrl-Alt-3 / Ctrl-Alt-0
• Toggle TODO/DONE
  • Mac: Cmd-Enter
  • PC: Ctrl-Enter
• Insert markdown link (wraps the selected text)
  • Mac: Cmd-k
  • PC: Ctrl-k
• [Comment on current block](Comments)
  • Mac: Cmd-Alt-=
  • PC: Ctrl-Alt-=

Working with blocks

• Indent block Tab
• Unindent block Shift-Tab
• Move block up / down
  • Mac: Cmd-Shift-↑ / Cmd-Shift-↓
  • PC: Alt-Shift-↑ / Alt-Shift-↓
• Collapse / expand children
  • Mac: Cmd-↑ / Cmd-↓
  • PC: Ctrl-↑ / Ctrl-↓
• Zoom in / out of a block
  • Mac: Cmd-. / Cmd-,
  • PC: Alt-→ / Alt-←
• Copy [block ref](Block References)
  • Mac: Cmd-Shift-c
  • PC: Ctrl-Shift-c
• Copy block embed
  • Mac: Cmd-Shift-e
  • PC: Ctrl-Shift-e
• Follow the link under your cursor Ctrl-o
• Open the link under your cursor in the sidebar Ctrl-Shift-o

Getting around

• Search (see Find or create page and Advanced Search)
  • Mac: Cmd-u
  • PC: Ctrl-u
• Command Palette
  • Mac: Cmd-p
  • PC: Ctrl-p
• Global search
  • Mac: Cmd-Shift-u
  • PC: Ctrl-Shift-u
• Open Daily Notes
  • Mac: Ctrl-Shift-d
  • PC: Alt-d
• Go to previous / next day Ctrl-Alt-p / Ctrl-Alt-n
• Toggle Left Sidebar
  • Mac: Cmd-\
  • PC: Ctrl-\
• Toggle Right Sidebar
  • Mac: Cmd-/
  • PC: Ctrl-/
• Go to the last block on the page
  • Mac: Cmd-Shift-Enter
  • PC: Ctrl-Shift-Enter
• Zen Mode
  • Mac: Cmd-k then z
  • PC: Ctrl-k then z
• Help menu Alt-Shift-h (the same shortcut cheat sheet as the ? help icon in the top right)
• Community Videos::
  • Top 10 Roam Shortcuts for Beginners by Zack Fan
    • {{video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWeU14NAgyw}}
      #Right Sidebar | #Graph Overview | #Advanced Block Reference Search | #Find or create page | #Navigation