Reference for Canvas keyboard shortcuts covering collaboration, Canvas-specific features, document navigation, text selection, text formatting, paragraph formatting, and document management.
This reference lists Canvas keyboard shortcuts for collaboration, Canvas-specific features, document navigation, text selection, text formatting, paragraph formatting, and document management.
Collaboration
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|
| Add comment | Command+Shift+M |
Canvas-specific features
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|
| Add field labels to selection | Command+Option+L |
| Rewrite content (selection) | Command+Shift+Enter |
| Run as instruction (selection) | Command+Enter |
| Ghostwrite (continue writing) | Command+. |
| Include or exclude selected blocks from Studio | Command+/ |
Document navigation
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|
| Beginning of document | Command+Up |
| End of document | Command+Down |
| Beginning of line | Command+Left |
| End of line | Command+Right |
| Word left | Option+Left |
| Word right | Option+Right |
Text selection
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|
| Select word left | Option+Shift+Left |
| Select word right | Option+Shift+Right |
| Select to line start | Command+Shift+Left |
| Select to line end | Command+Shift+Right |
| Select to document start | Command+Shift+Up |
| Select to document end | Command+Shift+Down |
| Select word (mouse) | Double-click |
| Select paragraph (mouse) | Triple-click |
Text formatting
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|
| Bold | Command+B |
| Italic | Command+I |
| Underline | Command+U |
| Strikethrough | Command+Shift+X |
| Inline code | Command+E |
| Insert or edit link | Command+K |
Paragraph formatting
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|
| Heading 1 | Command+Option+1 |
| Heading 2 | Command+Option+2 |
| Heading 3 | Command+Option+3 |
| Heading 4 | Command+Option+4 |
| Heading 5 | Command+Option+5 |
| Heading 6 | Command+Option+6 |
| Normal text | Command+Option+0 |
Document management
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|
| Print | Command+P |
| Zoom in | Command++ |
| Zoom out | Command+- |
| Zoom 100% | Command+0 |