Keyboard shortcuts

A quick reference guide to all the keyboard shortcuts available in GitBook

Shortcut keys allow easy and quick methods for navigating or editing content.

In published documentation

Description	Mac	Windows
Open the Ask or search panel	⌘+K	Ctrl+K
Open the GitBook Assistant chat window	⌘+I	Ctrl+I
Close the Ask or search or GitBook Assistant panel	Esc	Esc

In the GitBook app

Description	Mac	Windows
Copy	⌘+C	Ctrl+C
Paste	⌘+V	Ctrl+V
Paste as text, without formatting	⌘+Shift+V	Ctrl+Shift+V
Undo	⌘+Z	Ctrl+Z
Redo	⌘+Shift+Z	Ctrl+Shift+Z
Exit from content block (code, tabs, table, quote ...)	⌘+Enter	Ctrl+Enter
Open block-insert palette.	/	/
Open block-modifier palette.	⌘+/	Ctrl+/
Toggle bold	⌘+B	Ctrl+B
Toggle italic	⌘+I	Ctrl+I
Toggle strikethrough	⌘+Shift+S	Ctrl+Shift+S
Toggle inline code	⌘+E	Ctrl+E
Insert or toggle link	⌘+K (in the editor)	Ctrl+K (in the editor)
In a list, increase item indent level. In a code block, increase indentation level.	Tab	Tab
In a list, decrease item indent level. In a code block, decrease indentation level.	Shift+Tab	Shift+Tab
Selects the entire block	Esc	Esc
Close a dialog or the search panel	Esc (navigation)	Esc (navigation)
Open the Ask or search panel	⌘+K (outside the editor)	Ctrl+K (outside the editor)

Block-specific shortcuts

Table

Description	Mac	Windows
Insert a row below	⌥ + Shift + Enter	Alt + Shift + Enter
Insert a row above	⌥ + Enter	Alt + Enter
Move to next row	Enter	Enter
Insert new line within a text cell	Shift + Enter	Shift + Enter
Delete row	⌘ + -	Ctrl + -