Docs/Editor/Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts

Every shortcut the editor answers to, gathered in one place: formatting, editing, and getting around the app. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl wherever you see ⌘ and Alt wherever you see ⌥.

Formatting

These wrap the text you've selected in the matching style. Press the same shortcut again on already-formatted text to remove it. See Markdown formatting for what each one looks like.

⌘B
Toggle bold.
⌘I
Toggle italic.
⌘E
Toggle inline code styling.
⌘⇧X
Toggle strikethrough.
⌘⇧Y
Toggle highlight. Press again to cycle the color: yellow, green, blue, pink, orange, then off.
⌘K
Insert a link around the selected text, or an empty link with the cursor ready for the address.

Headings, quotes, lists, task lists, tables, footnotes, and links are also available from the editor's menus and the command palette, even where no shortcut is assigned.

You can remap these

The shortcuts on this page are the defaults. If a combination doesn't behave the way it's described here, check Settings — any of them can be reassigned to keys you prefer.

Editing

Saving, undo, and reshaping the text you're working on.

⌘S
Save now. Minerva saves your work automatically as you type, so this is mostly for peace of mind.
⌘Z
Undo.
⌘⇧Z
Redo.
⌘D
Duplicate the current line, or the selected text if you have any.
⌥↑ / ⌥↓
Grow or shrink the selection one step at a time — from a word out to the sentence, paragraph, section, and eventually the whole note, then back in again.
⌘⇧U
Cycle the case of the selection (or the current word): lowercase, UPPERCASE, Title Case, and back.
Ctrl⇧J
Join lines — merges the current line with the one below, or all the lines you've selected, into a single line.
⌘⇧V
Start or stop voice dictation at the cursor.
⌘F
Find within the note you're editing.
⌘H
Find and replace within the note you're editing.
Searching one note vs. all of them

⌘F and ⌘H only look inside the note you're editing. To search across every note, use Find in Notes… (⌘⇧F) instead.

Shortcuts that move you through the app rather than change your text. Each has its own page with more detail — here they are all in one place.

⌘K
Open the command palette — a do-anything launcher over commands and actions.
⌘P
Quick switch — jump to any note, source, or query by name.
⌘⇧F
Find in Notes… — project-wide search across every file's actual content.
⌘[ / ⌘]
Back / Forward through your navigation history.
⌘⇧P
Cycle the active pane's view mode — Source → Preview → Editor + Preview → Source.
⌘\ / ⌘⇧\
Split the editor right or down.
⌘⇧N
New window — opens a second, blank Minerva window.
⌘N
New Note — prompts for a name and, optionally, a starting template.
⌘G
Go to line, when a note is focused.
⌘⇧Q
New query tab, when a project is open.
⌘⇧I
Open a conversation with the assistant.
⌘⇧B
Toggle the right sidebar.
⌘⇧T
Cycle the theme.
⌘W
Close the active tab, when one is open.