Slack

A visual cheat-sheet for the 62 keyboard shortcuts found in Slack

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
`Tab`	Move focus to the next element
`Shift` `Tab`	Move focus to the previous element
`Up/Down`	Move focus through messages in a channel or DM
`F6`	Move focus to the next section
`Shift` `F6`	Move focus to the previous section
`Space`	Take action or ‘click’ on buttons
`Enter`	Take action or ‘click’ on links
`Esc`	Close windows, menus, or the message field
`Ctrl` `+/-`	Zoom in/out
`Home/PgUp`	Scroll up
`End/PgDown`	Scroll down
`Ctrl` `K`	Quick Switcher
`Ctrl` `Shift` `K`	Open direct messages menu
`Ctrl` `Shift` `L`	Browse all channels
`Ctrl` `Shift` `T`	Open All Threads view
`Alt` `Up`	Previous channel or DM
`Alt` `Down`	Next channel or DM
`Alt` `Shift` `Up`	Previous unread channel or DM
`Alt` `Shift` `Down`	Next unread channel or DM
`Alt` `Left`	Previous channel or DM visited
`Alt` `Right`	Next channel or DM visited
`Ctrl` `,`	Preferences (desktop apps only)
`Ctrl` `.`	Open or close right pane
`Ctrl` `Shift` `I`	Channel info pane
`Ctrl` `Shift` `M`	Activity
`Ctrl` `Shift` `E`	Directory
`Ctrl` `Shift` `S`	Starred Items
`Ctrl` `F`	Search the current channel or conversation
`Ctrl` `G`	Open previous search
`Ctrl` `Shift` `F`	Toggle full screen view

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Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` `Shift` `A`	Open All Unreads view
`Alt` `(click a message)`	Mark message as unread
`Left/Right`	Move between channels
`R`	Toggle current channel read or unread

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Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` `Shift` `Tab`	Switch to previous workspace
`Ctrl` `Tab`	Switch to next workspace
`Ctrl` `[number]`	Switch to a specific workspace

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Shortcut	Action
`Esc`	Mark all messages in current channel or DM as read
`Shift` `Esc`	Mark all messages as read
`Alt` `(click a message)`	Set a message as your oldest unread message

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Shortcut	Action
`Up`	Edit your last message
`Shift` `Up`	Select text to beginning of current line
`Shift` `Down`	Select text to end of current line
`Shift` `Enter`	Create a new line in your message
`Ctrl` `Shift` `\`	Add emoji reactions to a message
`Ctrl` `B`	Bold selected text
`Ctrl` `I`	Italicize selected text
`Ctrl` `Shift` `X`	Strikethrough selected text
`Ctrl` `Shift` `>`	Quote selected text
`Ctrl` `Shift` `C`	Codeblock selected text
`Ctrl` `Shift` `7`	Turn selected text into a numbered list
`Ctrl` `Shift` `8`	Turn selected text into a bulleted list
`Ctrl` `Shift` `Y`	Set or edit your status

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Shortcut	Action
`[character]` `Tab`	Autocomplete @display name beginning with [character]
`#[character]` `Tab`	Autocomplete channel beginning with [character]
`:[character]` `Tab`	Autocomplete emoji beginning with [character]

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Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl` `U`	Upload a file
`Ctrl` `Shift` `Enter`	Create a new snippet

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Shortcut	Action
`M`	Toggle mute on and off
`V`	Toggle video on and off
`+/A`	Show the invite list
`E` `1-9`	View and select emoji reactions

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