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Confluence provides a number of keyboard shortcuts that you can use to speed up your editing and viewing. This page describes the keyboard shortcuts for the English language. The shortcut keys (letters of the alphabet) may be different in other languages.

Quick guide to keyboard shortcuts
  • Press the key combination Shift+? in Confluence to see all the keyboard shortcuts available.

On this page:

Keyboard Shortcuts

The first section below describes the keyboard shortcuts that are available on all Confluence screens. Subsequent sections describe the shortcuts specific to each type of screen.

All Screens

Windows

Action

Mac OS X

/

Enable the quick search

/

Ctrl+S

  • Submit (where a form is active).
  • Editor -- save the Confluence page.
  • Outside the editor -- save the browser page.

Cmd+S

G then D

Go to the dashboard

G then D

G then S

Browse the current space

G then S

?

Open the Keyboard Shortcut help

?

[

Toggle the left-hand navigation bar, when the space is using the Documentation theme.

[

Editor

Windows

Action

Mac OS X

Ctr+Alt+0

Apply the paragraph style.

Cmd+0

Ctr+Alt+(1–6)

Apply a heading level (of the number chosen) to the current line.

Cmd+(1–6)

Ctr+Alt+7

Apply the preformatted style.

Cmd+7

Ctr+Alt+8

Apply the block quote style.

Cmd+8

Ctrl+Shift+A

Open the Macro Browser.

Cmd+Shift+A

Ctrl+B

Make the selected text bold.

Cmd+B

Ctrl+Shift+B

Format text as a bulleted list.

Cmd+Shift+B

Ctrl+Shift+D

Insert wiki markup. (Opens the Wiki Markup dialog.)

Cmd+Shift+D

Ctrl+Shift+E

Preview the page you are editing.

Cmd+Shift+E

Ctrl+Shift+F

Toggle full screen mode.

Cmd+Shift+F

Ctr+I

Make the selected text italic.

Cmd+I

Ctrl+Shift+J

Insert a JIRA issue. (Opens the Insert JIRA Issue dialog.)

Cmd+Shift+J

Ctrl+K

Insert a link. (Opens the Insert Link dialog.)

Cmd+K

Ctrl+Shift+K

Suggests a list of pages or other locations to link to from your page. More about autocomplete...

Cmd+Shift+K

Ctrl+M

Insert an image. (Opens the Insert Image dialog.)

Cmd+M

Ctrl+Shift+M

Suggests a list of images, documents and other files to embed in your page. More about autocomplete...

Cmd+Shift+M

Ctrl+Shift+N

Format text as a numbered list.

Cmd+Shift+N

Ctrl+S

Save the page you are editing.

Cmd+S

Ctrl+Shift+S

Format text with a strike through.

Cmd+Shift+S

Ctrl+Alt+Q

Apply the quote style to the current line.

Cmd+Alt+Q

Ctrl+U

Make the selected text underlined.

Cmd+U

Ctrl+Y

Revert an action that was undone.

Cmd+Y

Ctrl+Z

Undo the most recent action.

Cmd+Z

Ctrl+Alt+7

Apply the default paragraph style to the current line.

Cmd+7

Tab

Indent current line (only in bulleted lists and numbered lists).

Tab

Shift+Tab

'Outdent' current line (only in bulleted lists and numbered lists).

Shift+Tab

Tables (in the Editor)

Windows

Action

Mac OS X

Ctrl+Shift+C

Copy the current table row.

Cmd+Shift+C

Ctrl+Shift+I

Insert a table. (Opens the Insert Table dialog.)

Cmd+Shift+I

Ctrl+Shift+V

Paste the current table row.

Cmd+Shift+V

Ctrl+Shift+X

Cut the current table row.

Cmd+Shift+X

Alt+Up ArrowAdd a row above the current row.Alt+Up Arrow
Alt+Down ArrowAdd a row below the current row.Alt+Down Arrow

View Screen

Windows

Action

Mac OS X

B

Create a blog post.

B

C

Create a child page of your current page.

C

E

Edit a page or blog post, or return to Edit mode when previewing.

E

K

Open the Link To dialog.

K

L

Add or edit labels.

L

M

Add a comment to a page or blog post.

M

SShare the current pageS

T

View attachments.

T

V

Return to page view (only if you are viewing page attachments).

V

W

Add or edit watchers.

W

Autocomplete

KeyAction
[See a list of suggested pages or other locations to link to from your page.
!See a list of suggested images, multimedia files and documents to embed in your page.
{See a list of suggestions as you begin typing a macro name.
@See a list of suggested users to mention.

See more about using autocomplete.

Viewing a List of Available Keyboard Shortcuts

Choose Browse > Keyboard Shortcuts (or press the key combination Shift+?) to show the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog.

In the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog, you can:

  • Select the General tab to view global, page and blog post shortcuts.
  • Select the Editor tab to view the text editing and formatting shortcuts.
  • Select the Editor Autoformatting tab to view the wiki markup and autoformatting shortcuts.

Disabling and Re-Enabling Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are enabled by default. If required, you can disable general keyboard shortcuts. You cannot disable the editor keyboard shortcuts.

To disable or re-enable general keyboard shortcuts:

  1. Choose Browse > Keyboard Shortcuts (or press the key combination Shift+?).
  2. Click the General tab on the left of the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog.
  3. Select or clear the Enable General Shortcuts checkbox as required.

Notes

Supported Web Browsers

Please ensure that you are using one of the web browsers supported by Confluence. If you are using an unsupported browser or browser version, some features may not work correctly. You can find the list of supported web browsers and browser versions on this page: Supported Platforms.

  • The Keyboard Shortcuts dialog also displays the trigger characters for the Confluence autocomplete feature. See Using Autocomplete.

Related Topics

Confluence keyboard shortcuts are consistent with JIRA keyboard shortcuts. Please see the JIRA documentation: Using Keyboard Shortcuts.

Confluence Wiki Markup

Using Autocomplete

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  1. Nov 19, 2010

    Klaus Feldmann

    Using Windowy XP with Firefox I cant generate Ctr.-AltGr-Q to get @-sign  - it always does a quote like Ctr.-Alt-Q using confluence. In all other apps it works fine.

    How do I change confluence that it does not overwrite standard keyboard settings so that users can use commands in a common way.

    Cheers.

    1. Dec 06, 2010

      Anonymous

      I do have the same problem. Please tell us how to change keyboard assignments.
      Right now I only can type an @ in the Wiki Markup which is very very uncomfortable. How will this resolve in Confluence 4.0 where you don't have a Wiki-Editor anymore.

      1. Jan 03, 2011

        Matthew Erickson [Atlassian]

        Hi,

        We are aware of this issue with German keyboards. It is currently being tracked as CONF-21173. Until this issue is fixed it is possible to change the keyboard shortcut for all users by following these instructions (http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Changing+Editor's+Keyboard+Shortcuts).

        1. May 30, 2011

          Paul Roche

          With our french keyboards, it turns out we have problem with the macro (Alt Gr+4) and link shortcuts (Alt Gr+5).

          They automatically displays the headings 4 or 5.

          I was up to change them following this procedure but couldn't found the one for headings (ctrl+alt+1/6).

          They must be somewhere...

          Thank you so much.

          1. May 30, 2011

            Matthew Erickson [Atlassian]

            Hi Paul,

            The shortcuts for  ctrl+alt+1..6 are located in the file /tinymce3/tiny_mce_src.js. Please see this comment for detailed instructions on how to change them.

  2. Dec 31, 2010

    Anonymous

    I'm experiencing the same problem. It is also not possible to enter macros in the rich text mode since Alt Gr - 7 (which produces the { character on my keyboard) is treated like CTRL-Alt 7.

    1. Jan 01, 2011

      Anonymous

      Here too. With a german keyboard layout ALT GR-7 is interpreted as "no format". How to disable this feature for all users to enable fast macro insertation in rich text editor? this is a no-go.

  3. Mar 05, 2011

    Geert Peter de Oude

    When I use "/" on a Belgian keyboard ("/" is situated above ":", so shift ":") I get the Quick Search + the overview of the keyboard shortcuts (which is not preferable).
    I am using Mac and the Refined Wiki Theme.

    Would be great if we could change the shortcuts manually. That would solve a lot of issues with international keyboards.

  4. Dec 05, 2011

    Sandro Gehrig

    Geert Peter de Oude is right.

    Also, it wasn't the best idea to put the "hide-sidebar" shortcut on the windows key, it will open the start menu as well. So it is unusable.

    1. Feb 01, 2012

      John Crawford

      I agree, it's an annoying usability problem especially for somebody who does not like the sidebar and enjoys navigating a page purely through the keyboard (i.e. search for text as you type).

  5. Dec 06, 2011

    Anonymous

    Is there a shortcut key to get out of a macro content section?

    For example, I type {cod to bring up the code block macro, then I type the code block content and then I always have to reach over and grab the mouse to click outside the code block before I can continue typing the rest of the article.

    It would be nice to have a keystroke that jumps you out of the block without having touch the mouse but I can't find any mention of that in the help.