Slack

Message shortcuts

Create a new line in your message

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter

All hotkeys for Slack

Quick list of shortcuts
View all Slack keyboard shortcuts

Ctrl + /

Message autocomplete
Autocomplete emoji. Example: :emoji

⭾ Tab

Navigation
Move Move focus to previous element

↑   Shift + ⭾ Tab

Navigation
Move focus through messages in a channel or DM

↑  ↓

Navigation
Move focus to the next section

Ctrl + `

Navigation
Move focus to the previous section

↑   Shift + Ctrl + `

Navigation
Take action or "click" on buttons

Space

Navigation
Take action or "click" on links

⤶ Enter

Mark messages read or unread
Mark all messages in current channel or DM as read

Esc

Navigation
Zoom in

Ctrl + +

Navigation
Zoom out

Ctrl + -

Navigation
Scroll up

Home

Navigation
Scroll up

Page Up

Navigation
Scroll down

End

Navigation
Scroll down

Page Down

Navigation
Quick switcher

Ctrl + K

Navigation
Quick switcher (only in desktop app)

Ctrl + T

Navigation
Direct messages menu

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + K

Navigation
Open all threads view

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + T

Navigation
Previous channel or DM

Alt +

Navigation
Next channel or DM

Alt +

Navigation
Previous unread channel or DM

Alt + ↑   Shift +

Navigation
Previous channel or DM visited

Alt +

Navigation
Next channel or DM visited

Alt +

Navigation
Preferences

Ctrl + ,

Navigation
Open or close right pane

Ctrl + .

Navigation
Channel info page

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + I

Navigation
Activity

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + M

Navigation
Directory

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + E

Navigation
Starred items

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + S

Navigation
Search the current channel or conversation

Ctrl + F

Navigation
Toggle full screen view

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + F

All unreads navigation
Open all unreads view

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + A

Mark messages read or unread
Set a message as your oldest unread message

Alt + Mouse left click

All unreads navigation
Move between channels

←  →

All unreads navigation
Toggle current channel read or unread

R

Switch teams
Switch to previous team

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + ⭾ Tab

Switch teams
Switch to next team

Ctrl + ⭾ Tab

Switch teams
(...to <keybs>9</keybs>) Switch to a specific team (you can see assigned number under the team icon in your Slack app)

Ctrl + 1

Mark messages read or unread
Mark all messages as read

↑   Shift + Esc

Message shortcuts
(in empty message box) Edit your last message

Message shortcuts
Select text to the beginning of current line

↑   Shift +

Message shortcuts
Select text to the end of current line

↑   Shift +

Message shortcuts
Create a new line in your message

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter

Message shortcuts
Add emoji reactions to a message

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + \

Files and snippets
Upload a file

Ctrl + U

Files and snippets
Create a new snippet

Ctrl + ↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter

Call actions
Toggle mute on and off

M

Call actions
Toggle video on and off

V

Call actions
Show invite list

+

Call actions
Show invite list

A

Call actions
(...to <keybs>9</keybs>) View and select and emoji reactions

E + 1

Call actions
Sharing options

S

Similar combinations for other applications


Todoist
Save changes to an existing task and create a new task below it
Adding and editing tasks

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Most used text editing
In some rich text editors, this will mean a "soft return" or line break. It moves you to a new line without ending the paragraph. In many messaging programs, this shortcut will allow you to begin a new line without sending the message
Editing text

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Affinity Photo
Line Break
Text shortcuts

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Ableton Live 10 (Mac)
Preview Selected File
Browsing

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Ableton Live 10
Preview Selected File
Browsing

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Jupyter Notebook
Run cell, select below
Edit mode

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Google Chrome
Open link or form result in a new window
Mouse shortcuts

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Sketch
Insert a line break
Text editing

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Company of Heroes
Toggle all chat
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


draw.io
New line in formatted labels
Labels

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Adobe Photoshop Elements (Mac)
Apply value and keep text box active
Layers panel

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Adobe Illustrator
Apply a value and keep focus in edit field
Transform panel

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Adobe Illustrator (Mac)
Apply a value and keep focus in edit field
Transform panel

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Trello
Use this shortcut while submitting a card to open it immediately after creation
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Shotcut (Mac)
Goto/Seek
Playlist

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Shotcut
Goto/Seek
Playlist

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


PyCharm 2018.2
Start a new line after the current one positioning the caret in accordance with the current indentation level.
Basic editing

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Confluence (Mac)
Insert a hard break (< br >)
Editor

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Confluence
Insert a hard break (< br >)
Editor

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Wrike
posts a comment (before using this shortcut: first click in the comment section and type your comment)
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


SharePoint
Insert a new line (but not inside the HTML Paragraph element
Using rich text editing

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Kindle for Mac
Previous Page
Reading a Book

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Xodo
Previous Search
Other shortcuts

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Adobe Photoshop CC
Apply value and keep text box active
Using panels

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Microsoft FrontPage
Insert a line break.
Edit and move text and graphics

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Dota 2
Opens chat window to send a message to all spectators
Spectator & replay controls

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Microsoft Word 2016
A line break
Insert special characters

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Warcraft III
Activate message prompt to "All" players. Press Enter again to send message
Game commands

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


E-Sword
Insert line feed Editors only
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Atom (Windows)
(Source: Fuzzy Finder) fuzzy-finder:invert-confirm
All shortcuts

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Chromebook and Chrome OS
Go to the previous match for your search
Page and web browser

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (Most used shortcuts)
[Text Editor, Report Designer, Windows Forms Designer] Edit.BreakLine
Edit

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac)
Previous Row Field
Project panel

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows)
Previous Row Field
Project panel

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Ditto
Paste CF_TEXT (plain text with no formatting) only
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


IntelliJ IDEA (Windows, Linux)
Start new line
Editing

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


IntelliJ IDEA (macOS)
Start new line
Editing

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Apple iBooks
Complete a cell entry and move the selection up
Create cell references in formulas

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Comodo IceDragon
Complete .net Address
Miscellaneous

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


LibreOffice Base
Inserts a new line
Control properties

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


LibreOffice Impress
Line break without paragraph change
Editing text

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Apple GarageBand
Rename the selected track
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


LibreOffice Writer
Line break without paragraph change
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


MindMeister
Add line break
Select and edit

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


The Sims 4
Center on current Lot
Camera controls in live and build mode

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Maple
Soft New Line
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Apple Pages
Complete a cell entry and move the selection up
Editing chart data

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Minesweeper
Chord (same as middle click)
General (Vista and later)

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Greenshot
Insert line break
Other

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Freemind
Add sibling before
New node commands

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Maxthon
Search keywords using multiple engines
Search bar

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


MediaMonkey
Edit properties of selected tracks
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


WPS Office
Moves one cell up in a selected cell range
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


League of Legends
Open chat with "/all" already written
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Eclipse
Enter line below current line
Editing text

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts)
Edit.BreakLine
Text Editor

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Delphi
Inserts a new line with a carriage return
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


7-Zip
Open current item in new window
File menu

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Microsoft Excel 2016
completes a cell entry and selects the cell above
Other useful shortcut keys

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Chrome DevTools
Force a multi-line entry. Note that DevTools should detect multi-line scenarios by default, so this shortcut is now usually unnecessary
Console panel

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


MusicBee
Edit tags
General

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Notepad++
Previous match (same as < button)
Incremental search widget

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Insert a new line
Text manipulation in code editor

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Firefox Quantum
Complete .net address
Miscellaneous

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Opera
Compose message to contact
Panel keys: Actions

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


iTunes 11 for Windows
(after typing in Search field) Initiate a search in the iTunes Store
iTunes Store

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Microsoft OneNote
Insert a line break
Add items to a page

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Microsoft Access 2016
Save changes to the current record
Edit text or data: Enter data in a Datasheet or Form view

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


SnagIt 13
Start a region selection
Capture hotkeys

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


PhotoScape
Open editor
Viewer

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Android Studio
Start new line
Writing code

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Mac)
Previous screen
Navigating PDF

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Adobe Acrobat 2017 (Windows and Unix)
Previous screen
Navigating PDF

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


DBeaver 6.0.3
Open value editor dialog or separate value editor (for LOB values)
Data editor

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter


Figma
Select parents
Selection

↑   Shift + ⤶ Enter